50 - How Model No. Manufactures Sustainable Furniture with 3D Printed Polymers

AM Radio

When we first covered Model No. in 2020, the company was manufacturing furniture on its own large-format 3D printers, built to designs directly manipulated by customers through parametric options available on its website. Four years later, production looks a bit different. Gone is the user-facing design tool, as the company has discovered that conversation with customers is the more effective way to arrive at the right designs for its clients. More colors and materials are offered today, in part because of a circular economy-focused project that Model No. completed with several partners. And there's one important change to how furniture is made--listen to the episode to learn how (and why) the company's 3D printing capacity has evolved in the last few years.

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Mentioned in this episode:

• The 2024 update article about Model No.
• Stephanie's original 2020 story about the company

• Model No. as an example of a manufacturer producing on its own 3D printer in this AM Radio podcast episode from 2021
• More on the “AM Factory” concept

• More on the EXT 1070 Titan Pellet 3D printer available from 3D Systems, the platform used by Model No.
• The episode of The Cool Parts Show featuring Eaton, another company applying the Titan platform for large-format 3D printing of innovative materials — in this case for aerospace parts
• Stephanie's Model No. table on LinkedIn and X