I am a student studying product design at Parsons the New School for Design.
My project was to design a sofa that can be stored away and I have decided to rethink upholstery so it can be 3D printed. I have been designing a modular sofa that can be taken apart and created into an wall piece when not being used. (I have attached current renderings. Not the final form)
Because of how much the filament is going to cost me I am way over my budget for my project.
Long story short I need 60 pieces 11.5 inches by 4.4 inches in PLA. I am really honored that Printaworld Brooklyn agreed to team up with me on this project. (Go show them some love) https://www.instagram.com/printaworld3d/
I need 80 pieces that are 5.75 inches by 4.4 inches in TPU. I have to figure this one out on my own.
My biggest challenge is that I need a large print of 23inches by 22inches and only have access to one printer. It is a long print and I need it all printed by May 4th so I could get a chance to be in Industry city Design week or have it ready for my critique on May 6th. If I dont make it by may 4th it is okay but would love to make this a dream come true. I am way too deep into this to turn back now.
I am seeking for help on anyone that knows a company or someone with a print area of 23inches by 22inches. Or even someone that could help me 3D print flexible TPU.
If I do get this done by design week, I will give them a big shout out and include their name on my project.
I have uploaded pictures of my prototypes and what my sofa would look like. It is still currently in development and will update this as I go.
Feel free to email me at eugeniuschang@gmail.com if you have any information.
This looks like an excellent project and Eugene is an excellent guy. He drove to my house to deliver the prints for the kids doing a game design challenge just do they would have the work in time. He is committed and kind. Let’s help make his dream come true!
Sounds like an awesome project Eugene, can’t help you out unfortunately (in Australia) but I hope someone can and I’m looking forward to seeing the final outcome!
I can help you out with this. I work at Imagine That 3d (http://www.imaginethat-3d.com) We have over 50 3D printers one of which is a 3DP. We also resell 3DP large platform printer.
Love to help you out on this project feel free to email me at zhagen@imaginethat-3d.com or call 888-243-5514.
Have you figured this out yet ? I think a different approach you could take to this is slicing your parts, it’s difficult to find a printer with that area but there is the new big rep . But what you could do is take a large piece and divide it into multiple pieces that fit together like a puzzle etc this way you could make your large piece on a smaller printer and just assemble it ! just a thought hope it works out for you
Hey! Yea I have thought of that. I haven’t had any luck yet.
My whole concept was modular design. Everything is printed in pieces and put together. But the problem is the piece you are sitting on needs to be printed as one. This way it does not hurt to sit on. When printed in multiple pieces, the cracks between the pieces are a lot stronger and also will hurt to sit on
