Graduate shows 2015: Royal College of Art graduate Ammo Liao has created pairs of shoes with 3D-printed soles and uppers made entirely from a recyclable knitted material (+ movie). More about Ammo Liao's recyclable Bio-Knit trainers have uppers knitted from a single material
A pair of students have created a conceptual prototype for a countertop 3D printer that people could use to make meat in their own homes (+ movie). More about Conceptual machine designed for 3D-printing meat on-demand in any kitchen
The 3D-printing industry "is choking off its own revolution" with a combination of toy-like machines, over-priced materials and legal wrangles according to Francis Bitonti, the designer behind the printed dress for Dita von Teese (+ interview). More about 3D printing has stagnated, says pioneering designer Francis Bitonti
Dutch designer Joris Laarman has designed a pedestrian bridge for Amsterdam that will be 3D printed by robots (+ slideshow). More about Joris Laarman designs steel canal bridge that will be 3D printed by robots
3D-printing pioneer Janne Kyttanen has used the structures of spiderwebs and silkworm cocoons to inform the design of a sofa that he printed in a single piece. More about Janne Kyttanen builds 3D-printed sofa from a minimal mesh
Designer and researcher Neri Oxman has successfully 3D-printed one of her "wearable skins" and filled its hollow tubes with a bacterial luminescent liquid to represent how it could host photosynthetic organisms (+ slideshow). More about Neri Oxman 3D prints "photosynthetic wearable" to host living organisms
Dutch designer Han Koning has relaunched his 103% Vase designed in 2002, which was originally produced in China but is now 3D printed in his own studio (+ movie). More about Han Koning puts 103% Vase back into production by 3D printing it himself
Business news: MakerBot, once the darling of the 3D-printing scene, has laid off 20 per cent of its staff and closed its three retail stores after failing to meet its financial growth targets. More about 3D-printing pioneer MakerBot lays off staff and closes stores
Milan 2015: five well-known architects and designers have created pairs of sculptural shoes for footwear brand United Nude made entirely on a 3D printer (+ slideshow). More about Zaha Hadid, Ben van Berkel and more design 3D-printed shoes for United Nude
Italian research studio MHOX has unveiled a concept to allow people to swap their eyes with digital-compatible versions. More about MHOX envisions a future of bioprinted and enhanced human eyes
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: digital technology is infiltrating all aspects of design and making, according to Dries Verbruggen of Belgian design studio Unfold, who has transformed a set of wood and brass tools into digital measuring instruments (+ movie). More about Boundaries between analogue and digital tools "are becoming irrelevant"
News: Will.i.am has called for "new morals, new laws and new codes" for 3D printing, a technology he says is evolving so rapidly that we will soon be able to print humans (+ interview). More about Will.i.am calls for ethical stance on 3D-printing human bodies
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: food designer Chloé Rutzerveld has developed a concept for "healthy and sustainable" 3D-printed snacks that sprout plants and mushrooms for flavour (+ movie). More about 3D-printing with living organisms "could transform the food industry"
News: Australian police have seized weapons created on a 3D printer while raiding a property in Gold Coast, Queensland. More about 3D-printed weapons found during Australian police raid
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with Belgian design studio Unfold to give readers the chance to win one of five copies of a new book exploring the potential of 3D printing. More about Competition: five copies of Printing Things to be won
Interstellar comets become vehicles for space travel between the different planetary systems of our galaxy in this conceptual design by New York-based Clouds Architecture Office (+ slideshow). More about "Comet running" concept proposes hitchhiking future for space stations
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: Dutch designer Lilian van Daal claims 3D-printing can replace traditional upholstery techniques to produce spongy-surfaced furniture in this movie filmed in Eindhoven. More about Lilian van Daal's 3D-printed Biomimicry chair shows off "a new way to create soft seating"
Design lecturer John Edmark has created a series of designs for 3D-printed sculptures that appear to move, utilising an effect similar to a zoetrope (+ movie). More about 3D-printed sculptures create optical illusions using the Fibonacci sequence
CES 2015: the makers of the first popular 3D-printing pen 3Doodler have unveiled a smaller device, which weighs just 50 grams. More about WobbleWorks unveils new pen for drawing 3D objects in the air
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: Salomé Galjaard of engineering firm Arup says 3D-printed building components will result in more efficient and diverse architectural forms (+ movie). More about 3D-printed structural components will lead to "new building shapes"