Squeaker Duck

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Get commercial license and download newest models cheaply- https://www.patreon.com/goodesign 3D printing design is another new challenge for me. In the past, my foldable designs explored a different side of 3D printing — instead of only thinking about rigid materials, I focused on flexibility and used elastic properties to create new structural ideas. Over time, those folding designs found their place and became something of their own category. So I started looking for a new direction. This time, I pushed things further by fully embracing extremely soft materials. That’s how the Squeaker Duck was born. 🐤 This project came with two major challenges. Printing very soft material in a controlled shape Soft materials are tricky. Because they’re flexible, they can get dragged by the nozzle during printing or curl as they cool. To solve this, I designed an internal structure that helps the form hold its shape during the printing process. However, that same structure made the duck harder to squeeze — which is a big problem for something that’s supposed to make a squeaking sound when pressed. In the end, I developed a form that stays stable during printing but becomes very easy to deform once the print is finished. Designing an effective squeaker I had made squeaker mechanisms before, but they required a large airflow and were very small, which made them difficult to print unless you had a highly precise 3D printer. So I redesigned the squeaker to: Produce sound with a much smaller…