Inspired by the Japanese art of kirigami, an MIT team has designed a technique that could transform flat panels into medical devices, habitats, and other objects without the use of tools.

This artificial reef is made from 3D printed terra-cotta. Terra-cotta ceramics have been used for thousands of years, but a particularly 21st-century application gives the material an entirely new ...

British product designer Lindsey Lang has borrowed motifs from the history of London's transport network to create a collection of wall and floor tiles with embossed patterns (+ slideshow). Lang ...

Mosa’s Pattern Generator is an online design tool that allows ­architects to create and present their own grids, shapes and ­patterns for walls and floors in real time from the Dutch manufacturer’s ...