Derby the dog was born with a congenital deformity resulting in small forearms and no front paws, but thanks to 3D Print Systems the dog can now walk and run with his front leg prosthetics. Tara Anderson, director of product management at 3D Print systems, envisioned this idea in order to help Derby. Tara along [...]
3D printing technology is being used in many fields but is it a transportation technology? The London-based designer Omer Sagiv refutes those who say no, with his latest design: the Luna 3D printed bicycle that has been accomplished featuring a large variety of 3D printed parts. The artistic framework, for instance, has been 3D printed [...]
Francis Bitonti's 3D Print Dress creates a new future, where everyone can print customised clothes. Along with his workshop students, Francis Bitonti, fabricated a couture dress design, that is available for free download at Thingverse.com, with detailed instructions on how to adapt it to your specific tastes. The creation of the dress required numerous techniques, [...]
The Second International Conference and Exhibition “Facing the Future on Architecture” in Belgrade, Serbia hosted the work of architecture students from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. PLANFAB printed most of their models! Check them out.. Arsenios Zachariadis, decided to go with Polyamide powder in order to achieve a good result, since his model was very [...]
The creators of the animation films Coraline and Paranorman strike again with their new 3d stop motion and CGI animated hybrid film “The Boxtrolls”. 3D printing played a crucial role in the creation of the film, since most of the character faces and sets were 3d printed. Laika studios is considered to be the Pixar [...]
On the 13th of September, Local Motors became the first company in the world to produce a 3d printed car. They named it Strati which means layer in Italian, which is really smart since it was created layer by layer… The vehicle was printed and presented during The International Manufacturing Technology Show 2014 (IMTS) and [...]
Artist’s Scott Kindall work “Water Works” truly is a magnificent piece of design. According to the artist “Water Works is a data-visualizations and mapping of the San Francisco water infrastructure: the pipes, hydrants and treatment plants that comprise the circulatory network for the city.” In order to achieve this result, Kindall had to go through [...]
It’s common practice for architects and constructors to create 3d printed models in order to convince their clients and close the deal. However, now even banks use 3d printing to attract and convince clients to trust them. To be more precise, the Swiss Bank Zürcher Kantonalbank decided to turn a rather boring procedure such as the [...]
