‍Industry: Fashion

Technology: 3D printing by Stratasys

Manufacturing: Bond Factory

Material Selection: The Woolmark Company (TWC)

International Designers: Vittorio Branchizio, Matteo Cibic, Laura Theiss

Students from the Royal College of Arts: Amaranthe Frost, Katharina & Cissel Dubbick, Maria Fernanda Nava Melgar, Oliver Hurdman

Project Objectives:

To experiment with Stratasys 3D printing in combination with The Woolmark Company's Merino wool knitwear.

Showcased @:

D-house - Pitti Filati 89 – Press Week TWC – Pitti Filati 91 – Milan Design Week 2021 – Milan Design Week 2022

The project “Knitting the Future: 3D Printing Meets Merino Wool” proposes a cutting-edge technological theme in the sector: 3D PRINTING in combination with Merino wool knitwear. New technologies enable the creation of innovative products, and among them, 3D printing offers the possibility to print elements that would otherwise be impossible to reproduce, maintaining their flexibility and imparting dynamism and movement to the shapes.

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