New technology presents businesses with new and exciting ways to engage with consumers and this list of experimental 3D printing initiatives touch on just a few of the ways companies are leveraging 3D printing to re-define the consumer experience.
Recently, Starbucks opened a futuristic location that capitalizes on the newest technologies, to re-imagine the age-old practice of coffee making. In the store, consumers can embark on a self-guided AR tour, or, enjoy a tea from the World's first 3D printed tea bar.
Other brands are using the convenience that the technology presents to help make customization and personalization more accessible to the masses. An example of this is BMW's 'MINI Yours Customized' initiative, which invites car owners to 3D print their own custom designed car accessories.
15 Examples of Experimental 3D Printing
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Architecture-Inspired Sneakers
The Adidas Ultra Boost Nests Were Inspired by an Olympic Stadium
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Experiential Coffee Chain Locations
Starbucks' Reserve Roastery Offers AR Tours and Unique Drinks
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Eyewear-Printing Systems
'Yuniku' Introduces a System for Creating Customized Eyewear Frames
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Discoverable 3D Printing Apps
The Thinger App Helps You Discover and Download 3D Printing Models
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3D-Printed Lens Installations
Formlabs is Bringing the World’s Largest Lens to NYC's Times Square
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Ready-to-Wear Printed Shoes
Feetz and Designer Seth Aaron Partnered to Create RTW Runway Shoes
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3D Printed Store Interiors
Bottletop's New Store Was Made Using 60,000 Plastic Bottles
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Customizable Car Accessories
MINI Yours Customized Lets Individuals Design and 3D Print Car Parts
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3D Modeling Clothing Design
Carhartts's 3D Modeling Eliminates the Need to Make Physical Samples
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3D-Printed Cafe Bars
MX3D's 'Cucuyo' is a Cocoon-Shaped Outdoor Grab-and-Go Cafe
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3D-Printed Drink Garnishes
Matthew Biancaniello Enhances Cocktail Garnishes with Shapely Designs
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On-Demand 3D Printing Apps
Sony Xperia XZ1 Owners Can Order 3D Prints from Their Phone
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Touch-Based Museum Tours
The Virginia Historical Society Creates Tactile Tours and Printed Objects
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3D-Printed Footwear Tours
'Feetz on the Streetz' is Sharing Printed Footwear on a Pop-Up Shop Tour
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Charitable Fast Food Campaigns
Burger King's 'All Hands on Flavor' Lends a Hand to Those in Need
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Gifting-Ready Cafe Merch Lines
Starbucks Holiday Merchandise for 2025 Has New and Returning Faves
Food-Grade 3D Printing Filaments
Bambu Lab Announces the Debut of PLA Pure for Home Printing
Next-Generation Cartridge-Free Printers
Epson Introduces Three New EcoTank Models
Multi-Material 3D Printers
ELEGOO's Centauri Carbon 2 Combo is for Home Use
Kid-Safe 3D Printers
Funbox Was Built for One-Tap Operation and AI-Powered Creative Play
3D-Printed Football Boots
Adidas Unveiled a 3D-Printed Football Boot Through Project R.A.P.
Custom 3D-Printed Basketball Shoes
adidas Revealed New Project R.A.P. Silhouette
Robotic Barista Precision Systems
Artly's Robotic Coffee System Recreated Has Joe Yang’s Technique
Theatrical Cocktail Experiences
The Theatre by ZLB23 Unfolds at a Seven-Seat Bar
Experiential Convenience Stores
FamilyMart Announced IP-Centered Store Experiences in Japan
Large-Format SLS Printers
Formlabs Launches Its Fuse X1 Printer
Novel Robotic Vending Machines
Sweet Robo Presents ChocoPrint™ at the 2026 CES Event
Industrial Pellet 3D Printing
Modix Combines Pellet and Filament Manufacturing
Connected Beverage Platforms
Coca-Cola Uses Freestyle Data to Create New Drinks Faster
Speculative Cutlery Forms
The Evolving Spoon Project Reimagines Spoon Evolution
Live-Printed Billboards
HP Showed Off the Power of Its Smart Tank Printers One A4 Sheet at a Time
3D Printed Shoe Platforms
Fitasy Makes Custom-Fit 3D Printed Shoes More Affordable & Accessible
Summery Adventure-Inspired Drinkware
Starbucks Launched its 'Road Trip Collection'
Dual-Extrusion Next-Generation 3D Printers
Bambu Lab Debuts the New X2D Printer
Large-Scale Printed Architecture
WASP Prints a 6-Meter Air Traffic Control Tower for Zaha Hadid
Immersive K-Beauty Pop-Ups
TIRTIR Brings Jeju Matcha Skincare to NYC with a Sensory Experience
Fashion-Branded Café Experiences
Vogue Blends Retail with Immersive Hospitality Spaces
Miniature Cafe Display Racks
Starbucks Japan Has Released a Miniature Display Rack
Efficient 3D Printing Systems
The Snapmaker U1 Color 3D Printer is Technologically Advanced
Retro TV Pet Houses
CRT Pet House by Burnski Recreates a Vintage Television Form using 3D Printing
3D Printed Concrete Lamps
studiooberhauser’s Balloon Lamp Uses Cement Printing for Porous Spheres
Tea Experience Bars
HeyTea's Teabar Expands Tea into Desserts, Tastings, and Social Experiences
Community 3D-Printed Toys
3D Printing Elves Launches Free Toy Program for Children
Bubble Tea Home Kits
TeaJoy Debuts Tasty and Easy DIY Bubble Tea Kits to Consumers
Full-Color 3D Printers
The HeyGears G1X Creates Models, UV Printing and More
3D-Printed Floor Lamps
The HER Floor Lamp is a 3D-printed lighting design by Hu Yuanlin
3D-Printed Carbon Cellos
The 3D-Printed Carbon Fiber Cello is a Durable Concept Instrument
Advanced 3D Printing Technology
Fibreseeker 3 Makes Premium Composite 3d Printing More Accessible
Recycled 3D Filaments
BMW Group Closed the Loop on Additive Manufacturing Waste
Experiential Brand Cafés
Nutella Reimagines Its Chicago Café with Digital Ordering and a New Menu
THC-Infused RTD Launch Events
TeaPot Hosted a New Beverages Launch Event in Toronto on 4/20
Next Generation Art Designs
Apple Designers of Tomorrow Presents New Talent at Design Miami Paris
Experiential Brand Stores
New Era Creates Interactive Retail Space With Custom Cap Design
High-Tech Phone Cases
TORRAS Calls Attention to Phone Case 3.0 — "The Era of Creation"
Minty Modern Cafes
StudioAC Designs a Stunning Coffee Establishment in Toronto
Bank-Backed 3D-Printed Mortgages
Wells Fargo Backs ICON’s 3D-Printed Homes
Functional Bottled Tea Beverages
Evolution Fresh Organic Teas Come Four Varieties
Sculptural 3d-Printed Lighting
The Soufflé Lamp Rises in Paris with Striking Form and Hidden Color
Futuristic Train Cafes
The Future Train Kyoto Diner & Cafe is Housed Inside a Thunderbird Train
Reimagined Tea Pavilions
The Industrial Wire Mesh Tea House by Moriyuki Ochiai Layers Colored Mesh
Cafe-Inspired Eyewear
MUSE Turns Matcha and Coffee Culture into Wearable Frames
Air Gapped 3D Printers
Ultimaker Launched the 'Secure Line' of 3D Printers for IP Protection
Self-Expression Festival Activations
Barbie Brings Customizable Persona-Building to Coachella
3D-Printed Custom Assistive Devices
Makegood Relies on 3D Tech to Build Custom Assistive Devices
AI-Powered T-Shirt Customization Platforms
TeeDIY Debuts an AI-Powered Website for 2026
3D-Printed Pharmacy Platforms
Pete Pharma and Atrium24 Announced a GPO Partnership
Compact Metal 3D Printers
Scrap Labs Scrap 1 Brings Affordable Metal Printing to Smaller Users
AI 3D Printing Tools
Ai Doll Generates And 3D Prints Personalized AI Action Figures Instantly
Hyper-Personalized Coffees
AI Free Coffee Optimizes Experiences Based on Taste, Weather & More
3D-Printed Basketball Footwear
The Adidas BB.01 Sneaker Will Be Limited to 169 Pairs
Factory-Scale Metal Printing
Divergent expands production with Monolith One and a new factory
12-Nozzle Desktop 3D Printers
AtomForm's Palette 300 Showcased at CES is a Full-Scale Home Printer
3D Printing Inks
Universities of Heidelberg and Stuttgart Introduced a Conductive DLP
Dual-Head UV Printers
The Longer ePrint is Compatible with More Than 300 Materials
World Cup Hospitality Experiences
Stella Artois Turns Bars into Immersive FIFA Viewing Locations
3d-Printed Rubble Furniture
Inorganic Growth by Bentu Design Transforms Demolished Urban Villages
Embedded Electronics Printing
Rice University’s Meta-NFS Prints Circuits Directly into Materials
Polychromatic Denture Prints
Stratasys Debuted its TrueDent System on J5 DentaJet
AI 3D Printing Workflows
Hi3D Launches Its Hi3D All-In-One 3D Printing Workflow
Wearable Construction Toys
MindFrames Pieces Attach to Create Headwear, Glasses and More
3D-Printed Space Propulsion
Astrobotic Uses Additive Manufacturing for Rocket Engine Development
3D-Printed Energy Storage
UCLA Develops a Zinc-Ion Battery with a 3D-Printed Electrode
Advanced 3D Printing Systems
HeyGears Debuts Two New Models — the Reflex 2 Pro and the Reflex 2
3D-Printed Recycled Construction Materials
Vitriform3D Turned Waste Glass into Building Materials
Large-Format 3D Printers
Bambu Lab's H2S Printer Offers an Industrial Printing Solution at Home
3D-Printed Storefront Systems
lululemon and Aectual Roll Out the Store's New 3D-Printed Ceilings
Personalized 3D Print Styles
MIT's MechStyle Ensures Structural Integrity for 3D Models
AI Experiment Hubs
Google Labs Showcases Early AI Tools And Experimental Features
3d-Printed Brutalist Chaisr
THE OBJECT 01 by Nako Baev Uses Recycled Petg from Water Bottles
Sculpted Ceramic Lighting
MIOS 3D-Printed Ceramic Lamps Merge Digital Craft & Material Tradition
Autonomous Robot Baristas
Elite Robots' Robobarista Seeks to Improve Service Quality & Efficiency
Volumetric Bioprinting
EPFL Uses Holographic Light Systems to Create Tissue Structures
At-Home Manufacturing Tools
eufyMake Launches Compact UV Printer for Personal Production
Personalized Pharma 3D Printers
CurifyLabs Announces Its Aurum Printer and Platform
Wood-Printed Furniture Ranges
De Stul by Vasily Aleev is a 3D Wood-Printed Collection
Reprogrammable Surface Printing Devices
MIT ChromoLCD Turns Surfaces Into Rewritable Canvases
Sports-Inspired Beverage Collaborations
Kung Fu Tea and Red Bull Launch Soccer-Themed Bubble Tea
Space-Grade Smart Skins
Danish Technological Institute Unveiled 3Its D Printed Electronic Skin
Fandom Retail Experiences
TOUS les JOURS Transforms Bakery Cafés into BTS Fan Destinations
Curriculum-First Additive Programs
3DPrint.com Introduced Teacher-Centric Training
In-Person Creativity Cafe Campaigns
The Made in Starbucks Campaign Spotlights Customer Creativity
Large-Format Additive Printers
Evergreen Additive Inc. Launches Large-Format 3D Printer
Remote-Site Gantry Printers
14Trees and Tvasta Launch Thier Cedar Construction Printer
3d Printer Technology Expansions
Anycubic's Kobra X 3D Printer is Available on Joybuy
Cave-Inspired 3D-Printed Homes
Kizuki and Onocom Launch O House with the COBOD Printer
Experimental Chopstick Designs
Chopsticks 箸 Exhibition by S—3 Reinterprets East Asian Utensil
Industrial 3D-Printed Catalysts
BASF Launched the Industrial-Scale X3D Production Plant
Sporty Wall-Mounted Lamps
This 3d-Printed Lamp Transforms a Baseball Motif into Wall Lighting
3D-Printed Static Mixers
ReMixers Launches 3D-Printed Static Mixer Nozzles
3d-Printed Retail Suitcases
The 3d Printed Suitcase Reframes Retail as Human-Centred Experience
Brick Coffee Collections
The Coffee Collection Recreates a Pour-Over Brewing Ritual
Customized 3D-Printed Tire Molds
Hankook Introduced EP-M300 With Eplus3D Printing Solution
Additive Manufacturing Scaling
Austal Advances Systematic Adoption of Industrial 3D Printing
Custom 3D-Printed Speedboats
Innoventive 3D Has Unveiled the Vortek Speedboat
Edible Printing Educational Curriculums
This New Primera Curriculum Puts Printing in Focus
Orbital Metal 3D Printers
China Demonstrated Its Qingzhou Spacecraft Metal 3D-Printing System
Portable Tea Packaging
HTeaO Introduces Portable Mini Sippers for Tea on the Go
Repair-Friendly School Chairs
The Carrousel Chair Allows 3d Print Wearable Parts for Maintenance
3D-Printed RF Components
Tethon Enhances Antenna Performance with 3D-Printed Ceramic Solutions
Recycled-Metal Production Printers
Brose and Farsoon Introduced the 'LF Metal System'
Printed Engine Blocks
Bosch and Nikon SLM Produce a One-Piece Aluminum V8 Engine Block
Aerospace Additive Manufacturing Hubs
Rolls-Royce Opens Bristol Facility to Scale Part Production
3D-Printed Corn Composite Panels
MANUFACTRA Introduced the Corn Lime Material 'Concretl'
Discovery-Driven Beverage Programs
Dog Haus Expands Drinks Into a Menu Exploration Platform
Ground-Breaking High-Performance Vehicle Technologies
IBM & the Dallara Group Eye Auto Innovation
Experiential Afternoon Teas
High Sociétéa serves tea aboard a touring double-decker bus
3d Printed Lighting Sets
Tierra, Mar Y Aire by Faro Barcelona Explores Circular Material Systems
Printed Flatware Exhibitions
Marta's Knife, Fork, Spoon 3.0 Explores Cutlery Through 3d Printing
Continuous Fiber 3D Printing
BigRep and Endless Industries Scale Industrial Manufacturing
Co-Creation Food Labs
Vibrant Ingredients Expands Rapid Prototyping for Food and Beverage Brands
Industry-Advancing AI-Powered Innovation Tools
3M is Presenting a Suite of Tech Advancements
Underwater Concrete Printing Systems
Cornell And DARPA Advance Underwater 3D Concrete Printing
Experimental Printed Books
The Manual Project Embeds Its Own G-Code Directly to a 3D-Printed Book
Additive Defense Propulsion
Chromatic 3D Materials Tests 3D Printed Rocket Propellant Systems
Retail Beverage Experiences
The Paper Store Uses Custom Drink Stations to Boost Engagement
Defense-Driven Manufacturing
i3D Expanded Metal Additive Production with their Burloak Acquisition
Scalable Metal 3D Printing
Velo3D Expands Rapid Production for Aerospace and Defense Manufacturing
Artificial Muscle Materials
Harvard researchers develop shape-shifting programmable filaments
Enamel Technology-Forward Space Projects
Takara Standard Announces the Launch of Its Space Project
3D-Printed Chair Collections
The ECHO Chair Capsule is a Series of Eco-Friendly 3D-Printed Seats
Accelerated Industrial Manufacturing
Sharrow Scaled Propeller Production Through 3D Sand-Casting
Hospital 3D Printing Networks
Vinmec Launches Its Connected Surgical Ecosystem
Spiral Glass Vessels
Josh Owens Spiral Glass Vessels Reimagine Additive Manufacturing in Glass
Clinical-Grade Bioprinting Facilities
University of Miami Opens Its 3D Bioprinting Facility
Smart Pilot-Scale Extrusion
Anton Paar Digitizes Pilot-Scale Extrusion Processes
Hybrid Advanced Manufacturing
ORNL Combines 3D Printing with Metal Part Production Processes
All-In-One Desktop Printers
The Longer ePrint is a Dual-Head Personal UV and DTF Printer
Cutting-Edge 3D-Printers
Snapmaker U1 Combines Multi Material Printing with Speed and Efficiency
Mold-Free Composite Manufacturing
ORNL Develops Mold-Free Origami-Inspired Composite 3D Printing
Dental Anatomical Model Presets
Stratasys Unveiled Dental Preset for PolyJet Models
Automated Print Finishing
AM Solutions Launches an Entry-Level Automated 3D Post-Processing System
3D Printed Tennis Balls
The Point Tennis Ball Blends Performance & Sustainability with 3D Printing
Clinical 3D Printing
IU Health Launches an FDA-Cleared Patient-Specific Print Studio
Printed Ceramic Materials
Antao 3D Uses Recycled Ceramic for Layer-By-Layer Printed Forms
Industry-Specific Spare Parts
MORSAN & LEHVOSS Launched Its Digital Spare Parts Offering