5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (267+ words) A 3D printed instrument by Co:Creation Lab uses a replaceable party balloon as its sound box, turning the physics of resonance into something users can adjust and feel. Called the Balloon Banjo, the small playable object combines seven printed components…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago   (314+ words) Ninefold installed at the Reeves House Visual Arts Center as part of Plastic Reimagined: Material Agency & Circular Design. Visitors move through the installation, experiencing the resonant forms as a spatial field of material, light, and sound. Outdoor view highlighting the…...

3+ week, 6+ hour ago   (350+ words) The project explores the relationship between traditional craftsmanship and digital fabrication, using historical footwear techniques as a reference point for a circular design approach. Instead of relying on permanent adhesives that complicate repair and recycling, UDRB is designed as a…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (79+ words) Designboom 3D-printed aluminum lattice guides heat around protected inner core | images: courtesy of UIUC and DTU aluminum and PDMS combine to create carefully controlled thermal pathways infrared tests show heat pattern continuing around hidden object with minimal disturbance name: Free-form…...

4+ week, 12+ hour ago   (477+ words) At 930 kilograms, the coupe’s low mass shapes its proportions and performance. It sits close to the road with a wider stance, giving the compact body a firmer presence from every angle. the coupe’s hand-formed aluminum skin draws from Porsche’s 1951 Le…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (399+ words) Designboom keep up with our daily & weekly stories Harvard researchers develop programmable knitted textiles Researchers at Harvard’s John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) demonstrate that knitted textiles, long valued for their softness and flexibility, can also…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (247+ words) Decoupling the creative process from heavy industry’s machinery, STILFOLD grants designers unprecedented freedom to fuse fluid, sculptural aesthetics with structural load-bearing strength directly from a single flat sheet of metal. This paradigm shift is poised to disrupt manufacturing across the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (105+ words) Gum Collection by Vondom | all images courtesy of Vondom warm, neutral tones accentuate the fluid curves of the GUM collection by Vondom Manufactured in Spain through responsible production, the series is engineered specifically for residential projects and high-traffic contract environments,…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (419+ words) The Danish studio’s Bend Chair and Bend Stool begin with the familiar language of large-scale extrusion, then shift away from the fixed profile that has come to define much of the field. The pieces are printed, reheated, and bent by…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (604+ words) Developed by Studio Darius Ou with Benson Chong, Manual is a fully 3D-printed book that carries part of the machine code used to fabricate its own body. The object arrives with a strange directness. Its pages, binding, and raised marks…...