This week’s selection is the incredible 3D printed reproduction of Ötzi, by Materialise, DNALC and artist Gary Staab.
Design
Stratasys Attempts A Breakthrough In 3D Printed Fashion
Stratasys announced a fascinating set of 3D printed dresses that use unique methods that could attract more designers to their services.
Design of the Week: Wonkey Chest of Drawers
This week’s selection is the funky “Wonkey Chest of Drawers” by YouMagine contributor francfalco.
Design of the Week: Bird Feeder
This week’s selection is the practical bird feeder from the Printed Nest project.
Design of the Week: Shopping Bag Handle
This week’s selection is the highly practical and possibly finger-saving Shopping Bag Handle by cgtrader contributor Even Erichsen.
Design of the Week: Manhattan Pegboard Collection
This week’s selection is the highly practical “Manhattan Pegboard Collection” by “Matt Manhattan”.
Design of the Week: Kinect Controlled Dinosaurs
This week’s selection is the ambitious Kinect Controlled Dinosaurs by the Animal Simulation Laboratory at the University of Manchester in the UK.
Design of the Week: Kinetic Ring
This week’s selection is the Kinetic Ring by artist and 3D designer Desmond Chan.
Design of the Week: Robot Drinky
This week’s selection is the amazingly lifelike “Robot Drinky” by Korea-based Euchan Park.
Design of the Week: Motorized Star Wars AT-AT
This week’s selection is the incredible Motorized Star Wars AT-AT by YouMagine contributor Dan Olson (aka “LtDan”).
Printable Scenery’s Winterdale RPG Collection
Printable Scenery has been producing 3D models for RPGs for quite a while, but now they’ve launched a huge new collection.
Design of the Week: Star Wars VII Storm Trooper Helmet
This week’s selection is the FULLY WEARABLE Star Wars VII Storm Trooper Helmet by MyMiniFactory contributor Lloyd Roberts.
Design of the Week: OpenR/C Formula 1 Car
This week’s selection is the amazing OpenR/C Formula 1 Car by Pinshape contributor Daniel Noree.
Design of the Week: 3D Printed Cat Armor
This week’s selection is the startling and possibly functional 3D Printed Cat Armor, by designer J Wall.
Design of the Week: The Simpsons House
This week’s selection is the “Simpsons House” 3D model by Cult3D’s’ designer Bubolz.
Design of the Week: 3D Printed Animatronic Parrot
This week’s selection is Brian Matthews’ highly realistic 3D printed parrot.
Design of the Week: Clasp
This week’s selection is the surprisingly useful “Handy Clasp” from Cult’s contributor Avooq.
Design of the Week: Smartphone Photo Studio
This week’s selection is the Smartphone Photo Studio kit by Creative Tools.
Design of the Week: Bsteady Car Mount
This week’s selection is the ingenious Bsteady Car Mount by Bhold designs.
Design of the Week: Composite Prints
This week’s selection is the nearly indescribable composite prints by 3D artist Shane Hope.
Design of the Week: Francis Bitonti Bracelet
This week’s selection is a stunning 3D printed metal bracelet by noted 3D artist Francis Bitonti.
Design of the Week: Caress of the Gaze
This week’s selection is the astonishing “Caress of the Gaze” by artist Behnaz Farahi.
Artist Don Foley’s Gift to Everyone’s Halloween
Noted 3D print artist Don Foley has released a set of free spooky Halloween 3D models.
Design of the Week: Pope Francis
This week’s selection is the realistic 3D printed Pope Francis figurine by Staramba.
Design of the Week: Resistance
This week’s selection is the animated “Resistance” bird wing print by artist Ryan Buyssens.
Herman Miller’s Step Into 3D Printing
Furniture maker Herman Miller has developed an unusual way to leverage 3D printing for their business – and yours.
The 3D Printed Vortex Dress Is Coming
the Vortex Dress.
What Is It Actually Like To Wear 3D Printed Fashion?
You may have seen fantastic 3D fashion prints worn by models, but what is it like to actually wear such outfits? We found out.
Reader Seeks Advice on 3D Part Design
One of our readers reached out with a 3D design question and we thought you might be able to help.
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.