3-D Printed Pottery Would Have Given Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore Brutal Paper Cuts

The Belgian studio Unfold pioneers 3-D printed ceramics.

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Ceramics have had a renaissance lately--there's Spanish surrealist designer Jaime Hayon's work for the venerable porcelain manufacturer Lladró, Atelier NL's gorgeous locally-sourced Drawn From Clay series, or Vienna's 250-year-old Augarten porcelain factory partnering with new-school designers like Marei Wollersberger.

As funky as those projects look, they're all made with traditional methods. Today's ceramics might look cool, but the...