Design

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Monkeying Around
UAU Project: An Insight into the Creative Process

UAU Project is a design studio producing elegant 3D models for functional 3D printing. The team explains their creative process to ALL3DP.

by Hanna Watkin
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Fake Plastic Trees
3D Printed Bonsai Tree You Can Trim by Hand

Japanese design firm Nendo has unveiled a 3D printed bonsai tree that you can prune by hand, just like a real tree.

by Bulent Yusuf
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Italian Design
3D Printed in Italy with Style

Leveraging its 3D printing expertise, italian company HSL created the .exnovo brand for home decorations, and .bijouets is for personal accessories.

by Victor Anusci
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Pretty as a Flower
US Students 3D Print a Sustainable Lotus House for Solar Decathlon 2018

Students from Washington University in St. Louis have been working on an energy-efficient prototype house for the past eight months. The Lotus House will be unveiled as part of Solar Decathlon China 2018 this month.

by Hanna Watkin
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Text in Style
Protect Your iPhone X with Freshfiber’s 3D Printed Fold Case

Freshfiber is a European design agency which is now selling a 3D printed iPhone X case created using 3D printers in Nylon fiber material. The design is both stylish and functional.

by Hanna Watkin
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Gleaming the Cube
Skateboard Trucks Optimized for Downhill Racing with Metal 3D Printing

Engineering student Philipp Manger designed a pair of custom skateboard trucks for downhill racing -- combining topological optimization and lattice structures -- and had them 3D printed in metal.

by Bulent Yusuf
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Smokin'
Scent Tray is a Beautiful 3D Printed Incense Holder and Ashtray

An artist based in Vancouver is using direct metal laser sintering technology to create beautiful incense holders and show off the possibilities for designing with and using 3D printing. 

by Hanna Watkin
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A Present Fit for a Tsar
Designing and 3D Printing a Faberge Egg from Scratch

For his wife's birthday, maker Aleksander Wróblewski took inspiration from Russian Tsars to design and 3D print a Farberge egg from scratch which could hold a surprise. 

by Hanna Watkin
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Hanging bamboo!
Students Use 3D Printing to Create Suspended Bamboo Pavilion in Jerusalem

Students in Jerusalem used 3D printed joints to create a unique, suspended bamboo pavilion at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design.

by Andrea Hunt
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Take a Seat
3D Printed Urban Furniture Made from Recycled Plastic

Based in Rotterdam, Print your City! is an ongoing research project to turn plastic waste into functional, tough, 3D printed urban furniture.

by Bulent Yusuf
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Clarity of Vision
Eyeglass Factory with Formlabs x 3DBrooklyn 2017 Roadshow

Curious about custom eye-wear made using stereolithographic 3D printing? Learn about the Eyeglass Factory from design studio 3D Brooklyn.

by Bulent Yusuf
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Does Not Suck
Top 20 Shortlist Announced for James Dyson Award 2017

It's squeaky bum time. The top 20 shortlist for the James Dyson Award 2017 has been announced, including several 3D printing projects.

by Bulent Yusuf
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Swinging London
Creative 3D Printing Start-ups at the London Design Festival

The 15th London Design Festival celebrates innovative design and creative solutions, with the participation of several 3D printing startups.

by Bulent Yusuf
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Plants Vs. Printers
Chromatose is a Synthetic 3D Printed Venus Flytrap

The Chromatose, a beautiful synthetic 3D printed venus flytrap, is hungry for flies and a prestigious design award in New Zealand.

by Bulent Yusuf
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Makeshift Fashion
RCLifeOn 3D Prints Custom Designs onto Fabric (And You Can Too!)

In a new video, the Swedish YouTuber RCLifeOn presents a way for you to 3D print your favorite custom designs directly onto clothing fabric.

by Hanna Watkin
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Illuminating Extrusions
This Ceramic Lampshade Shows 3D Printing in its Best Light

Designer Tom Fereday and artist Susan Chen debut the Pelo light. An expression of 3D printing, it uses just one coil of extruded ceramic.

by Hanna Watkin
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Anatomic Design
Kickstarter Campaign to Reissue Humanscale Design Guide

Containing over 60,000 reference measurements, the Humanscale collection of books and charts is getting a re-release via Kickstarter.

by Matthew Mensley
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Not an Ugly Stick
Shiro Studio 3D Prints Stylish and Practical ENEA Walking Stick

A new approach to mobility aids? Shiro Studio collaborate with engineering firm Arup on a stylish and practical walking stick, ENEA.

by Hanna Watkin
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Creative Kids
CHIL-DISH Project and Shapeways Bring Kid’s Drawings to Life

The winners of the CHIL-DISH Project, which saw kid's drawings realized as 3D printed objects, are revealed after months of deliberation.

by Hanna Watkin
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Claw-some!
Eighth-Graders 3D Print a Wheelchair for Ray the Kitten

Ray the kitten has a kink in his spine. Students from Portsmouth Middle School have used 3D printing in a creative way to help.

by Hanna Watkin
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