Oct 15, 2014 6:30 AM

Gallery: A 3-D Printed Seat With a Cellular Structure That Molds to Your Butt

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Dutch designer Lilian van Daal has crafted a 3-D printed chair that is elegant, eco-friendly, and flexes to fit your fanny.
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The chair's structure is brilliantly designed to deform under pressure and turn into a mirror image of your tush.

Manon van Daal
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The entire chair, from frame to cushions to upholstery a printed as a single piece of plastic and could theoretically be recycled.
Lilian van Daal
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Inspired by objects from the natural world, van Daal created a series of prototypes that balanced compression, weight, and cost.

Lilian van Daal
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This kind of springy structure would be impossible to manufacture using traditional production techniques due to the complexity of the geometry.
Martin Jansen
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The only downside to this manufacturing approach is cost, van Daal's chair cost nearly $10,000 and took 96 hours to print.

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Van Daal was able to modify the thickness of different areas, creating robust supports on the legs and back while keeping the central areas flexible.

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