Biodegradable bamboo filament makes up the globe's largest 3D printed object, an installation for this year's Design Miami Fair designed by SHoP Architects called "Flotsam & Jetsam" that will make a subsequent appearance as a site for performances and educational programs in the Jungle Plaza in the Design District by the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami in 2017.

In this Art Newspaper interview with SHoP principal Gregg Pasquarelli, he described the process behind the making of the installation. "We worked with two companies: Branch Technology based in Chattanooga, Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), which produced three-dimensionally printed bamboo," he said.

"We thought that could be an nice intersection between furniture and art. ORNL actually broke the ­Guinness World Record for the largest solid 3D-printed ­structure earlier this year [when it created a tool to be used for building Boeing jets], so they are breaking their own record with this pavilion."

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