The Biggest Revolution in 3D Printing is Yet to Come

Dr Alysia Garmulewicz thinks 3D Printing unlocks a new paradigm in design that allows us not only to replicate how nature designs structures, but also to mimic what nature uses to build objects.

Lying at our feet is an abundance of natural materials that are ‘systems smart’: they are already designed to fit back into a productive materials cycle - the same can’t be said for most of the plastics, metals and alloys that we use.

3D Printing comes with a risk; a risk that we might end up creating more stuff that’s just destined to become junk. Alysia believes that now is the time to seize the opportunity of educating people about the value of a circular economy by creating a worldwide database of local, natural materials.

She will tell us more about the value 3D Printing brings to a circular economy, and vice versa, in this studio event.