3D-printed structural components will lead to "new building shapes"
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: Salomé Galjaard of engineering firm Arup says 3D-printed building components will result in more efficient and diverse architectural forms (+ movie). More
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NASA 3D prints its first object aboard the International Space Station
News: a 3D printer on the International Space Station has produced its first object, "paving the way to future long-term space expeditions" according to the US space agency NASA. More
Foster + Partners works on "world's first commercial concrete-printing robot"
News: Foster + Partners has teamed up with building contractor Skanska to pioneer the use of 3D-printed concrete in the construction industry. More
Neri Oxman creates wearable 3D-printed structures for interplanetary voyages
Neri Oxman's team at MIT Media Lab has created four 3D-printed "wearable skins" designed to facilitate synthetic biological processes that might one day allow humans to survive on other planets. More
Martha Stewart launches 3D printing products with MakerBot
News: 3D printing company MakerBot has enlisted the help of American lifestyle guru Martha Stewart to develop a range of custom printable designs and new filament colours with "artisanal character". More
Alice Spieser's 3D-printed tap aims to make drinking from the faucet more dignified
Water flows both up and down from this dual-nozzled faucet designed by ECAL graduate Alice Spieser, which combines the functionally of a standard tap with a drinking fountain (+ movie). More
French designers hack a 3D printer to make a tattooing machine
Paris design studio Appropriate Audiences has combined a 3D printer with a tattooist's needle to form an automated tattoo "printer" that can create indelible artworks on skin (+ movie). More
ACADIA exhibits multi-material 3D-printed designs by Zaha Hadid, Francis Bitonti and more
The Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) used its annual conference to showcase products created with the latest additive manufacturing technologies, including a chair by architect Zaha Hadid that can be 3D-printed on-demand (+ slideshow). More
Analogue wood and brass tools transformed into digital measuring devices
Dutch Design Week 2014: designers Unfold, Kirschner3D and Penny Webb have developed a set of instruments that measure physical objects and transfer the dimensions to a digital model in real time on screen (+ movie). More
Iris van Herpen uses 3D printing and magnets to form Spring Summer 2015 fashion collection
Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen revealed 3D-printed garments and accessories "grown" with magnets during her ready-to-wear show in Paris yesterday. More
Francis Bitonti creates pixellated 3D-printed shoes using cellular automation
Fashion and technology: New York fashion designer Francis Bitonti has used a mathematical model to "grow" pairs of shoes with gradients of colour on a 3D printer. More
Matthew Plummer-Fernandez to present "personalised avatars for your vehicle"
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: in the penultimate preview of our Dezeen and MINI Frontiers exhibition, which opens to the public tomorrow, Matthew Plummer-Fernandez shows us how he will generate personalised 3D-printable driving companions for visitors at the show. More
OpenKnit is an open source 3D-knitting machine that creates garments in just one hour
Designer Gerard Rubio has created an open source robotic loom that is able to knit entire seamless garments in less than one hour (+ movie). More
Olivier van Herpt 3D-prints functional ceramic objects
Eindhoven designer Olivier van Herpt has developed a machine that uses a piston-based extruder to 3D-print complex functional objects using clay (+ slideshow). More
Noa Raviv combines grid patterns and 3D printing for Hard Copy fashion collection
Israeli fashion designer Noa Raviv has integrated 3D-printed elements into ruffled garments influenced by distorted digital drawings. More
United Nude's Float shoes are created on a desktop 3D printer
Footwear brand United Nude has designed a shoe that can be 3D-printed at home on a compact desktop machine (+ slideshow). More
Biomimicry chair by Lilian van Daal replaces traditional upholstery with 3D-printed structure
Design graduate Lilian van Daal has developed a conceptual chair influenced by plant cells that could be 3D-printed from a single material (+ slideshow). More
Bees could 3D-print "concrete honey" to form architectural structures
Writer Geoff Manaugh and designer John Becker have imagined a scenario in which genetically modified bees could be trained to print detailed concrete structures rather than produce honey (+ interview). More
Andrea Morgante abstracts Peroni beer bottle into 3D-printed shapes
Italian architect Andrea Morgante of Shiro Studio has 3D-printed 25 versions of beer brand Peroni Nastro Azzurro's new bottle design. More
Flowers replace flames in paraffin lamp vases by Giuseppe Bessero Belti
Paris-based Italian designer Giuseppe Bessero Belti has designed a collection of vases that combine 3D printing with repurposed paraffin lamp chimneys (+ slideshow). More