Casa Covida, a house for co-habitation in the time of covid, is an experiment in 3D printing earth, an indigenous and traditional building material, to explore new and ancient ways of living. The experimental case-study house is sited in the high alpine desert of Colorado’s San Luis Valley, where adobe, a combination of sand, silt, … Read More
The Sexy Beasts are co-botic vessels that demonstrate how robots and humans can work together to exploit the opportunities and limitations that occur when 3D printing with clay. No two vessels will ever be the same. These vessels are 3D printed out of a local clay body called Red Velvet from Northern California, where the … Read More
The Future Archeologies Project takes place in Faenza, Italy, a town rich in clay deposits, pottery and brick traditions. In this project, new 3D-printed bricks are installed among the ancient column fragments in a local archeology exhibit at ISIA, The Higher Institute for Artistic Industries. The installation highlights both the handmade traditional bricks and the … Read More
On the 40th anniversary of the Smithsonian Magazine, they announced the 40 things you need to know about the next 40 years. Number one on that list was: “Sophisticated buildings will be made of mud”. Emerging Objects explores these frontiers of technology and material using traditional materials (clay, water, and wheat straw), to push the … Read More
One of the greatest ecological challenges of our time is to prevent the ongoing degradation and potential collapse of the world’s coral reefs. To sustain healthy coral reefs, we need a strategic, coordinated effort that targets breakthroughs in marine science, conservation, and worldwide education. Emerging Objects and SECORE International (SExual COral REproduction), a leading conservation organization … Read More
Introducing POTTERWARE 4.0!!! We are excited to announce the release of POTTERWARE 4.0, a robust design application for 3D printing clay, and it’s companion resource POTTERWARE.com! There are many new features in this version, including a brand new interface that makes it much more user friendly! Subscribe to POTTERWARE with unlimited downloads for corporate use, … Read More
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The 3D Printed Cabin brings many of Emerging Objects’ material, software, and hardware experiments together to demonstrate the architectural potential of additive manufacturing on a weather tight, structurally sound building. Due to a housing emergency in the Bay Area, the Oakland City Council eased restrictions on the construction of secondary housing units, or backyard cottages. This has opened … Read More
What object would you like archaeologists 1000 years from now to remember our present day culture by? When Google Arts and Culture launched their first lab experiment in India, they invited people, visiting the ‘India and the World: A History in Nine Stories,’ exhibition at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) museum in Mumbai … Read More
3D printing innovators, Emerging Objects and 3D Potter, have joined forces to introduce a new innovation in robotic ceramic / paste extrusion additive manufacturing technology. Called the Potterbot XLS-1, the printer represents a huge leap in innovation, with build dimensions and speeds that facilitate large scale printing as well as multiple object manufacturing. Its enormous … Read More
In early 2017 President Donald J. Trump suggested that there were “bad hombres” along the border and has continued to suggest he would build a wall to divide Mexico from the United States. His pronunciation of the spanish word hombre, which simply means “man”, sounded more like ombré, which means a gradual blend of one color … Read More
In early 2017 President Donald J. Trump suggested that there were “bad hombres” along the border and has continued to suggest he would build a wall to divide Mexico from the United States. His pronunciation of the spanish word hombre, which simply means “man”, sounded more like ombré, which means a gradual blend of one color … Read More