Demystifying 3-D Printing Technology: How This Technology Intersects with the Design Industry - Lori Dennis and Neil Patel

1. PRINT the FUTURE
Lori Dennis, LEED AP, ASID and Neil Patel
Demystifying 3-D Print Technology
& How It Impacts the Design Build Community

2. • Hit a Wall with Technology
- Expensive
- Needed a Bigger Vision
• Needed a Visionary (Neil Patel)
• Acquired by Kabuni (Dreamroom
Technology)
• Print the Future
What Tools Do You Need to Make Your Business Succeed?
(Bulk Buying, Management Software, Community Engagement…)
Lori@LoriDennis.com
What’s Happening with Design Campus?

3. What is 3-D Design?

4. What is 3-D Design?
What is 3-D Design?
• 35 Year Old Additive Manufacturing
Process That Builds Material,
Layer Upon Layer, and Is
Controlled By a Computer.
• Currently We Can Print Wood,
Plastic, Metal, Glass and Organic
Material (Food and Organs).
• Technology That’s Going to Impact
Our Industry As Much As the
Industrial Revolution.

5. What is 3-D Design?
What is 3-D Design?
1995 – $295 Million
2014 – $4.1 Billion
2020 - $21.3 Billion
(Ben Uglow, Morgan Stanley)
It’s Here. It’s Big.
And It’s Only Getting BIGGER.

6. Sneak Peak of Our Machine

7. • Dirk van der Kooij
• Printing 100% Recycled Plastic
• Environmental Impact
• Print Local
• Cradle to Cradle
Where Are We Today?

8. • Bram Geenen, Gaudi Stool
• Streamlined & More Efficient
• Expensive Material
• Carbon Fiber Skin on Top of 3-D
Printed Material Structure
• No Waste
• Still Requires Hand Finishing
(Future = Robots)
Where Are We Today?

9. Biomimicry & Lillian van Daal

10. Challenges
• Still Expensive Technology
- Printers $50,000 - $100,000
- Different Printer for Each Raw Material
• Not a Magic Box
• Inexperienced Designers Need Education or
Engineer to Build CAD Models
• Haven’t Perfected the Process of Conception
to Finished Product
• Laws of Physics & Structural Engineering
For the Human Body & Ergonomics
We’re Headed There and Going Quickly!

11. Design Your Own Line
• No Barrier to Entry Held by Powerful Brands
• Every Designer Can Create Their Own Line
- You Can Print One At a Time.
• Impossible in Traditional Manufacturing.
- Previously Vendors Committed $100k to the Process.
• Highly Customizable and Easily Change
Color, Dimensions, and Entire Concepts.

12. Where We’re Going
Print Entire Homes
(Walls, Windows, Doors, Plumbing, Surface Materials, Furniture, etc.

13. Where We’re Going
Norman Foster Completed a Project With Robotic Arms That Will Be Sent To the
Moon to 3-D Print Homes Made of Moon Dust.

14. Where We’re Going
Neri Oxman (Material Scientist at MIT) is Printing Wearable Skin Embedded with
Organisms to Help Humans Survive in Interplanetary Travel.

15. • Antiques Have a Story
• Participating in This Conversation &
Joining in This Community is
Your Opportunity to Be a Part of The
New Story.
• You Can Create an Emotional
Connection & Customization in Your
Design to Share With
Your Clients About Being at the
Forefront of Your Industry.
Story of Provenance

16. The Future is Now. Don’t Get Left Behind.
Join Us

17. See It Live
See Touch Feel
Learn More About This
Technology With Your
Own Eyes.
Stay Informed
Lori @ LoriDennis.com | Neil @ PrintTheFuture.Today
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