What If We Grew Our Buildings Instead of ‘Manufacturing’ Them? This Clay Framework Has an Answer
What would it look like for a building material to behave more like a living organism? Rameshwari Jonnalagedda has been sitting with that question, and…
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The Architects Who Want to Grow Buildings From Bacteria
Concrete is everywhere. It’s in the walls you’re staring at right now, the floors under your feet, the skyline you pass every morning on your…
5 Brilliantly Weird 3D Printed Designs That Show Exactly Where Industrial Design Is Headed
3D printing is redefining the language of future technology and design. Tech peripherals are evolving from standardized, mass-market products into sculpted forms. This transformation signals…
Europe’s Largest 3D-Printed Apartment Building Just Changed Everything
Something significant happened in Bezannes, France — and the construction industry should be paying close attention. ViliaSprint², Europe’s largest 3D-printed apartment building, has been completed,…
The Bike Saddle 3D-Printed and Hand-Stitched in France
Most conversations about technology and craft follow the same script. Technology is fast, scalable, cold. Craft is slow, precious, warm. The two might share a…
The 3D-Printed Chair That Moves With You, Not Against You
The first time I looked at the Flow Chair, I thought it was a sculpture. The sinuous, looping form bending into itself like a standing…
This 3D-Printed Pet House Looks Like a Retro TV That Lets You Watch Your Cat Sleep Instead Of Netflix
Forget the $800 Scandinavian pet cave or the linen-covered cube that your cat ignores in favor of your laptop bag. The most genuinely entertaining piece…
Aya & Sfera Started as Planters. Now They’re Taking Over Desks.
Most desk organizers solve a problem and stop there. They hold your pens, keep your paper clips from migrating, and that’s the entire story. Ikigaiform’s…
A Tiny Pinwheel Is Doing What AI Giants Won’t
Every time you type a prompt into ChatGPT, something happens somewhere far away. Servers spin up. Electricity moves. Carbon gets generated. The whole transaction is…
Someone Turned the “Cat Knocking Things Off Tables” Meme Into a 3D Printed Lamp and It’s Perfect
Cats knocking things off tables is old internet. It predates memes as a concept, predates YouTube, predates the entire visual language of digital humor. It…
This Raspberry Pi Camera Looks Like It Was Made in the 80s for 2050
There’s a particular visual language that 1980s science fiction used for technology. It was chunky, industrial, and slightly alien in form, the kind of hardware…
This 3D-Printed Lamp Changes Its Pattern When You Tilt It
Many of us first encountered the magic of lenticular printing on a pocket-sized novelty card. Tilting it back and forth would make a cartoon character…