Emerging Objects is pleased to announce FORUST, growing out of our innovations in 3D printed wood. Created by the founders of Emerging Objects, Figulo, and Boston Ceramics, FORUST is a wood technology company that brings together expertise in design and 21st century manufacturing to promote healthy forests and sustainable interiors. Forust has decades of collective experience in additive manufacturing, material research, and computer aided design.
We created FORUST so that we could change the way we manufacture with wood, using methods that are non-destructive to our planet’s ecology. We don’t start with forests, we start with sawdust, and end with forests. FORUST is now part of the Desktop Metal ecosystem. 
Project Date: 2020
Team: Ronald Rael, CTO Ronald Rael is the CEO and founding partner of the creative make-tank, Emerging Objects and is a Professor and has served as the Chair of the Department of Architecture and the Department of Art Practice at the University of California Berkeley. Virginia San Fratello, President San Fratello is the Chair of the Department of Design at San Jose State University in Silicon Valley and the Chief Creative Officer and founding partner of Emerging Objects. Andrew Jeffery, CEO Andrew Jefferey is the former President of the ceramic 3D Printing companies Figulo and Boston Ceramics. Previously, he was the Director of Ceramic Products at 3D Systems.