# The Future of Manufacturing: 3D Printing Makes the Cover of the Economist

February 14, 2011

This month the highly influential Economist Magazine featured 3D printing on the cover along with three articles within exploring the…

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## Rolling the Dice for Success

February 11, 2011

The Shapeways community has now helped launch yet another wildly successful Kickstarter project with Matt Chisholm AKA glyphobet’s Mathematician’s Dice….

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## Haute-couture (aka super fancy fashion) keeps on emerging in 3D printed form

February 8, 2011

She may not be able to wear it to the mall, and it may chafe a little, but the fashion…

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## Ted Talk: How to Build a Toaster from Scratch.

January 17, 2011

Must watch Ted Talk from Thomas Thwaites (previously interviewed by Shapeways) who as a design student at the Royal College of…

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## Digital Wood Joints – What can you make?

January 14, 2011

Most designs on Shapeways are printed as one whole piece, but one thing to consider is that if you happen…

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