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- A cabin made from beetle infested wood and concrete 3D printingLeslie Lok and Sasa Zivkovic, both assistant professors of architecture at Cornell University in the US and co-principals of design firm HANNAH, designed a…
- 3D printed terracotta ‘reef tiles’ to repopulate coral communitiesResearchers at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) developed specially designed 3D printed ‘reef tiles’ for attachment by corals to enhance their chance of…
- Customised steel connectors made with robotic 3D metal printingLarge scale metal printing company MX3D teamed up with Japanese architectural construction company Takenaka to create a structural steel connector using robotic 3D metal…
- A 3D printed habitat made with local, reusable materialsItalian 3D printing company WASP and Mario Cucinella Architects designed a circular housing model, created using entirely reusable, recyclable materials made from the local…
- 3D printed textile-based lampsWith her project Conductive Origami, Jerusalem-based industrial designer Yael Akirav designed a series of lamp shades inspired by origami, by 3D printing conductive filament…
- A 3D printed glove to prevent musculoskeletal disordersEngineers from car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover developed a lightweight, 3D printed glove that could help prevent employees from getting musculoskeletal disorders. Musculoskeletal disorders…
- 3D printed concrete columnsIn collaboration with the Origen Festival in Riom, Switzerland, a team at ETH Zürich created nine individually designed concrete columns, each 3D printed at…
- The world’s first 3D printed communityNon-profit New Story teamed up with fuseproject, a design studio founded by Yves Béhar, to design the world’s first 3D printed community, aimed to…
- A chair formed by 3D printing the shape of your buttIn collaboration with Unyq, manufacturer of 3D printed medical wearables, and educational e-sport company Area Academy, Ikea aims to develop an ergonomic chair especially…
- 3D printed block of digital wood has an internal grainResearchers at Columbia University used a voxel printing techniques to create digital wood, complete with internal grains and external colour textures. The block of…
- Europe’s first commercial 3D printed concrete buildingEurope’s first commercial 3D printed concrete building will be located in Teuge, a town in the Netherlands. The building, with a size of 100…
- Sustainable PEF 3D printing material is made with cellulose3D printing is becoming increasingly popular, as it is a relatively fast method to produce objects with little waste material. The most commonly used…
- Robots 3D Print a Stainless Steel BicycleStudents at TU Delft are showing the possibilities of 3 printing in stainless steel with this fully functional design for a bicycle. Called the…
- 3D Printed Recycled Plastic Panels Translate Energy Into ArchitectureAectual has created a custom 3D printed wall panel system for energy company E.ON. The design turns the company’s visual identity into a tactile…
- Origami-Inspired Hybrid 3D Printing Eliminates Moulds For Lightweight Composite StructuresResearchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed a new hybrid 3D-printing process that combines origami-inspired design with…
- Seaweed-Derived Additive Improves 3D Printing of Earthen Building MaterialsResearchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have discovered that a seaweed-derived ingredient can improve the 3D printing of earthen construction materials. The ingredient…
- 3D Printed Purpose-Built Reefs Advance Scalable Marine RestorationIn 2025, Dutch startup Coastruction deployed three large-scale Purpose-Built Reefs (PBRs). These structures support coral growth and marine biodiversity. The project combines biomimicry, computational…
- Controlling Roughness: 3D Printed Bio-Circular Materials For Acoustic PerformanceA research project by 4TU Design United at Delft University of Technology explores how surface texture in bio-circular materials can be precisely controlled through…
- 3D Printed Street Furniture Made From Recycled Construction WasteChinese studio BENTU Design has developed a method to transform demolition waste into 3D printed urban furniture. The project, titled Inorganic Growth, explores how…
- Recyclable Lignin-Based Ink Enables Circular 3D PrintingResearchers at Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon have developed a fully recyclable, water-based ink for 3D printing. The team makes the ink largely from lignin, a by-product…
- 3D Printed Footwear Demonstrates Mono-Material and Custom-Fit ManufacturingAdditive manufacturing continues to influence footwear design. The Udon sneaker by ICAKOSTIKA, produced through Zellerfeld’s 3D printing platform, shows how designers can rethink construction…
- 3D Printed Earthen Shelter Nurtures Young Trees Through Microclimate DesignTreeSoil is a 3D printed earthen structure that creates small protective microclimates for young trees. Developed at the Material Topology Research Lab at the…
- Blue Voyage: 3D Printed Ceramic Walls by Studio RAPRotterdam-based Studio RAP has created Blue Voyage, two large-scale 3D printed ceramic walls for the entrance of the new Jumeirah Marsa Al Arab hotel…
- Stronger, More Affordable 3D Printed Titanium Could Transform Design and ManufacturingEngineers at RMIT University in Australia have developed a breakthrough titanium alloy that is not only stronger than standard 3D printed titanium but also…
