Technologically innovative is to bring advantage to designers (producers), consumers, and environment. Technologically innovative gives new challenges and flexible ideas to designers, no limited choice to consumers, and no waste of materials to environments. Many impossible aesthetical or complex products become real.
I chose two products used by ‘Rapid Manufacturing (RM)’, one of the most significant technologically innovative in an industrial revolution for the Digital Age. One is CS Solid Chair (2004) with epoxy resin by Patrick Jouin. Another is One-shot MGX Stool (2006) with laser-sintered nylon by Patrick Jouin. These products are intricate compositions and seem not to be mass products because of an originally innovative shape, looking like a sculpture. The spaces between lines of the products project beautiful shadow.
Rapid manufacturing (RM) is the use of rapid prototyping, rapid tooling and the direct use of layer manufacturing technologies to produce final products quickly. The process of RM is to scan 2D profiles and make 2D 3D under computer control without human labors. By using RM, products increase range of material, size, durability and design, and producers cut cost and time, make mass products in the short time, do not require considerable skilled hand labor, and reduce waste of materials.
In the past time, technology innovative satisfies people just in that it is to produce more rapidly, more easily and cheaper. However, now, people require that technology innovative is not only flexible choices for designers and consumers under rapid manufacturing, but reduction of waste materials. Behind mass production and mass consumption, mass disposal always coexist. Its problem is very serious at any age. Therefore, it is vital that technologically innovative maintain the balance of the desire of designers and consumers, and the attention of environment, and also develop together.
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Do you see yourself using these techniques in your own practice?
After I looked at two products displayed in this exhibition, I image I can use Rapid Manufacturing (RM). When I make glasswork by casting, I have to make many prototypes with clay and wax and then I make molds with a large amount of plaster. The process takes a lot of time and gets rid of my energy. If RM is available for glass, I concentrate more design, and spend more time and more cost, such as taking a lot of time to polish glass and using higher quality glass. In fact, RM is possible to produce just with metals, plastics, epoxy resins and etc, except for glass. In the future, I believe RM expands the capability of materials. I can make previously impossible objects and my idea become spread.
On the other hand, while glass melts into a mold for a long time, glass unexpectedly happens many phenomena, such as color change by chemical reaction. Although this happening is accident, I can discover new idea by this process. If I make all my work by RM, I cannot find thoughts beyond expectation. I think all convenience and technologically innovative is sometimes useful, but is sometimes not just good.
When I see the chairs, “CS Solid Chair” (2004) with epoxy resin by Patrick Jouin and “One-shot MGX Stool” (2006) with laser-sintered nylon by Patrick Jouin .I am impressed by their designs because they do not have any screws, bolts or connection materials. Without anything, they are only connected by each other. Like rui said, they seem to be made by hand because of the delicate lines and special forms. I do not like mass production using machines because they almost have simple designs. However, using high tech, like Rapid Manufacturing (RM), designers can make innovative products in short time. I am really surprised by this point. Today, people want to make quick production with special design. Using RM, consumers and designers can have great feeling of satisfaction because they do not waste times and materials. However, we have to more develop these convenience methods for applying all fields like glass. If I have an opportunity using RM, I would like try this method even though I can not apply my major in interior architecture.
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