To work with the materials of tomorrow, design students across visual
arts disciplines need to understand the cutting edge of today. Whether
you're modelling in interiors, designing in fashion or constructing for
interiors, in your work or as part of a final project, 3D Printing
design is an encouraging guide to additive manufacturing within design
disciplines. Francis Bitonti gives an insider's view from his design
studio on how 3D printing is already shaking up the industry, and where
it's likely to go next. Complete with interviews from designers,
business owners and 3D-print experts throughout, Bitonti considers
whether 3D body scans mean couture for all, how rapid prototyping can
change your design method and if 3D printing materials can enhance
medical design, amongst other areas of this emerging method of
manufacture. This is inspirational reading for the designers of
tomorrow.