2012 :: 3D Printing

Realising that the rapidly evolving fields of personal fabrication, digital manufacturing and 3D printing were beginning to do to manufacturing what the internet was already doing to information-based goods and services, ANAT presented this public forum and workshop to encourage participants to ponder whether 3D printing was – as was being widely touted – ‘the next industrial revolution’. Realising that a 3D printer is essentially a machine that can turn a 3D digital design into a physical object, ANAT posited that it would ultimately have the power to transform creative culture.

Image: MakerBot Replicator Original, the first desktop 3D printer.

MakerBot Replicator Original, the first desktop 3D printer.

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