Jungsub Shim's Connect chair is drawn by hand using a 3D-printing pen
Korean designer Jungsub Shim spent months building up the structure of this intricate chair using only a 3D-printing pen. More
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Gravity Sketch VR allows designers to create and alter digital models in mid-air
The team behind the Gravity Sketch iPad app have launched new cross-platform software, which gives designers the option to draw and manipulate 3D objects in a virtual reality environment (+ movie). More
Pro version of 3D-printing pen can draw in copper and wood
Technology company WobbleWorks has launched an updated edition of its hugely popular 3Doodler pen, which can now draw using materials like copper and wood composites (+ slideshow). More
Gravity Sketch app aims to "lower the barriers to 3D literacy"
The team behind a virtual reality tool that allows designers to sketch in three dimensions has launched an iPad app that turns drawings into virtual and physical 3D models (+ movie). More
WobbleWorks unveils new pen for drawing 3D objects in the air
CES 2015: the makers of the first popular 3D-printing pen 3Doodler have unveiled a smaller device, which weighs just 50 grams. More
3D drawing will "give the world a new way to communicate"
News: a new generation of 3D printing pens will "improve the creativity of everybody" and "give the world a new way to communicate," according to the designer of the Lix pen, which launched on Kickstarter this week and has already raised over £400,000 (+ interview). More
Lix 3D-printing pen allows users to create solid drawings in the air
A team of London-based designers claim to have created the world's smallest 3D-printing pen – an anodised aluminium device called Lix that allows users to "doodle in the air" (+ movie). More
Drawing in 3D will soon be as "intuitive as sketching with paper"
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: architects will soon be able to walk around inside 3D sketches of their projects and edit their designs as they go, according to the team behind the revolutionary Gravity Sketch 3D drawing pad. More
Gravity tablet makes 3D drawing "as easy as doodling on a piece of paper"
A group of students from the Royal College of Art have invented a virtual reality tool that allows designers to sketch in three dimensions (+ movie). More
3D-printing BioPen "draws" with living cells to repair damaged bones
News: researchers in Australia have developed a pen to deposit regenerative stem cells onto damaged bone and cartilage in a process similar to 3D printing. More
Pen that doodles 3D objects attracts $500,000 on Kickstarter
News: a pen that can "print" 3D drawings in mid-air has attracted nearly $500,000 in one day from Kickstarter backers (+ movie). More