Design in the Future By Alma Week 12

3D Printing | Green Printing | Green Packaging

I have Alma's presentation up here a few different ways. I uploaded it on Scribd, if you want to download it. She sent me notes, so I put it below with the commentary and videos. She did mention that the videos would be edited, but that's kind of hard to do on here. I'll have links to watch them. They are pretty interesting! I reformatted her keynote, just to have it pop contrast wise on here more.

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Hello my name is Alma Salgado. I will be talking about Design in the Future. The three subtopics are 3D printing, green printing, and green packaging.

3D printing is a process of making a digital file into a three dimensional solid object. One of the main way they objects are built is by slicing. Slicing is when your file is split into many horizontal layers. With more advanced printers they can start building differently depending on what you are building for and how advanced the 3D printer is.

3D printing is a process of making a digital file into a three dimensional solid object. One of the main way the objects are built is by slicing. Slicing is when your file is split into many horizontal layers. With more advanced printers they can start building differently depending on what you are building for and how advanced the 3D printer is.

The most basic 3D printers build from the ground up. The files are split into many layers to build the object.

3D printing has made its way into other industries other then the typical building modules for health studies or building small prototypes.

A 3D House being Built:

In El Salvador they are building homes under $4,000. Here’s what’s inside: A living room. Small office space. One bedroom. One bathroom. Being able to lock our door and be safe. Is something that isn’t found often in this community. The homes are to help reduce homelessness.

3D Printed Food:

Dinara Kasko is an architect turned pastry chef. She uses a computer modeling software to make intricate molds which she then 3D prints and uses for her cakes. Dinara started using the 3D technique two years ago. She is now known all around the world for it. Global sustainability is becoming a priority for us all. While the 3D food printing industry won’t eradicate all the current issues surrounding unsustainable international food production practices, it can certainly help. Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Tangible Media Group have, transferred the modern ethos of flat-packing to food production. They predict that their pioneering creation could help reduce food-shipping costs, while saving distributors and consumers valuable time and money. It could also mean that more food can get to the people who need it most.

We have Adobe Dimension to build 3D mockups. With Adobe Dimension you can also prepare your file for 3D Printing.

You can get your 3D model, built in Photoshop, printed with shapeways in Photoshop they give you different material options.

Moving onto Green Printing.

The pulp and paper industry is the third largest industrial polluter of air, water and land in both Canada and the United States. Paper fibers can only be reused from five to seven times. Depending on the paper grade, and it’s impossible to know how many times paper has been reused. Overused paper fibers can result in inconsistencies, low-quality and poor performance, which are sure to create an unpleasant restroom experience. The paper industry, on average, uses around 40 percent of forestry. If a brand’s packaging does not identify the paper product as 100 percent recycled, it could have been recovered using energy generated from coal.

The process: Paper is collected and separated. Then the paper is made into a pulp, separating the fibers. Little things like paper clips staples or other items like a disc that maybe was tucked away in a book are all filtered. The color is then taken out of the paper and is prepared by being spun into a cone shaped. Whitening agent is then added to the pulp. After it is passed over a vibrating screen to remove most of the water. Then passed through heated rollers to achieve the correct thickness and moisture content. Finally they are packed and stored and ready to printed on.

Here is a way to make your own paper.

Now moving on to my final and shortest topic Green Packaging.

There are three types of plastics that I will be covering. Bioplastics, Biodegradable plastics, and Eco/ recycled plastics. Bioplastics made from natural materials such as corn starch. Biodegradable plastics made from traditional petrochemicals, which are engineered to break down more quickly. Eco/recycled plastics, which are simply plastics made from recycled plastic materials rather than raw petrochemicals.

Lucy Hughes used fish waste to create MarinaTex, a compostable alternative to single-use plastic. MarinaTex is made from fish scales and skin. It is translucent and flexible, making it a great alternative for single-use packaging such as bags and sandwich wrappers, and importantly, it will break down in home composts or food-waste bins within four to six weeks.

Biodegradable plastics are made from all natural plant materials. You get a substance made from natural sources that does not contain these chemical fillers, and does not pose the same risk to the environment.

True bioplastics are meant to breakdown within 3 months. Majority of the bioplastic products can end up as examples of greenwashing. This “bioplastic” still hold items after 3 years.

Recycled plastics, Dutch startup Ecobirdy has recycled undated plastic toys into kids furniture to raise the awareness of plastic waste, recycling and sustainability.

In conclusion, Design in the Future moves towards using recycled and green products to help the environment and to help reduce some cost. 3D printing is slowly moving into other industries, green printing is becoming more popular but true green paper that is organically made, contains a lot of bacteria, green packaging is also growing because more people are trying to help the environment and new companies like Ecobirdy are able to stay in business. Design in the future, thank you.