SUSTAINABILITY
Stable print

In order to achieve maximum optimisation of raw materials in line with the zero waste philosophy, the company from Lupburg in Bavaria has specialised in architectural 3D printing. The finely shredded wood scraps left over from the processing of wood are combined with a binding additive to create a material for interior design that is sound-absorbing, heat-insulating, fireproof and dimensionally stable. The material is produced exclusively on demand in order to minimise the ecological footprint in terms of storage and logistics. Designer Harry Thaler recently demonstrated the great creative freedom offered by this development at the Alcova platform during Milan Design Week: slender lamps and monolithic tables, voluminous armchairs and stools as if made from a single mould were part of the ‘Printed Nature’ exhibition at Villa Vagatti. The golden yellow colouring, the perfect curves and fine gradients of the lines, which appear in the course of 3D printing, only reveal their origin when you touch their slightly rough surface – visually, econitWood resembles the texture of natural stone and sand. (am)