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Design and Architecture

What Will We Do with 3D Printers?

The 3D printer comes into the home. Does Makerbot make us all product designers? Or overspend on inferior products? Plus, stories from Commune and Iwan Baan.

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By Frances Anderton • Mar 19, 2013 • 28m Listen

The 3D printer comes into the home. Will Makerbot make us all industrial designers? Or is it an expensive means to make inferior products? With Raymond Roker, Jeff Mayberry, Andy Ogden and Carolyn, Summer and Tom. Also, the story behind LA design company Commune, with Roman Alonso, Steven Johanknecht, Pamela Shamshiri, Ramin Shamshiri and Mallery Roberts Morgan. And photographer Iwan Baan on flying high to capture "The City and The Storm."

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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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