Stockholm-based Studio TOOJ has designed Contourage, a bright-blue table with a wood-grain pattern that was constructed from 3D-printed sand using a binder jetting process.
The table was unveiled at this year's Milan design week as part of Studio TOOJ's exhibition "Restrained Beauty: The Unseen Layers of Scandinavian Design" at nomadic design platform Alcova's Villa Borsani exhibition.
It was constructed together with German manufacturer Sandhelden using a process known as binder jetting, which layers locally sourced quartz sand with a binder.
The table is constructed from 3D-printed sand
"Binder jetting is an additive manufacturing process in which a liquid binder is selectively applied to bond powder particles," Studio TOOJ co-founder Johan Wilén, who designed the table, told Dezeen. "Material layers are then connected to an object." "The print head allows binders to be strategically applied to the powder," he added.
"The job box lowers and another layer of powder is then spread and binders are added. Over time, the object builds up through the layering of powder and binder."
It was shown at Villa Borsani during Milan design week
The binder used for the table is made of furan resin derived from biomass including corn husks, rice hulls and sugar cane, according to the studio.
Studio TOOJ wanted to make the table, which is hollow, from sand to reduce the material usage.
Studio TOOJ designed the table to have a wood-grain pa...