Digital Design and Manufacturing

It was inevitable that 3D printing would make an appearance at this year’s COLLECT. Artist Daniel Widrig brings his crazy 3D printed work to the show.

From the Evolution Bracelet to the Metropolis Lamp, the designs of Studio Mango utilise 3D printing technology to create some brilliant designs

With a little over 24 hours left on its fundraising campaign on crowdfunding site Indiegogo, Canadian startup Matterform has substantially surpassed its goal for its low cost 3D scanner called the ...

"The constant buzz surrounding 3D printer technology is finally making its way into the mainstream and a new company in Chicago is welcoming consumers to try out the revolutionary concept firsthand."

Summer course "Fashion and alternative jewellery, printing in 3D. Interdisciplinary workshop in fashion and jewellery with additive manufacturing". From 22th to 26th July 2013 at ELISAVA.

"Print Shift is a print-on-demand magazine by Dezeen that explores the fast-changing world of 3D Printing and analyses the way it is changing the worlds of architecture and design."

In the video below the molds were 3D printed in Objet Digital ABS material. These mold tools are then injected with real polypropylene at 220 degrees C.

"We all know that 3D printing has many uses, and as the technology has become more available, people from all different kinds of industries have been integrating additive manufacturing into their production process. One industry that’s capitalized on 3D printing technology is the fashion. In a recently opened exhibition titled “Layer by Layer,” London’s Fashion Space Gallery is highlighting the wares of a few fashion designers that create remarkable pieces using 3D printing."

RepRapPro announces today the release of Tricolour Mendel - an open-source RepRap Mendel Printer designed to work with three colours or three different plastics at the same time.

Welcome to the world of the sub-$1,000 3D printer. Manufacturer Pirate3D has promised that their Buccaneer printer will cost a mere $347, about $1,700 less than the cheapest extrusion-based printer available.

"Internet, meet Burritob0t. The creation of Tisch School of the Arts student Marko Manriquez, the BurritoB0t is a machine that prints burritos. The project, dubbed Burritobot, is more than just a stunt novelty–it’s a sneak peak at the future of fast food."

"Taulman 3D recommends printing with the natural filament and then dyeing the parts afterwards for best results, but I wanted to see what happened when dyeing the filament first as that sounded a lot more fun."

Two students at UC Berkeley designed and created 3D Refiner, a machine that transforms any of your 3D prints into a high quality beautifully finished part.

"At that point, metalformers and other manufacturers can perform return-on-investment and amortization calculations while taking additive manufacturing into account. When an order arrives for a diverse part family, concern with tooling up for multiple jobs won’t necessarily take a metalformer out of the bid process. Beyond that, as the accompanying sidebars illustrate, additive manufacturing can provide solutions for a host of shop-floor challenges."

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