Monthly Archives: July 2026
- - July 08, 2026
This design duo turned a flat 3D print into a hand-bent stool
Oberdoerfer & Krebs
The Denmark-based design duo Oberdoerfer & Krebs created the Bend Stool and Bend Chair using colorFabb COMPOUND LW-PLA FGF pellets. They explore large-scale pellet extrusion 3D printing through a craft-driven approach, using a Ginger Additive G1 printer to manually author toolpaths, embrace material behaviour, and make the printing process an integral part of the final design.Go behind the scenes of the Bend collection. In this interview, Oberdoerfer & Krebs share original sketches, custom toolpaths, material exploration, heat bending, and the process behind the final lightweight furniture.
The idea behind the stool & working with LW-PLA's material behaviour
The starting point was to challenge how 3D-printed furniture is typically made. Most printed chairs are extruded as a side-view profile, with the machine building the shape vertically, layer by layer. We wanted to break that norm. By printing flat and
