The Political Imaginaries of 3D Printing: Prompting Mainstream Awareness of Design and Making

Design and Culture

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 3-27

  Stein, Jesse Adams ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

3D printing; additive manufacturing; futuring; maker movement; makers; manufacturing; political imaginary

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012260351     PISSN: 17547075     EISSN: 17547083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17547075.2017.1279941     Document Type: Article

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