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Design of the Week: VEND
This week’s selection is the amazing VEND candy dispenser by Seattle-based Brent J. Rosenburgh.
Design of the Week: Finger Wrench
This week’s selection is the incredibly useful Finger Wrench by YouMagine contributor and 3D print enthusiast Franc Falco.
Design of the Week: Eco-Water and Water Supply Storage
This week’s selection is the fascinating and practical Eco-Water and Water Supply Storage by Baptiste Godard.
Design of the Week: Raspberry Pie Case
This week’s selection is the tasty-looking Raspberry Pie Case by designer Marco Valenzuela.
Design of the Week: VOXEL Chair
This week’s selection is the very unusual VOXEL chair by designer Joshua Sellini.
Design of the Week: Curiosity Rover
This week’s selection is NASA’s amazingly detailed 3D model of their distant Curiosity Rover.
WonderLuk’s Popup Experiment Illustrates 3D Print Venture Challenges
WonderLuk plans to exhibit their innovative 3D printed jewelry at a London popup store this week, but we think this demonstrates the challenges facing many 3D print-using startups.
Design of the Week: The Tank
This week’s selection is “The Tank” by a Mr. Park from Korea.
Design of the Week: Power Loader
This week’s selection is the incredibly detailed Power Loader by Aaron Hartman.
Design of the Week: SMF.01 Lamp
This week’s selection is the easy-to-make SMF.01 Lamp kit by UAU Project.
Capcom Moves to 3D Printing for New Cover Art
Capcom, makers of many notable video games over the past 32 years, now makes use of 3D printing to bring a spotlight on their new game, Street Fighter V.
Design of the Week: Cinder Blocks
This week’s selection goes to Reddit contributor rip1980 for “Cinder Blocks”.
Design of the Week: POKO Pocket Emptier
This week’s selection is the stylish “Pocket Emptier POKO” by 3DShook.
Design of the Week: 3D Printed Bike
This week’s selection is a 3D printed bicycle kit by Stephan Schürmann / ColorFabb.
Rocinante, The Beautiful 3D Printed Horse
To celebrate the 400th anniversary of Don Quixote, Oyma3D has produced an amazing horse 3D print.
Design of the Week: Codename Colossus
This week’s selection is the fabulous Codename Colossus kinetic toy by Machination Studio.
American Standard Now 3D Prints Faucets
You never know where to expect the next 3D printed innovation, but this time it’s the kitchen and bathroom, where American Standard now provides a line of 3D printed faucets.
Design of the Week: SR-72 Aircraft
This week’s selection is artist Don Foley’s smooth SR-72 model.
Design of the Week: LUNA
This week’s selection is the incredible “LUNA” by Stephanie Lange and Brook Cronin.
Design of the Week: Captured Flowers
This week’s selection is the amazing set of 3D printed wildflowers by artist Darlene Farris-LaBar.
Design of the Week: Giant 3D Printed Paul McCartney
This week’s selection is the incredible 3D print of Paul McCartney done by the folks from aye aye labs.
Design of the Week: 2-string Piezoelectric Violin
This week’s selection is Monad Studio’s incredible 2-string Piezoelectric Violin.
Design of the Week: LED Light Stand
This week’s selection is the LED Light Stand by Ivan Zhurba.
Family Creates 3D Printing Business
A family has built a small 3D design business using only a personal 3D printer.
There’s Something New Every Week at 52shapes
A unique 3D design and print delivery process has been created by the folks at 52shapes.
Design of the Week: 3D Printed Emoji’s
This week’s selection is Doug Vitarelli’s collection of 3D printed emojis.
Design of the Week: Jeri Sculpture
This week’s selection is the amazing Jeri Sculpture by 3D artist James Stewart.
Design of the Week: Dog’s Game
This week’s selection is the very interesting “Dog’s Game” by Cults 3D designer Empezando Diseño.
Invasion of the Apple Watch 3D Models
It’s April and Apple has released their new Apple Watch. Did the 3D printing world notice? Apparently it did.
Design of the Week: Fork Cable Organizer
This week’s selection is the Fork Cable Organizer by CGTrader contributor Tosh Sayama.
Design of the Week: Second Life Mug
This week’s selection is the Second Life Mug by LeFabShop.
Design of the Week: Bottle Tap
This week’s selection is YouMagine contributor TimeLapse21’s simple Bottle Tap.
Retro Items Revived With 3D Printing
A report by Stuart Fraser at Makerflux describes how someone revived the idea of a classic jukebox with 3D printing.
Solidscape Awards Design Winners
An amazing set of jewelry designs were selected for awards at the recent Baselworld Design Competition.
CLAWZ Pre-Order Opens
3D printed fashion nail provider CLAWZ is now selling their first product: “Phases”.
Design of the Week: The Greatest Case
This week’s selection is “The Greatest Case” by Kyle Staebell and Cameron Naramore.
Design of the Week: World’s First 3D Printed Melodica
This week’s selection is Daren Banarsë’s beautiful and functional 3D printed Melodica.
3D Printed Architectural Structure Demonstrates New Approach
3D Systems teamed with a team from UC Berkeley to 3D print an intricate architectural structure, perhaps the largest cement structure ever 3D printed.
Design of the Week: Leonard Nimoy Memorial Print
This week’s selection is the Leonard Nimoy Memorial Print, by Thingiverse designer Geoff.W of Australia.
An Open Source Licence for 3D Printing: 3DPL Announced
YouMagine has announced a new type of licensing scheme for 3D print designs, the 3DPL.
7,000 3D Printed Words Printed in Spain
An unusual art installation at the Colombian Embassy in Madrid is 3D printing 7,000 words.
Design of the Week: Ozo Bear
This week’s selection is Emmanuel Carrillo’s curious Ozo Bear.
Design of the Week: 6th Century Sword
This week’s selection is Nils Anderssen’s incredible sword from Snartemo replica.
Design of the Week: Shopping Cart Token
This week’s selection is the Shopping Cart Token by Sweden-based Creative Tools.
Massive 3D Printed Nautical Jaguar
Materialize has put their monstrously huge stereolithography printer to work producing a 3D printed jaguar for a yacht.
Design of the Week: Stone Fields
This week’s selection is artist Giuseppe Randazzo’s meticulous Stone Fields.
3D Printed Left Shark Controversy
The popularity of the Super Bowl “Left Shark” has reached the 3D printing world.
Design of the Week: Skeleton
This week’s selection is David Hagemann’s multi-piece skeleton model.
Design of the Week: New Horizons
This week’s selection is NASA’s 3D model of their New Horizons spacecraft.
Design of the Week: Fibonacci Zoetrope Sculptures
This week’s selection is John Edmark’s amazing Fibonacci Zoetrope sculptures.
Design of the Week: Smoke Dress
This week’s selection is Dutch designer Anouk Wipprecht’s Smoke Dress.
Design of the Week: Piece of Ocean
This week’s selection is the spectacular Piece of Ocean by digital sculptor Eyal Gever.
FABMOBs Links Big Data to 3D Printing
A startup hopes to demonstrate their ability to convert large-scale databases into artistic visualizations.
Design of the Week: Dragon Doorhandles
This week’s selection is the frightening Dragon Doorhandle by Kai Bracher.
Design of the Week: eSherpa
This week’s selection is the practical eSherpa electrically driven trolley by Switzerland-based Ralf Naumann.
Design of the Week: Kinematics Dress
This week’s selection is Nervous Systems’ startling Kinematics Dress.
Design of the Week: Saturn’s Wanderer
This week’s selection is the beautiful Saturn’s Wanderer by Professor Neri Oxman.
Design of the Week: Containing Air
This week’s selection is the delicate “Containing Air 101g12” sculpture by Robert Krawczyk.
What To Make With Metal 3D Printers?
Earlier this week we saw a 3D printed branding iron. Could this be the beginning of a new class of 3D prints?
Design of the Week: Carl Sagan Bust
This week’s selection is the detailed Carl Sagan bust by Mushogenshin Kyakunohoshi of Houston.
The Teeniest 3D Printed Human Ever?
Artist Jonty Hurwitz wanted to create the world’s smallest human form. And he did.
Design of the Week: Mr Sorn Graffiti Tag
This week’s selection is an amazing graffiti tag modeled by artist Ben Normally.
Design of the Week: Lament Configuration
This week’s selection is the Lament Configuration.
Design of the Week: Filament Clip
This week’s selection is the very simple Filament Clip by Bertjan Walker.
A 3D Printed Yarmulke
Infinite are the ways one can use a 3D printer. Now we see a religious use.
Design of the Week: The Destiny Fusion Rifle
This week’s selection is an amazing replica of a weapon from a virtual world.
Design of the Week: Europe Map
This week’s selection is Martin Figeac’s “Europe Map puzzle with Great Britain”.
Design of the Week: CLUG
This week’s selection is the CLUG, a 3D printed bike clip.
Bhold Labs Partners with Ultimaker
Bhold has partnered with Ultimaker to enable everyone to easily participate in their 3D printed product development program.
Design of the Week: Nautilus
This week’s selection is Jeremy Mallin’s Nautilus.
Learn the Secrets of 3D Fashion Design
If you have any notion of creating your own 3D printed fashion, you’d best take advantage of this opportunity.
Design of the Week: Brazilian Blue
This week’s selection is the colorful Brazilian Blue capeoria dancer sculpture by artist James Stewart.
Design of the Week: Ivania 2
This week’s selection is Evan Kuester’s Ivania 2, a prosthetic arm.
Design of the Week: White Rabbit Figurine
This week’s selection is Danny Van Ryswyk’s amazing White Rabbit Figurine.
Design of the Week: Prodromes
This week’s selection is Sophie Kahn’s eerie Prodromes series.
Design of the Week: Fractal Forms
This week’s selection is a series of fractal forms by digital sculptor Michael Winstone.
Design of the Week: 3D Printed Picnic
This week’s selection is the 3D Printed Picnic by INC Architecture and Design.
The Biomimicry Approach
A graduation project illustrates the future of 3D printed structures.
Design of the Week: Clay Sculpture
This week’s selection is the anonymous “clay sculpture” found in the 123D Gallery.
Made With Code’s 3D Printed Bracelet
Google’s Made with Code site took a step into the world of 3D printing with a simple bracelet generator.
Design of the Week: Cash
This week’s selection is “Cash” by Scott Frank.
Design of the Week: Crybaby Shoes
This week’s selection is “Crybaby” 3D printed shoes by artist Sebastian Errazuriz.
Design of the Week: x.pose
This week’s selection is x.pose by designers Xuedi Chen and Pedro G. C. Oliveira.
Design of the Week: Big Mouth Amp
This week’s selection is the very cool Big Mouth Amp.
Design of the Week: Scaled World Cup
This week’s selection is the FIFA Scaled World Cup by Thingiverse designer Missy P.
Design of the Week: Karl Hoenshell Bust
This week’s selection is the Karl Hoenshell bust by none other than Karl Hoenshell himself.
Design of the Week: Collision
This week’s selection is the striking “Collision” by Berlin-based artists Andrzej Wojtas Jendrek and Ewelina Aleksandrowicz.
Design of the Week: Armillary Sphere
This week’s selection is the amazing Armillary Sphere by Don Foley.
van Straaten’s 3D Print Accessibility Strategy
3D print artist Eric van Straaten has developed a unique pricing strategy to enable more people to own a print of his incredible designs.
Design of the Week: DIY Material Testing Machine
This week’s selection is the amazing DIY Material Testing Machine by YouMagine designer Arjan.
GrowthObject’s Botanical Collection
Barcelona-based design firm GrowthObjects has released a set of botanically-inspired 3D printed jewelry.
Mary Huang’s Actually Wearable 3D Printed Shoes. No, Really!
We’ve all seen images of fantastic 3D printed shoes over the past couple of years, but if you were to look close and handle them, you’d find they weren’t particularly wearable. Now that’s set to change.
3D Printed Handles for Stone Age Tools
In the most absolute and ultimate technology contrast possible, researchers have 3D printed handles for primitive flint-knapped hand axes.
17-Year Old Creates 3D Printed Robot
Many people build robots using 3D printing, but this very unusual specimen was designed and printed by a seventeen year old from the UK.