Art & Design

From the 3D printer to the couture runway. Jean Paul Gaultier turned to additive manufacturing for five looks in its Autumn/Winter 2026-27 haute couture collection, shown in Paris in July. The collection was Duran Lantink’s first couture outing as creative…

An STL file (short for stereolithography) is the most common format for representing the geometry of an object to be 3D-printed. Unlike formats such as OBJ, 3MF, or AMF, STL describes only the shape using a mesh of triangles, without…

You read that right. This 3D printed umbrella takes flight and follows you around, keeping you protected from the rain while leaving your hands free. To make it possible, John Xu, creator of the YouTube channel I Build Stuff, used…

3D print models are ready-to-print digital files, usually STL or 3MF, that you download and send straight to your printer. There are many websites where you can find STL files to print, with new models added all the time. However,…

The text on the pages of this book, Manual, isn’t a traditional story. Look closely, and you’ll see it’s G-code, the machine language used to control 3D printers. Created by Studio Darius Ou with Benson Chong through their research initiative…

The 2026 Roland-Garros Tournament kicked off last week, and we can’t pass up the chance to highlight Novak Djokovic’s entrance. The Serbian player arrived wearing a jacket featuring a 3D-printed wolf and real clay from the legendary Parisian court. The…

Sheyn means “beautiful” in Yiddish. Aesthetics are at the heart of Nicolas Gold and Markus Schaffer’s work, so much so that they chose this word as the name for their design studio. Their approach blends architecture and design to reveal…

At MAXXI, Italy’s national museum dedicated to contemporary art and architecture, a striking model of Rome is currently on display through April 26. Spanning 48 square meters and made up of 953 terracotta tiles, the piece reproduces the entire municipal…

3D design and printing make for a powerful combination in the world of furniture. Thanks to additive manufacturing, it is now possible to turn creative concepts into functional pieces using almost any material and reducing production times. In this article,…

What if your 3D printed objects could change their appearance based entirely on the angle from which they are viewed? This fascinating optical illusion is known as the lenticular effect. Often compared to a holographic effect, the lenticular effect allows…

Most likely originating in ancient Rome, Valentine’s Day is a celebration of love, celebrated, as you know, on February 14. So, we’ve put together some ideas for STL files that you can 3D print at home. Whether it’s for your…

If you follow news in additive manufacturing, you may have already heard of the Dutch architecture studio RAP. The firm has been using 3D printing for several years to create original, complex structures that often serve as decorative or ornamental…