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Exploring the Possibility of 3D Printed Titanium Dining Utensils
Poise is a collection of Laser Sintered Titanium dining utensils. The Knife, Fork, Spoon and Chopsticks are results are an exploration of the freedom allowed by 3D printing to create dining-ware designed for beauty, elegance and ritual.
Design Team
Daniel Kamp - Designer | Director KAMP.studio
Rapid Advanced Manufacturing - Production and Technical Engineering support
TiDA - Powdered Metallurgy Technologists
The utensils feature a twisted triangular handle profile and asymmetric details. Their forms are inspired by the human hand and are designed to encourage elegance in the dining process, whether displayed on their solid brass table rests or held as a natural extension of the hand.
KAMP.studio is working with New Zealand based technologists and 3D printing production house, Rapid Advanced Manufacturing, to perfect the pieces. The company is also working on an extended collection of dinning-ware within the same project to continue exploring the potential of 3D printing.
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Thanks for your comment Scott. The idea that something should only be printed if it is impossible to produce by any other method is one of the misconceptions about 3Dprinting that KAMP.Studio aims to challenge. The technology used here allows objects to be produced more locally and, in many ways, more sustainably than alternative production techniques. It makes titanium (a metal that is traditionally hard to work with) accessible to small design studios, allowing for exploration of new applications of the material. It creates efficiencies in the design and production process. It allows for high quality production of items like cutlery in small numbers, rather than mass production runs. Smaller production runs mean more diversity in the design market and diversity, I believe, is key to building a more sustainable future... The ability to make complex forms that weren't possible in the past, is far from being the only reason that designers should adopt these new technologies.
If we are going to use additive manufacturing to produce artefacts we need to harness the power of that technology. Unfortunately the project does not do this, it can be simply manufactured efficiently using current methodologies. Quite disappointing core77.
Hi Scott, forgot to hit 'reply'. Please see above and thanks for your feedback.