This week’s selection is the outrageous Air Filtration System by software engineer Mike Buss.
Design
Japanese Designer 3D Prints Ultra-Real Masks That Resemble Real Faces!
People have been getting creative with fun or more effective face masks these days, but imagine quite literally wearing someone else’s face as a mask.
Design of the Week: Meth Lab RV
This week’s selection is the Meth Lab RV by Reddit contributor wangthangthursday.
Design of the Week: RC SpaceX Starship Belly Flop
This week’s selection is the Radio Controlled SpaceX Starship Belly Flop by Nicholas Rehm.
Design of the Week: Glitter Bomb V3
This week’s selection is the third iteration of the porch pirate-defeating Glitter Bomb by YouTuber Mark Rober.
Design of the Week: Chirping Bird Whistle
This week’s selection is the Chirping Bird Whistle by Adam Stager.
Animal Lovers Fawn Over 3D Printed Jewelry
Charles R. Goulding, Taylor Goulding, and Preeti Sulibhavi appreciate symbolism and technology in animal-themed 3D printed jewelry.
Modeler Recreates Scenes From Studio Ghibli’s “Nausicaä” in 3D
If you’ve never watched a Studio Ghibli movie before, stop what you are doing and watch one now.
Award-Winning 3D Printed Plant-Based Designer Lamps
Charles R. Goulding and Ryan Donley light up with sustainably-made 3D printed lamps.
Design of the Week: 3D Printed Guitar That Lights Up
This week’s selection is a 3D Printed Guitar That Lights Up by Joshua Henderson.
Shining 3D x MAGARIMONO Create Footwear For The Future
MAGARIMONO and Shining 3D Additive collaborate to create footwear that oversteps the boundaries between creativity and technology.
Design of the Week: 3D Printed Rainbow Road
This week’s selection is the 3D Printed Rainbow Road by BCN3D.
Mahdi Naim Partners With Satori On 3D Printed Work-From-Home Tools
Satori announced a partnership with Mahdi Name Design Lab to produce a series of 3D printed work-from-home tools.
Design of the Week: 3D Printed Diorama
This week’s selection is the detailed 3D printed “A Mother’s Joy” diorama by Michael Mandau.
Design of the Week: War Rig Truck
This week’s selection is the War Rig Truck by the folks from Honeybadger 3D print and paint.
Design of the Week: Loom Light
This week’s selection is the gigantic Loom Light by Titia Ex.
Design of the Week: Skafaldo Bowl & Side Table
This week’s selection is the Skafaldo Bowl & Side Table by Unfold.
Design of the Week: Roomba Risers
This week’s selection is the Roomba Riser by Steve Harvey.
Design of the Week: Winking Owl Key Holder
This week’s selection is the Winking Owl Key Holder by Martin Vojak.
Design of the Week: Ultimate Self-Adjusting Door Opener 9000
This week’s selection is the “Ultimate Self-adjusting Door Opener 9000” by student Xieshi Zhang, a.k.a. CrazyBlackStone.
Watch These 3D Printed Coral Light Designs Grow Into Being
It’s one thing to make a stunning light fixture, but it’s another thing to make a statement with it using a whole different medium.
Design of the Week: The VOCAL Mask
This week’s selection is the The VOCAL Mask by David Angerman.
Design of the Week: Rzhev Memorial
This week’s selection is the Rzhev Memorial 3D scan by Thor3D.
Design of the Week: Arduino Tracked Car
This week’s selection is the 3D printed Arduino Tracked Car by Instructables contributor Morrisl4.
Unique Spice Jar Cap Design to Measure Your Spices
Anyone who has spent any amount of time baking/cooking/experimenting will know the tedium of measuring ingredients but outside of pre-measured packets what could make it easier?
Design of the Week: Minimalist Quick Change Toilet Paper Holder
This week’s selection is the Minimalist Quick Change Toilet Paper Holder by Arthur Tipaldi.
Design of the Week: Heart Aortic Valve
This week’s selection is the Heart Aortic Valve by researchers at the University of Minnesota.
Design of the Week: Giant Rex Head
This week’s selection is the astonishing Giant Rex Head by Simon Clark.
Design of the Week: Interactive maps for visually impaired
This week’s selection is ”Interactive maps for visually impaired” by physicist Sergei V. Bogdanov.
Liven Up Quarantine With A SelfCAD x MyMiniFactory 3D Design Competition
SelfCAD and MyMiniFactory have teamed up to host a friendly 3D design competition awarding 3D printers to the winners.
Design of the Week: The Obliterator
This week’s selection is the The Obliterator by Antonio Alonso.
Design of the Week: 3D Printed RC Subnautica Cyclops Submarine
This week’s selection is the astonishing 3D Printed RC Subnautica Cyclops Submarine by Robert Cook.
Design of the Week: Triceratops Skull No. 21
This week’s selection is “Triceratops Skull No. 21” by Javid Jooshesh.
Growing A 3D Printed Garden
Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi delve into the charming world of gardening – with a 3D printing twist.
Some Of The World’s Largest And Smallest 3D Prints
3D printing is in the record books — specifically the Guinness Book of World Records — for some unusual creations.
Design of the Week: FLOLA Lamp
This week’s selection is the astonishingly beautiful FLOLA lamp by 3LOBIT.
Design of the Week: Quarantine Haircut Robot
This week’s selection is the scary Quarantine Haircut Robot by YouTuber Shane Wighton.
Design of the Week: Future Tree
This week’s selection is the Future Tree by a group of researchers at ETH Zurich.
Design of the Week: Impossible Table
This week’s selection is the Impossible Table by Austin Steingrube.
Design of the Week: Old Steam Engine
This week’s selection is the Old Steam Engine by Dijon 3D.
Design of the Week: 1988 Time Capsule Print
This week’s selection is a historic time capsule 3D print by James Harrison from 1988!
Design of the Week: TTGO T-Beam Shock Resistant Enclosure
This week’s selection is the TTGO T-Beam Shock Resistant Enclosure by Naomi Wu.
Patenting Pandemic Designs?
3D printing has really stepped up to the plate in pandemic response — but what happens with those designs post-pandemic?
Design of the Week: Glove Remover
This week’s selection is the Glove Remover by digital advertising agency atoll.
Cad Crowd Announces Winners of COVID-19 Design Contest
3D modeling freelancer site Cad Crowd announced the winners of their COVID-19 Design Contest.
Design of the Week: 3D Printed Pen Plotter
This week’s selection is the 3D printed “d.i.d” Pen Plotter by design studio Ufficio Progetti Perduti.
How 3D Printed Candles Can Light Up The World
Charles R. Goulding and Mindy Zhu examine the ways 3D printing is helping candlemaking stay alight.
Design of the Week: ‘Tater Hammer
This week’s selection is the ‘Tater Hammer by designer Eric Au of Metro’s Q-Branch.
Planting Seeds In 3D Printed Planters Help Us Sprout Into Action
Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi take a look at 3D printed planters as high-tech gardening helps us remain rooted in difficult times.
Design of the Week: Coronavirus
This week’s selection is the Coronavirus model by noted 3D artist Joshua Harker.
Georgia Tech Researchers Advise DIY Mask Makers with Advanced Aerosol Instrumentation
Since late March, a team of Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) researchers have been providing recommendations for readily available materials to use as filters in homemade face masks.
Design of the Week: XXL 3D Printed LEGO Go-Kart
This week’s selection is the enormous XXL 3D Printed LEGO Go-Kart by Matt Denton.
Design of the Week: DIY 3D Scanner
This week’s selection is the OpenScan DIY 3D Scanner.
Design of the Week: Artemis Top
This week’s selection is the Artemis Top by designer Stéphanie Santos.
GE Additive Adapts With Polymer 3D Printing To Face COVID-19
A 3D printing company best known for its metal additive manufacturing has turned to a plastic solution to help produce much-needed PPE solutions.
The VentCore Open Source Ventilator Project
A new design for an open source ventilator that can be partially 3D printed has surfaced, but there are many cautions required before building it.
Design of the Week: Strawberry Planter
This week’s selection is the Strawberry Planter by Joel Telling.
Design of the Week: Puzzle Cell Complex
This week’s selection is the Puzzle Cell Complex by Nervous System.
Design of the Week: Valved Snorkel
This week’s selection is the 3D printed Valved Snorkel by designer Robert Werner.
3D Printing and Vases
Charles Goulding and Peter Favata of R&D Tax Savers examine 3D printing put to use in creating vases.
Design of the Week: Prusa Protective Face Shield
This week’s selection is the Prusa Protective Face Shield by Prusa Research.
What’s New in 3D Bioprinting?
Scientific research into using 3D bioprinting to re-create and regenerate human limbs and organs from patient-specific DNA is progressing slowly but surely.
Going Hands-On With 3D Printing To Go Hands-Off During Pandemic
A hands-free door opener highlights efforts in 3D printing to spread design, not disease.
Design of the Week: OpenAstroTracker
This week’s selection is the OpenAstroTracker by Fabian Uehleke.
Design of the Week: Coronavirus
This week’s selection is a 3D printed Coronavirus!
Design Of The Week: Propane Cap
This week’s selection is the essential Propane Cap by Thingiverse contributor Mike Winkler.
Design Of The Week: Bucket Handle
This week’s selection is the Bucket Handle by Hans Loeblich (thehans) who is a designer, maker and engineer from Austin, Texas, USA.
Design Of The Week: Termite Economies
This week’s selection is the Termite Economies: Phase 2 (Metabolic Shift) by Australian artist Nicholas Mangan.
Design Of The Week: We Love Our Customers!
This week’s selection is the We Love Our Customers Heart by Additive Industries.
Design of the Week: Bionic Sofa
This week’s selection is the smooth and sweeping Bionic Sofa by designer Alex Demin.
Design of the Week: Articulated Poseable Hand
This week’s selection is the easy-to-assemble 3D printed articulated poseable hand, which can be used in a variety of ways.
When Generative Design Backfires – VW’s New Wheels
What looked like twigs proved to be generatively-designed shapes, the output of generative design algorithms available in Autodesk’s Fusion 360, then cast in metal.
150 3D Printed Robots To Be Assembled And Offered To STEM Students
A young engineering student, Danielle Boyer, has developed an inexpensive robot targeted at educators and students, and soon there will be 150 of them heading to institutions.
Design of the Week: Nuclear Power Plant Humidifier
This week’s selection is the Nuclear Power Plant Humidifier by Reddit contributor RocketPuff.
Design of the Week: Terrain Robot
This week’s selection is the unstoppable 3D printed Terrain Robot by Cults 3D contributor HK_ADLER.
Behold The World’s First Universal LEGO Sorting Machine
While there’s nothing quite as bad as stepping on a stray LEGO block, a close second is having to sort out the mess of bricks once you (or your kids) are done using them.
Design of the Week: 3D Printed Dremel CNC
This week’s selection is the impressive 3D Printed Dremel CNC project by 19-year old Nikodem Bartnik.
Watch An Insanely-Detailed CNC-Machined Recreation Of Mt. Saint Helens
Watch how a 3D representation of Mt. St. Helens can be produced easily with some know-how and a CNC mill.
Design of the Week: Glitter Bomb Trap 2.0
This week’s selection is the Glitter Bomb Trap 2.0 by Mark Rober.
Design of the Week: Gingerbread 3D Printer
This week’s selection is the Gingerbread 3D Printer by Instructables contributor 3Demon-3Dprint.
Skilled Implementation Vs. Solution Creation
Did you know there are two ways to solve design problems?
Design of the Week: Telsa Phone Charger
This week’s selection is the 3D printed Telsa Phone Charger by engineer Stephen Holmstead.
The New Tesla Cybertruck is Dang Easy to Model in Blender
How hard is it to design the new Tesla Cybertruck in 3D? One designer tried to do so in Blender.
Design of the Week: Airplane Toy
This week’s selection is the flappy winged Airplane Toy by Prusa Printers contributor Jhuttula.
Nefertiti Is Free!
After years of behind-the-scenes effort, the ultra-high resolution 3D scan of the ancient egyptian Nefertiti sculpture has been released to the public. We have the story of how it happened.
Design of the Week: Clutch Bag
This week’s selection is the incredible 3D printed titanium Clutch Bag by Lionel Theodore Dean.
Design of the Week: This Is Fine
This week’s selection is the “This Is Fine” 3D model by industrial designer Phil Carroll.
Design of the Week: 7 Segment Controller
This week’s selection is the awesome 7 Segment Controller by Cults contributor Florian Hu.
Design of the Week: The Ultimate Cloud Cat Feeder
This week’s selection is the highly over-engineered “Ultimate Cloud Cat Feeder” by designer Piotr Westfalewicz.
Behind the Design: How Urwahn 3D Printed a Bike for Urban Riding Conditions
Watch how Urwahn Bikes used 3D printing to design a fully functional urban bike.
Design of the Week: Giant Hot End
Have you ever wondered what is inside a 3D printer hot end? How does it soften plastic filament? This breakaway 3D model shows you how.
This Epic Racing Drone Was Made Using Fusion 360 and Generative Design
It wasn’t too long ago when the concept of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and the capabilities of generative design seemed like some far off sci-fi future.
Design of the Week: Screenhouse
This week’s selection is “Screenhouse” by Artist Edra Soto.
Design of the Week: Tesla Earthquake Machine
This week’s selection is the Tesla Earthquake Machine by Integza.
Design of the Week: Iron Man Statue
This week’s selection is the life-size Iron Man statue by STPL3D.