Forust
Created by the founders of pioneering 3D printing companies, Figulo, Boston Ceramics, and Emerging Objects, FORUST is a wood technology company that brings together expertise in design and 21st century manufacturing to promote healthy forests and sustainable interiors.
Forust has decades of collective experience in additive manufacturing, material research, and computer aided design. We created FORUST so that we could change the way we manufacture with wood, using methods that are non-destructive to our planet’s ecology. We don't start with forests, we start with sawdust, and end with forests.
The Bevel Bowl
The Bevel Bowl represents a new innovation by Rael San Fratello Architects—3D printed wood! Made from reclaimed and recycled wood and cellulose material, the 3D printed wood has the look and feel of medium density fiberboard wood products, but can take any shape imaginable.
Bevel Bowl from above
The Bevel Bowl side
The 3D printed wood is water resistant, durable and strong and is part of our continuing line of additive manufacturing experimentation with a focus on materiality, economy and form.
Detail
Project Date: 2011
Project Location: Berkeley, CA
Design Team: Ronald Rael, Virginia San Fratello, Kent Wilson.
Project Information: Technical assistance: Dr. Mark Ganter (Solheim Additive Manufacturing Laboratory in the Mechanical Engineering Department on the University of Washington)