Dressing for Volkswagen — A 3D Printed Smoke Dress You Kind of Have to See to Believe

The latest statement in 3D printed fashion is another dress, but it’s one of those ‘things’ that make you look, look again and then look some more. At least that’s how it was for me when Vanessa Palsenberg of Materialise…

3D Printing Sound Waves Helps Fashion Designer Get Where He Wants to Go on Project Runway

I seem to have got myself a bit of a reputation for liking “fashion,” which, on the surface, is probably justified. The thing is, I like clothes (and certain accessories even more so), but I am not really a fan…

3D Printing, Hats & Dutch Politics

imaterialise has been 3D printing another ‘hat’ – I am not sure it comes under my definition of hat — but, nonetheless, the hat in question was for a specific purpose and dramatic political impact. The company also went some…

Colombian Fashion Designer, Camilo Alvarez, Wows with 3D Printed Accessories

What do you reckon the odds are on writing / editing two stories in a 24 hour period that feature two different designers, utilising 3D printing, from Colombia? Not very high, obviously, because that’s what happened to me today! The…

Shapeways Collaboration brings Chrome and Gold Options for Kapture

Shapeways has announced it has partnered up with Kapture, the company behind a wearable always-on audio recording device, which is currently looking for funding on Kickstarter. Interestingly, the 3D printing company’s influence is not to be seen in the basic…

ThreeASFOUR Have Nailed the Concept of 3D Printing Fashion & it Comes with a Religious Twist

The three designers behind the threeASFOUR fashion label have put together a fascinating exhibition at the Jewish Museum in New York City. Gabriel Asfour, Adi Gil and Angela Donhauser are the designers behind the MER KA BA exhibit, which explores…

Makerbot’s Entry into the Fashion Stakes – The Verlan Dress

Oh yes, it is another 3D printed dress! This one comes to you courtesy of a designer that has been here before, but also from a 3D printer platform that has not — Makerbot’s Replicator 2 — using a new…

Sustainable Footwear from 3D-Printed Moulds

To some, 3D printing resembles an organic process, with an object growing onto a build platform the way a seed might burst forth from the ground and develop into a tree.  It was this organic growth, combined with ideas of…

New Shoes – 3D Printed, of Course

More shoe designers are experimenting with 3D printing, and many of them are collaborating with 3D printing service provider imaterialise to produce their footwear. Granted they’re not your everyday, throw on pairs. But for anyone with a shoe fettish (that…

3D Printed Dress of Pia Hinze Features in Muuse x Vogue Awards

Pia Hinze in one of a new generation of fashion designers and last week she contacted us to introduce us to her new, and first, graduate collection — “Néobaroque”, which includes a startling but rather beautiful 3D printed dress. Pia…