sculptural table lamps combine 3D printing, graphic geometry, and saturated color
color, geometry, and modularity form Charlie Firth’s table lamps Based in South West Wales, product and furniture designer Charlie Firth develops an evolving…
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Anatomy of an SLA Resin Printing Disaster
When I got back into SLA resin printing recently, I knew that I’d inevitably have to deal with the agony of failed prints and of course resin spills. This…
3D printed standalone alarm clock lets you smash a giant arcade button to wake up
cinderclock treats the alarm clock as a standalone computer Endothermal Systems’ CinderClock is a 3D printed standalone desktop alarm clock designed to keep…
3D printed banjo uses party balloon as its sound box to explore how air changes the tone
a party balloon becomes A hands-on lesson in sound A 3D printed instrument by Co:Creation Lab uses a replaceable party balloon as its sound box, turning the…
A Hot End And Material Database For 3D Printing
When it comes to 3D printing in the FDM world, you can go a long way just relying on standard settings that ship with your 3D printer and/or slicer. If you…
recycled 3D printing waste transforms into a resonant field of sound, light, and space
recycled 3D printing waste turns into a distributed sound field Ninefold: A Distributed Resonant Field transforms recycled 3D printing waste into nine…
"Nature is frozen for a second" in Marcin Rusak's flower-infused furniture
Polish creative Marcin Rusak is showing his latest botanical pieces at Milan design week , which include biodegradable sconce lights wrapped in leaves and an…
Gustaf Westman creates chunky 3D-printed shelves based on interlocking puzzles
Swedish designer Gustaf Westman has launched a playful modular shelving system comprising colourful components that can connect in various configurations…
"Like fast food and fast fashion, fast architecture is inevitably less fulfilling"
People have long searched for ways to reduce the time it takes to construct buildings but instead we should be trying to slow architecture down, writes Phineas…
US lighting brands "not going back to 20th-century manufacturing"
American lighting companies are using 3D-printing and digital manufacturing to try and fix the "extremely broken" lighting manufacturing industry, Ellen…
MIT students developing 3D printer that turns food waste into household objects
Two MIT students have developed a prototype for a 3D printer that uses artificial intelligence to transform food waste into objects such as cup holders and…
Xisui Design uses 3D-printed concrete to create organic-looking playscape for Chinese park
A series of 3D-printed concrete boulders create bridges, tunnels and planters at Boulder Park, a playground in Shandong province, China , designed by Xisui…