A 3D-printed bionic hand designed by prosthetics startup Open Bionics is the recipient of the 2015 UK James Dyson Award for design engineering innovation. More about 3D-printed robotic hand wins 2015 UK James Dyson Award
Future Makers: today we're launching a new collaboration with Autodesk exploring the future of making things. In the first movie in the series, Dutch designer Anouk Wipprecht tells us about the digital tools she used to create a collection of interactive 3D-printed dresses for Audi. More about Anouk Wipprecht integrates parking sensors and headlights into 3D-printed fashion collection
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