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3D Printing
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Profiles
Yu Nong Khew Uses AI to Question Her Humanity
The Wesleyan University professor recently launched Studio Soft Hairy, a design practice that balances digital fabrication, craft, and microbiology.
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Viewpoints
9 Designers Revolutionizing Bio-based Materials
From 3D-printed date seeds to moss-covered facade panels, these projects showcase how bio-based materials are shaping the future of design.
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Viewpoints
How Far Has 3D-Printed Architecture Come?
METROPOLIS tracks the development of 3D-printed buildings, and how they promises to revolutionize speed and sustainability in construction.
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Ukraine’s Rebuilding Plans Include 3D-Printed Schools
To speed the recovery of buildings lost to the war, the Ukranian government is getting humanitarian aid in the form of new construction technology.
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Could 3D-Printed Formwork Revolutionize Sustainable Construction?
Researchers at Gramazio Kohler Research and ETH Zurich have developed a way to 3D print lightweight concrete formwork that's fully recyclable.
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Profiles
Rael San Fratello 3D Prints Architecture with a Political Edge
Oakland, California–based architects Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello harness advanced technology to challenge old political structures and imagine new forms.
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Projects
Stratasys Envisions The Future of Fashion Through Direct-to-Textile 3D Printing
With support from research platform Re-FREAM, the additive manufacturing giant calls on top industrial designers to rethink everyday accessories with sustainability and inclusion in mind.
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Profiles
Brian Peters’ 3D Printed Ceramics Merge Art and Technology
Based on an initial prototype launched during Dutch Design Week in 2012, the Pittsburgh artist’s full-time fabrication studio pushes the limits of 3D printing with clay.
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Viewpoints
Virginia San Fratello on Wandering in the Age of Covid
The architect-designer explicates the connections between wandering around Colorado's San Luis Valley and her experiments in 3D printing.
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Viewpoints
3D-Printing Is Speeding Up the Automation of Construction
As the technology scales up, it’s being tasked with providing robust new solutions—but it’s also running into some of the same old building problems.
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Profiles
Game Changers 2020: Kevin Kimwelle and ICON on Social Equity in Building
In the first of four pairings of our annual Game Changers series, a South African architect and Texas construction company share the goal of making housing cheap, accessible, and livable for all.
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Projects
NASA Names Winner of 3D-Printed Mars Habitat Challenge
Design studio SEArch+ and robotics company ApisCor won the multi-stage competition's “Virtual Construction Level," designing a hyperboloid dwelling that integrates radiation protection with crucial life support systems
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A 3D-Printed Installation, Made With Sustainable Bioplastics, Debuts at Milan Design Week
Fashion brand COS commissioned the 3.2-ton structure, which was designed by London-based architect Arthur Mamou-Mani.
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Products
This Biodegradable Coffee Cup Was Made With a Gourd and a 3D-Printed Mold
An astounding 50 billion of those paper cups per year will end up in U.S. landfills because their material cannot be recycled or composted.
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Products
Here are 5 Free 3D Printing Recipes Featured in Emerging Objects’ New Book
The Bay Area studio Emerging Objects seeks to innovate new 3D printing technology and materials for architects—and they're sharing some of their recipes here.
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Projects
World’s Largest 3D-Printed Lens Debuts at Times Square
The installation, titled Window to the Heart, was a collaboration between design studio Aranda/Lasch and 3D printer manufacturer Formlabs.
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Products
MIT’s Self-Assembly Lab Showcases a New 3D Printing Process at Design Miami/ 2017
The new technique, dubbed Rapid Liquid Printing, has broad potential to make 3D printing cheaper, faster, and more versatile.
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Products
Alfresco Tech: Outdoor Furniture Embraces New Materials and Methods
Why not 3D-knit a nylon chair? Designers today are applying a wide range of new technologies and materials to outdoor products.
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Products
MIT, Steelcase to 3D Print Custom Designs on Demand
In its quest to create the ultimate customizable furniture, Steelcase teamed up with MIT to develop a new digital fabrication technology.
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Products
The Materials & Tools Taking Making Into the Future
The relationship between digital technology and craft underwent a rapid transformation from antagonistic to symbiotic in the past decade. Now a vanguard of makers, entrepreneurs, and institutions is taking the next step.