Innovation of the Year 2023 / Industrial / Professional

Voltera Nova Flexible Electronics Printer

• Prizes
  Top Design Winner in INDUSTRIAL/Tools: Other Designs
• Company
  Hofer Studio, Canada
• Lead Designer
  Joseph Hofer
• Design Team
  Voltera Engineering
• Client
  Voltera
• Project Link
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NOVA is the world’s first printer designed for creating soft, stretchable, and conformable electronics. The fancy term for NOVA’s technology is direct-write, extrusion printing, which means you can print material exactly where you want it, and nowhere else. Its applications are limitless.

Unlock new opportunities and accelerate research and development with high-resolution printing using a range of functional materials and screen-printable inks.

Vacuum table and custom fixturing elements allow you to directly print onto soft, flexible, 3D printed and unevenly shaped materials.

Bio
Hofer Studio was founded by Joseph Hofer, a multiple award-winning Canadian industrial designer and design partner. The studio approaches design projects with the user at the forefront, innovating the experience, and building with quality to celebrate and communicate a product's meaning and use. Collaborating with a number of aspiring, forward-focused brands, the studio specializes in the defining and redefining products based on technology, business, and user experience breakthroughs.