Staples becomes first major US retailer to sell desktop 3D printers
News: office supply brand Staples has become the first major US retailer to sell desktop 3D printers for the consumer market. More
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"Frontline soldiers could soon be printing entire weapons or even aircraft"
Following today's news that the first 3D-printed gun has been fired, Dezeen reporter Emilie Chalcraft takes a look at how 3D-printed guns and drones are changing weaponry and warfare in this extract from Print Shift, our one-off publication about 3D printing. More
First 3D-printed gun fired
News: the world's first 3D-printed plastic gun has been successfully fired in Texas, USA. More
Scientists 3D-print bionic ear that hears beyond human range
News: nanotechnology scientists at an American university have 3D-printed a bionic ear that can hear radio frequencies beyond a human's normal range. More
"Printed human tissues are ten years away"
Michael Renard, executive vice president of bioprinting company Organovo, explains how 3D printing could one day be used to produce replacement tissue, vessels and organs in this interview conducted for our print-on-demand magazine Print Shift (+ transcript). More
3D printing and digital design lead ICFF 2013 programme
News: next month's International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York will be the first major design fair to place 3D printing and digital fabrication at the core of its programme, with a four-day series of workshops introducing the hardware and software that could change the face of design, manufacturing and distribution (+ interview). More
"It's the first pair of glasses that is one component"
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: designer Ron Arad launched a range of 3D printed eyewear in Milan earlier this month. In this movie he discusses his pioneering 3D printing experiments in 2000 and his views on the technology today. More
"Everybody could have their body scanned and order clothes that fit perfectly"
Fashion designer and 3D printing pioneer Iris van Herpen tells us how printing and scanning technologies could transform the fashion industry in an exclusive interview for our print-on-demand publication Print Shift. Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12 (+ transcript). More
How we 3D-printed our heads
Rather than publish our photos on the contributors' page of the Print Shift 3D-printing magazine we launched this week, we thought it would be fun to get ourselves scanned and printed out. Here's how we did it. More
"Print on demand has completely changed the way we think about books"
In this movie made as part of our print-on-demand project, Blurb founder and CEO Eileen Gittins explains how new technology is transforming book and magazine publishing and we visit the Dutch factory where our Print Shift magazine is produced. More
"When I first saw 3D printing I immediately saw the future"
In this movie made as part of our collaboration with print-on-demand publisher Blurb, we visit three of the world's leading 3D-printing pioneers, including Janne Kyttanen of Freedom of Creation (above), and explain how we produced Print Shift, the magazine about 3D printing that we launched earlier today. More
Dezeen launches Print Shift magazine with Blurb
Today Dezeen launches Print Shift, a print-on-demand magazine about 3D printing produced in collaboration with cutting-edge publisher Blurb (+ slideshow). More
Springs 3D-printed glasses by Ron Arad for pq
Milan 2013: London designer Ron Arad has created a range of 3D-printed spectacles and sunglasses for eyewear brand pq. More
"We wanted to bring the family portrait into the next century"
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in latest video from Design Indaba in Cape Town, Masashi Kawamura of Japanese creative agency PARTY talks about the pop-up 3D photo booth he ran in Tokyo last year. More
MakerBot releases 3D-print files for OUYA game console case
News: Gamers will be able to design their own cases for the forthcoming Yves Behar-designed OUYA console and print them out with a MakerBot 3D printer. More
"Food is the next frontier of 3D printing"
News: 3D printing expert Janne Kyttanen has produced prototype printed pasta, breakfast cereal and burgers to demonstrate how advances in 3D printing could transform the way we eat (+ interview + slideshow). More
London studio creates 3D scan of horse
News: Hackney studio Sample and Hold 3D-scanned a living horse for a new sculpture by Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger. More
MakerBot reveals prototype desktop 3D scanner
News: American 3D printing company MakerBot has unveiled a prototype of a desktop scanner that will allow users to digitally scan objects they want to replicate with a 3D printer at home. More
MIT researchers to 3D print a pavilion by imitating silkworms
Researchers at MIT plan to 3D print a pavilion by imitating the way a silkworm builds its cocoon. More
Wiki Weapon firm launches 3D printing Pirate Bay
News: the US group that developed open-source 3D-printed gun parts has launched a file-sharing website for blueprints to 3D-printed illicit items including weapons, drugs and medical equipment. More