Digital manufacturing and open-source design are revolutionising the way designers make their products, reports Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs in this latest article from our series on technology and design supported by computing brand Intel. More about Technology and Design: the digital industrial revolution
Qubique 2011: New York designer Alissia Melka-Teichroew of byAMT has added new designs to her collection of 3D-printed jewellery. More about Jointed Jewels by Alissia Melka-Teichroew
Dutch Design Week 2011: components for this furniture by Rotterdam designers Minale-Maeda can be downloaded, 3D-printed and assembled locally. More about Inside Out Furniture by Minale-Maeda
Dezeen Screen: this movie by Royal College of Art graduate Markus Kayser shows his Solar Sinter 3D-printing machine at work in the desert, making glass objects by melting sand with sunlight. Watch the movie »
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Show RCA 2011: German designer Markus Kayser has built a 3D-printing machine that uses sunlight and sand to make glass objects in the desert. More about The Solar Sinter by Markus Kayser
Dezeen archive: the 3D-printed bikini by Continuum Fashion (bottom left) has been our most popular design story of the week, so we’ve compiled a selection of stories from the Dezeen archive about 3D printing. See all the stories »
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The world's first 3D-printed bikini has gone on sale, created by designers Jenna Fizel and Mary Haung of Continuum Fashion. More about N12 3D-printed bikini by Continuum Fashion and Shapeways
Brazilian Fashion designer Andreia Chaves has created a series of 3D-printed shoes in collaboration with Amsterdam rapid prototyping studio Freedom of Creation. More about Invisible Shoe by Andreia Chaves
London architect Daniel Widrig has collaborated with fashion designer Iris van Herpen and digital manufacturers .MGX by Materialise to create a collection of digitally printed clothing. More about Escapism by Daniel Widrig, Iris van Herpen and .MGX by Materialise
Cologne 2011: designer Karim Rashid launched this 3D-printed lamp for Dutch brand Freedom Of Creation at imm cologne in Germany last week. More about Cross by Karim Rashid for Freedom of Creation
Dutch shoe designer Marloes ten Bhömer has created a pair of 3D-printed shoes that can be individually made to fit perfectly. More about Rapidprototypedshoe by Marloes ten Bhömer
These conceptual cooling units by London designers PostlerFerguson would be made from 3D-printed sand. More about Microclimates by PostlerFerguson
Fashion designer Iris van Herpen collaborated with New York company .MGX by Materialise and artist Daniel Widrig to create 3D printed clothes. More about Crystallization by Iris van Herpen, Daniel Widrig and .MGX by Materialise
Design group United Nude have taken a number of recognisable objects and created simplified versions, including this Lamborghini, made up of a series of triangulated planes. More about Lo Res by United Nude
New York designer Alissia Melka-Teichroew of byAMT has designed a collection of jewellery made up of ball-and-socket joints, like those usually found in hip replacements. More about Jointed Jewels by Alissia Melka-Teichroew
Philips Design in Eindhoven have designed a series of conceptual products for food, including a machine (below) that prints combinations of ingredients into shapes and consistencies specified by the user (above). More about Food Probe by Philips Design
Utrecht designer Bram Geenen of Studio Geenan has designed a stool based on the shape of hanging chains. More about Gaudi Stool by Studio Geenen
Digital Forming is a new London-based company that will allow designers to create products on the internet that customers can customise online and then buy. More about ODO and CODO by Digital Forming
Brazilian design graduate Jorge Lopes Dos Santos has developed a way of making physical models of foetuses using data from ultrasound, CT and MRI scans. More about The Foetus Project by Jorge Lopes Dos Santos
Andrea Morgante, founder of Shiro Studio, has collaborated with D-Shape to produce the Radiolaria pavilion, a complex, free-form structure produced using the world's largest 3D printer. More about Radiolaria pavilion by Shiro Studio