A start-up based in Oakland, California is bringing new meaning to the term “farm to table” by repurposing agricultural waste into 3D-printed furniture.
The company, Model No., began in 2018 with a mission to provide a greener alternative to traditional furniture manufacturing — from the materials themselves to cutting back on waste during production and distribution.
Its founders were looking to shake up the traditional model which is largely inefficient in how it operates. For example, while traditional manufacturing relies on using one mold after another on an assembly line to construct its parts, 3D printing can produce whole items one after the other.
“We have the capability where you could do a table and then you can do a shelf, you can do a chair — you can do different parts literally back to back to back,” says Model No. CEO Phillip Raub. “If you were doing traditional manufacturing ...
