Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

Solid Edge University 2013: Live Blog

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 26, 2013

As you can tell from the image above, we’re here in Cincinnati for Solid Edge University. Actually we’re in northern Kentucky, but it’s not like geography really matters, it’s all…

Flying Bike/instant decapitator design

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 2, 2013

It’s a warm summers day, you put on your biking leathers, pick up your helmet, and stride confidently to your ride waiting on the driveway outside. You take off using…

3D Printing bounces off Wimbledon’s Centre Court

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 3, 2013

Andy Murray: grace, skill and misery all in one package at Wimbledon Now that the excitement of 3D printing has flushed through mainstream culture like brightly coloured vomit down the…

Gratuitous graduate glory: Class of 2013 excels

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 8, 2013

For many of 2013’s design graduates, today could well be the first day of new employment; an exciting new placement; another day of sending out CVs, or even on of…

Additive Manufacturing Conference UK

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 18, 2013

Last week we were happily invited along to the Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing International Conference, held in Nottingham. Attended by some of the great and good in this niche…

The Future Is Here: Design Museum’s latest exhibition is already in the past

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 23, 2013

The Future Is Here exhibition: excellent for the layman, not for those already jaded by the media hype surrounding 3D printing The world hurtles along at a thunderous pace, so…

3D printed homes (for birds)

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 25, 2013

While 3D printing houses for human occupation might be a short way off yet, smaller creatures can already benefit through designs like Saint H’s HūS birdhouse. Printing in simply two…

Digital design for those with a sweet tooth

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 2, 2013

From 3D model, to die, vast arrays of sweet types can be created, shared and stored digitally Sweets, candies, bob-bon, snoep, dolce, dulce, gula-gula, mithai – whatever you call them,…

Red Bull Soapbox Race winners – Team Spitphya

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 2, 2013

Holidays are great, but they mean you miss out on some amazing stuff – such as watching Team Spitphya win the Red Bull Soapbox Race down Alexandra Palace’s substantial gradient.…

Taipei to be 2016 World Design Capital, because there’s nowhere else…

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 7, 2013

The city of Taipei, Taiwan, has taken a step closer to becoming the next World Design Capital (WDC) in 2016, because it transpires the city was the only one to…