With a whole bunch of five-star evaluations on Google, vegan restaurant Loving Bistro is a well-liked spot in Prague’s Florenc neighbourhood to seize a vegan meal. Not solely is the buffet-style meals beloved by patrons, the bistro additionally affords a relaxed, minimalist atmosphere accented by greenery and different pure supplies. The area, which was designed by native structure agency esté architekti, integrates some notably modern components, together with 3D printed lampshades created by industrial designer Martin Žampach.
Žampach has been working within the design discipline for over 15 years and has lengthy used 3D printing as a manufacturing software to convey his creations to life. For instance, the designer sells a variety of 3D printed design objects, together with vases, lamps and even tables. On this newest undertaking, he labored with esté architekti to create a collection of lampshades created from a wooden and biopolymer composite materials to suit into the minimalist area they designed.
The conical lampshades had been created utilizing Fused Granulate Fabrication (FGF), an extrusion 3D printing know-how that makes use of thermoplastic pellets as feedstock. Notably, the lampshade’s design embraces the layered texture attribute of the extrusion the 3D printing. A variety of lampshades had been 3D printed for Loving Bistro in quite a lot of sizes, which in keeping with Žampach made it doable to create dynamic and attention-grabbing compositions within the restaurant.
General, the wooden composite lampshades complement the bistro’s minimalist however pure palette of white, wooden and greenery. Their design additionally nods to Asian tradition and the conical straw solar hats fashionable throughout the continent, which inserts with the restaurant’s Asian-inspired menu.
3D printing was integral to the undertaking not solely as a result of it enabled the creation of a customized design factor, however as a result of it did so in a cost-effective method. As Žampach explains: “Manufacturing effectivity is essential for me as a designer. Due to 3D printing, we are able to scale back the manufacturing course of to a minimal and print solely what is definitely wanted—the ultimate product with none extra moulds and preparations for manufacturing. This strategy not solely minimizes prices but additionally waste, which is essential for me as a designer who focuses on sustainability and closed product lifecycles.”
Žampach has additionally labored on different restaurant designs. For instance, he collaborated with designer Peter Hák to create lanterns for a Cirque.Menu particular occasion on the KOLEKTOR Cafe in Prague.
