While Donghia, Inc. encompasses numerous entities that produce furniture, textiles, wallcoverings, lighting, and accessories–as well as representing numerous brands– it is Donghia Furniture, certainly, which is known best. With forty years in existence, the company now boasts twelve showrooms across the United States, with showrooms around the world–and a long resume of filling rooms and homes for the rich and famous.
“Donghia furniture ranges from upholstered sofas, chairs, tables and case pieces. The furniture combines both glamour and simplicity through the use of the finest materials and detailing,” states the Donghia team on their website. “Upholstered furniture features hand-tied springs, hand-sculptured interiors, and solid hardwood frames constructed with wood joints and dowels.”
Now, all of these qualities are being showcased in intricate, charming miniature, thanks to the technology of 3D printing. While this technology offers a host of benefits to a wide range of industries, offering the ability for production of high-quality components–faster and even better–it’s uses in areas like architecture and construction are becoming quite vast as well–and especially for engineers and designers just in the beginning stages, creating prototypes and complex miniatures as projects gain a foundation and proceed forward into reality. 3D printing is not only adding to the creation process at Donghia, but in a recent project it was used to create miniatures that are a work in themselves.
Under the direction of Stephen Levine, visual merchandising director, and Gabriele Rosina, Industrial Designer, the team has created The Donghia Brownstone.
“Residing in the lobby of the famed D&D Building, the Donghia Brownstone reflects the design and offerings of Donghia’s collections of furniture, textiles, lighting and accessories – a brand at the forefront of the luxury home furnishings industry,” Laura Steele, marketing director at Donghi, told 3DPrint.com.
Each piece offers a great look into the typical ‘less is more’ design approach that Donghia was known for–especially highlighted in miniature. While meticulous attention is paid to the actual pieces that end up in the homes and offices of clients, that’s also to be seen on the smaller scale in the Brownstone project which offers a comprehensive look–a panorama–at all the luxuriousness and comfort that can be offered with their furniture, meant to be handed down through the generations. Discuss these incredible designs in the 3D Printed Donghia Furniture forum thread on 3DPB.com.