Angled Makes It Possible for Anyone to Launch a 3D Printed Product
By: Stephanie Hendrixson, Senior Editor
The online store utilizes open capacity at its sister 3D printer farms for on-demand production with no startup costs, allowing designers to sell physical products as easily as digital ones.
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Gantri’s 3D Printed Luxury Lighting Brings Designers Closer to Consumers
By: Stephanie Hendrixson, Senior Editor
The San Francisco startup is changing designer lighting with a designer-forward online marketplace and just-in-time delivery enabled by 3D printing.
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What Do These Flip Flops Say About Manufacturing's Future?: The Cool Parts Show S3E5
By: Stephanie Hendrixson, Senior Editor
These 3D printed flip-flops are an example of mass customization, but they also hint at manufacturing's more sustainable, circular future. Find out why in this episode of The Cool Parts Show.
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How 3D Printing Changes Products in the Circular Economy (Video #4)
By: Stephanie Hendrixson, Senior Editor
3D printing makes possible new and different consumer goods, but also changes the buyer's relationship to those goods. More in this video, part of our series on 3D Printing and the Circular Economy.
#sustainability #video
Retraction Footwear Is the Sustainable Manufacturing Business of the Future
By: Stephanie Hendrixson, Senior Editor
Retraction Footwear offers a new way of buying flip-flops that are made to suit each customer. But the company also represents a new way of thinking about production, in a circular economy loop that encompasses material, design, manufacturing, product and end-of-life.
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Parametric Design and 3D Printing Deliver Custom, Sustainably Manufactured Furniture
By: Stephanie Hendrixson, Senior Editor
Model No. operates at the intersection of technology and design. Its custom furniture is made on demand through a combination of proprietary large-format 3D printers, sustainable materials and a sleek online storefront.
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Shoe Manufacturing at Flowbuilt Is Reshored and Reimagined
By: Stephanie Hendrixson, Senior Editor
The shoe store of the future is more like a digitized tailor’s shop than a warehouse. Flowbuilt Manufacturing is the flexible contract manufacturer that can serve this vision, using both 3D printing and injection molding.
#polymer #moldmaking
The Future of Jewelry Manufacturing Is Custom, On Demand and Perfectly Sized
By: Stephanie Hendrixson, Senior Editor
The Melvin sisters launched their startup, The Future of Jewelry, when they couldn’t find matching signet rings. Now, customers can design exactly the ring they want, to be produced affordably through 3D printing and/or lost wax casting.
#polymer #casting
From Idea to PPE Product in 10 Days: The Cool Parts Show Special Episode
By: Stephanie Hendrixson, Senior Editor
Fitz Frames' custom 3D printed glasses have turned out to be a launch point for an item of personal protective equipment (PPE) used in the fight against COVID-19.
#polymer #coolparts #video
The Foot Measurement System That Allows for Mass Customized Insoles
By: Peter Zelinski, Editor-in-Chief
Aetrex’s Albert scanner is an example of how advances in measurement technology aid 3D printing in realizing its promise.
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