Aitable 餐桌 by Carlos Banon and Felix Raspall is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 金奖 in 3D打印成型与产品设计 Competition Category.
金3D打印· 2021
Aitable 餐桌
by Carlos Banon and Felix Raspall
Client: AirLab SUTD
A' Design Award 金奖 Winner in 3D打印 Category
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The Design
About Aitable 餐桌
Aitable 是一款由三只青铜桌腿支撑的餐桌。传统餐桌承载厚重的桌面时,往往需要在桌面下方设置较厚的结构层。Aitable 的分叉式桌腿由人工智能软件生成造型,在保持结构性能的同时减少了材料用量。制作过程中采用了高精度3D打印砂模,三只造型各异的桌腿均以青铜浇铸并经手工抛光。抛光后的表面在光线变化中呈现出细腻微妙的反射效果。餐桌尺寸为1600 × 1000 × 750毫米。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 金奖
Aitable 餐桌是 A' Design Award 金奖得主，这是授予一流、绝妙而杰出设计的极为崇高的认可。金奖得主是极具创新、极富远见且璀璨夺目的创作，反映出其设计师的天才、智慧与才干。预计Aitable 餐桌将成为一项备受赞誉、引领潮流、气势恢宏的发明，带来前所未有的价值。这件赢得 A' Design Award 金奖的设计是一个壮观而受人敬重的项目，极大地造福并拓展艺术、科学、设计和技术的边界。Aitable 餐桌激起强烈的渴望，唤起激情，鼓励创造力，令我们着迷。
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Standard designs for a table this heavy would require a thick section under the tabletop.
Artificial intelligence presents a powerful tool to search for structurally more efficient design strategies to deliver radically new aesthetics.
Using precise 3DPrinted sand molds, the three unique legs are cast in bronze and manually polished, creating sophisticated reflects of nuanced refections under changing light conditions.
AI Table showcases how digital design can foster creativity and pragmatism. - Dimensions & Packaging
- 1600 x 1000 x 750 mm
The material of choice turned to bronze. Therefore, a positive model made of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA for short) was 3D printed, and the models were then transformed into cast parts by the renowned artistic foundry Strassacker, based in Germany - Tags
- Additive Manufacturing, 3D Printing, Digital Design, Artificial Intelligence
- Production Technology
- PPMA Printed Mold
Cast Bronze
Autodesk Fusion 360 - Design Challenge
- The idea behind these branching table legs is not just based on the creative mind of a human being, but also the AI functionality of Autodesk Fusion 360 software combined with powerful 3D printing technology and traditional metal casting.
To cast the parts, the foundry molded the PMMA patterns into a ceramic shell that met the high-precision specifications. And as filigree as the end product may appear, in terms of stability these table legs are fully equal to a solid construction. The difference is made by a significantly reduced material input thanks to AI-assisted design and 3D pattern printing.
With 3D sand printing, formwork skins or entire formworks for concrete casting applications can be 3D printed regardless of their complexity. The printed formwork elements can be post-processed and optimized for ideal surface finish and for resistance to external weather conditions on construction sites, and can be conveniently combined with conventional formwork systems. Alternatively, formwork elements up to 4 x 2 x 1 meters in size can be printed without tools and in one piece. All common types of concrete, such as UHCP, can then be processed. - Research
- The table is a statement on the redefinition of ornamentation in furniture design. The three bronze legs were designed following an ultra pragmatic process of material reduction with the help of powerful AI algorithms. Consequently, there is no additional layer of decoration. Each ounce of bronze is solely placed with the purpose of increasing the overall structural performance.
The smooth and fluid geometry of the legs and the delicate tabletop provides a rich tactile quality. - Inspiration
- At first glance, they are just a few table legs. The filigree, interwoven structures could be the work of a designer, inspired by observations made during a walk in the forest. To ensure that such fragile-looking structures do not collapse under the weight of a heavy tabletop, however, profound knowledge of the calculation of static loads is required in addition to artistic skill.
- Project Duration
- 1 year
Singapore - Operation Flow
- This unique fabrication process combines a traditional method such as bronze casting with state-of-the-art 3D Printing moulds. The chosen sand-3DPrinting system is a powder-based process that does not require supports in the build process. On the one hand, this feature eliminates the need for printed (and lost) support structures, and, on the other, almost 100% of the unbound powder can be reused.
- Team Members
- AIRLAB @SUTD
Carlos Bañon
Felix Raspall
Jonathan Ng
Muhd Syahid
Natalie Chen
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