Ashley Furniture is the largest furniture manufacturer in the world. Traditionally, the company has been subject to the whims of labor markets. But a forward-thinking approach to automation that ...

ARCADIA, Wis. – Ashley Furniture Inds. is using 3D printers in its manufacturing facilities. “We’re doing 10% more business out of our Arcadia facility alone with probably almost 15% less labor,” said ...

A collaboration between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Self-Assembly Lab, Steelcase, and designer Christophe Guberan has resulted in a 3D-printing breakthrough. This new process uses a ...

BOSTON – Scientists from MIT have been working on a new 3D printing technique they say can mass produce large-scale furniture parts like table legs and chair frames in minutes. Their technique, called ...

I work as a furniture maker.I select wood, carve it, assemble it, and turn it into a piece of furniture. I love the time ...

If print supports have ever caused you grief, know that there’s an alternate printing method in the works. First: get yourself a vat of industrial gel in which to print. Rapid Liquid Printing(RLP) is ...

Five years ago, retail innovator Phillip Raub disrupted the industry when he co-founded b8ta, a retail-as-a-service company with experiential, data-driven showrooms designed for trying and buying new ...

It’s much faster than any conventional 3D printer out there today. Designers have experimented with 3D-printed furniture for years now, though it’s mostly been on the fringes of the industry through ...

Towards the end of 2017 we highlighted a research concept that turned plastic waste into street furniture. Print Your City has now gone from early prototypes to city scale project with the launch of a ...

When plastic came onto the market and steadily grew to popularity during 1960, the technology changed the way we stored things. Plastic was made to endure, but when you use a plastic item, you’re more ...

If you live with disabilities, shopping for furniture can be difficult. Many common furniture items aren't designed with accessibility in mind, and those that are can be rare or non-existent. IKEA ...