Dirk van der Kooij

Posted 1st December 2011 • By Design Indaba • Topic Industrial Design • Category Speaker Talks in Design Indaba TV
Dirk van der Kooij taught a robot to make comfortable chairs using 3D printing techniques and recycled plastic from discarded fridges.

For his graduation project Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Dirk van der Kooij created the Endless range of plastic chairs.

The chairs are made using recycled plastic from discarded refrigerators. To reduce the cost of labour for realising this project, Van der Kooij taught a robot to make the chairs, using 3D printing techniques. 

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