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As Shapeways prepares for an exhibition of 3D Printed products to be held at Material Connexion<\/a> in New York we were lucky to have Chris Hardy<\/a> allow us to 3D print his Cesca Chair interpretation<\/a> to include in the show.<\/p>\n

\"Chris<\/a><\/p>\n

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Of course although we used the most advanced technology to fabricate the 3D printed components it still takes a little assembly to attach the seat and back to the chrome plated steel frame.<\/p>\n

As we say at Shapeways, ‘Made with lasers, Assembled with love<\/strong>‘ or a butter knife, or both.<\/p>\n

\"Assembling<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"Chris<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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