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Designer Heron Preston has released a fully 3D-printed sneaker in collaboration with technology company Zellerfeld, the first of its kind available to the public. And suddenly, the bar for footwear everywhere has been raised to offer a sustainable and forward-thinking alternative in an industry known for its excessive waste production. NY-based Heron Preston is no […]

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If you were to close your eyes and imagine the clothing of the future, you’d likely picture severe, angular cuts in synthetic fabrics, like something out of Blade Runner. Set in 2019, Ridley Scott’s ’80s version of the future still seems very far away. In all likelihood, it was Spike Jonze who got it right […]

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When I think of Sid Neigum, the first word that comes to mind is “future,” so it’s not surprising that this Canadian star has just won a $50,000 3D printing grant. The 3D printing process once seemed like a futuristic fantasy from a Sci-Fi storyline, but it’s now become a reality courtesy of the Be3Dimensional […]

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Paging George Jetson…Adidas has announced that they will be producing sneakers with custom 3D printed soles. Teaming up with Silicon Valley startup Carbon, the sportswear label will be creating 3D products, dubbed Futurecraft, using a special process involving light and oxygen. Adjusting for height, weight and gait, this tech takes customization to a whole new […]

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Okay beauty junkies, something exciting is making headlines this morning: a Harvard Business School student has created a 3D printer that can produce any makeup product in any colour you desire. It’s a tantalizing concept—which is likely why Mink founder Grace Choi is so set on “disrupting” the beauty industry with her 3D makeup printer. “Big makeup companies take the pigment and the [gel, powder] substrates and mix them together and then jack the price,” she explained in her presentation at this week’s TechCrunch Disrupt NY conference.

The Mink makeup 3D printer was created on the premise that the demand and desire for new makeup colours is what drives prices up in the cosmetics industry. Choi demonstrated how users will be able to swatch any shade they see online—from a beauty tutorial, Pinterest board, etc—and then print it on-demand into a tiny Mink-branded palette. Sounds like a beauty junky’s dream, right? Actually, we’re not so convinced.

Flexible glass is coming soon to curved cellphone displays. Suspension furniture held together by tension is eliminating the need for glue. And 3D printing is being used everywhere from the medical world—to recreate miniature human kidneys and livers in hopes of eventually using them in transplants—to the runway, where Dutch designer Iris van Herpen incorporated it into her couture collection last July.

The ways in which we’re now able to change a form’s shape are multiplying by the minute. Referring to the trend as “shape creation,” Loretta Miraglia, corporate senior vice-president of global brand product development and innovation at La Mer, says she believes it’s the third industrial revolution. “It’s going to influence almost every industry, including ours.” And it’s what inspired her to bring the concept to anti-aging skincare with The Lifting Contour Serum ($330, at Holt Renfrew).