As a museum of design and process, we've been acquiring 3D printing for YEARS at the V&A. Here's a short history of our collecting efforts, with a short history of 3D printing https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/at-the-press-of-a-button-a-va-history-of-3d-printing #3dprinting
V&A · At the press of a button: A V&A history of 3D printing

As a technology of promise – the ambition of printing anything, anywhere, anytime – 3D printing has long been a futuristic dream.

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