Dimensional TPO: 3D Printing Tech at Carnegie Fabrics
2018 is here, and we don’t all have 3D printers in our homes. But that doesn’t mean we’re not figuring out how to use of them – for both creative and financial gains. Carnegie Fabrics is unveiling Dimensional TPO, a collection of new deep-embossed environmental high performance TPO (thermoplastic olefin) wallcoverings, developed using 3D printing tech. “A lot of what started the development of these textiles is the idea that we crave tactile simulation,” says Mary Holt, executive VP of creative at Carnegie. “We use computers and phones with hard, smooth, cold surfaces. This idea of tactile simulation affected the way we’re developing a lot of our new products, but we’re doing that in a bunch of different ways.” The primary goal of Carnegie’s design team was to develop “a cost-efficient method for achieving deep-embossed patterns with TPO, offering the textural and aesthetic possibilities previously only available from harmful PVC products. …
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