Woodward, 2024
Photopolymer Liquid Resin/Sand Composite and Tinted Tempered Glass, 800mmØ table topx500mmØ basex735mm(h)
Commentary: Woodward uses the unlikely metaphor of a swirling tornado in its design of a café table for indoor/outdoor use. Twisting with implied movement, it playfully merges a table’s requirement for steadiness and stability with the instability of a swirling column of dust and sand. Designed to be lightweight and moveable, its complex funnel-shaped form with walls just 4mm thick will be created with a 3D printer using a mixture of 70% liquid photopolymer resin and 30% natural sand (image below) - a first in 3D resin printing. Seemingly frozen in time, its sand particles not only give the table a granular surface texture but produce a composite material that is both stronger and more durable than resin alone. Created using a large-format resin printer, 3D printing - an additive manufacturing method - creates zero waste while allowing each table to have its own unique form by varying its digital geometry prior to printing. This flexibility provides a production capability not previously possible with traditional manufacturing methods while maintaining acceptable cost and production times.
Named after one of North America’s most powerful twisters - the Woodward Tornado of 1947 - it will be produced in a limited-edition quantity of 12 unique tables tentatively due for release in spring 2024.
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