DefeXtiles Textiltechnik-Fabrikatioun by Jack Forman

DefeXtiles Textiltechnik-Fabrikatioun by Jack Forman is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award an Bronze in 3D Gedréckte Formen a Produkter Design Competition Category.

Bronze3D Drock· 2021

DefeXtiles Textiltechnik-Fabrikatioun

by Jack Forman

Client: Tangible Media Group, MIT Media Lab

A' Design Award an Bronze Winner in 3D Drock Category

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The Design

About DefeXtiles Textiltechnik-Fabrikatioun

DefeXtiles ass eng Technik fir dënn, flexibel Textilien op Standard-3D-Drucker hierzestellen. D'Method kontrolléiert d'Ënnerextrusioun sou datt kleng Klumpen entstinn, mat feine Strängen tëschent hinnen. Déi entstane periodesch Lücken ginn dem gedrockte Stoff en textilähnlecht Ausgesinn, Loftduerchlässegkeet, Flexibilitéit an Dehnbarkeet, och bei stäife Materialien wéi Polylactidsäure. D'Textilien ginn senkrecht zum Druckbett gedréckt, sou datt gefaltend an gebéiten Formen realiséiert kënne ginn. Uwendungsberäicher enthalen Kleedungsstécker, tangibel Interfaces a Federbäll. Leedfäheg Filament kann Circuitspueren an de Stoff integréieren.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award an Bronze

DefeXtiles Textiltechnik-Fabrikatioun ass e Gewënner vum A' Design Award an Bronze, enger héich prestigiéiser Unerkennung, déi un erausragend Designe vergi gëtt, déi sech duerch Kreativitéit, Erfindungsgab a Schlauheet ausgezeechnen. Bronze-Gewënner si voll Fäegkeet a opfälleg kreativ Wierker, déi déi grouss Erfahrung, d'Fantasie an d'Ressourceréichtum vun hire Designer bestätegen. Et gëtt erwaart, datt DefeXtiles Textiltechnik-Fabrikatioun e héich geschätzt, bewonnert a beléifte Géigestand ass, bemierkenswäert professionell an innovativ. Dëst mam Bronze ausgezeechent Design integréiert déi beschte Praktike vun der Konscht, der Wëssenschaft, vum Design an der Technologie an zeechent sech duerch Opmierksamkeet fir Detailer aus. DefeXtiles Textiltechnik-Fabrikatioun erfëllt Bedierfnesser exzellent, beréiert Wënsch, bezauberet Gefiller an erweckt Neigierecht.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: DefeXtiles is a rapid and low-cost technique to produce realistic high-fidelity textiles on 3D printers. In this work, we demonstrate that under-extrusion defects can be finely controlled to quickly print thin flexible textiles into complex 3D shapes. Our approach enables a myriad of applications including printing full sized garments, deformable tangible interfaces, and ultra-tough shuttlecocks.
Tags: textile, 3d print, lace, advanced manufacturing, fabric
Production Technology: In this paper, we demonstrate that under-extrusion can be leveraged to quickly print thin, flexible, textiles. Specifically, as the extrusion multiplier decreases, there exists an ideal regime where globs form with fine strands connecting them. The periodic gaps that arise from printing this way not only yields textile-like aesthetics and breathability, but also textile-like properties such as flexibility and stretchability even with classically rigid materials such as polylactic acid (PLA).
Design Challenge: To democratize access and ability to make 3D forms with textiles by developing a new technique that allows textiles to be 3D printed into complex 3-dimensional forms using unmodified commodity 3D printer and no new software.
Research: We present a new strategy, called DefeXtiles, to 3D print quasi-woven fabrics that are thin, flexible, and fast to fabricate. Since our approach prints the textiles perpendicular to the print bed, complex geometries can be produced including pleated, curved, and metamaterial structures. With our approach, a standard 3D printer can print decameters of fabric in a single print. The use of multi-material printers allows users to embed circuit traces into the textile via conductive filament.
Inspiration: For thousands of years, the manufacturing of textiles into shaped forms has remained largely the same; fiber becomes a fabric which is then constructed into a 3D object. The high-tech approach, machine knitting, uses expensive machines with a significant learning curve for use. The low-tech approach, classic sewing, requires painstaking processes. As such, there is a need for a fast and accessible approach to manufacture textiles into 3D forms.
Project Duration: Started in October 2019 in Cambridge Massachusettes, and finished in June 2020. The work will be presented and demoed at the ACM User Interface Software and Technology Symposium 2020.
Operation Flow: This work has introduced a new approach to quickly print thin, flexible textiles composed of common 3D printing ma-terials with an unmodified 3D printer. Our approach com-bines the flexible, thin, and breathable properties of textiles with the affordances of 3D printing: rapid iteration, hands-free fabrication, and computer aided design. Through char-acterization, we demonstrate how our approach enables tun-ing of the mechanical and aesthetic properties through mate-rial and parameter selection. Through a series of applica-tions, we demonstrated the potential applicability of our approach for smart textiles, tangible online shopping, toys, fabric design, and everyday life.
Team Members: Jack Forman, Mustafa Doga Dogan, Hamilton Foryseth and Hiroshi Ishii