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fornasetti makes nearly a thousand beautifully crafted products available for the first time on a single digital shopping platform.
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with the ambition of repurposing furnishings used for the prada's shows, the set's materials will be upcycled, finding a new life after the event.
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the new P17A model includes floor integrated batteries that can store up to 12kWh of electricity.
Biodegradeable plastics do exist. You pick the plastic to print with. There are also printers that can do metal, or chocolate, etc. The home priced tech is pretty new so just give it some time. 3D print enthusiasts want renewable too. Some even have setups that grind up old plastic and use that to print with. Here’s the link to the wood filament mentioned by mkc: http://ced.berkeley.edu/events-media/news/wood-salt-and-wonder-the-renewable-future-of-3d-printing
With multi-material printers it is now possible to get shoes printed in mixed materials such as wood for strong parts and flexpla for flexible parts.
No pb with plastic feared people.
Um.. the whole idea of 3D printing is marvelous, but the medium used for fabrication isn’t
And I love shoes, would love to print new ones every night, as well as all manor of other material things, BUT NOT FROM PLASTIC.
Can’t we try something else a little more sustainable? Please, before the patent on this technique runs out and every home will have a 3D printer churning out all manor of stuff…