Design

Let's Just Pretend This Doesn't Exist: 3D Printed Poop

Credit an Israeli designer for giving Tel Aviv its most revolting art project, ever.
Yariv Goldfarb

When historians are penning the history of 3D printing, this might go under the heading of most tasteless use of the technology: "3D printed disposable waste."

Some folks use 3D printers to model bold new architecture, build a prosthetic leg for an amputee duck or reimagine food for astronauts. Israeli designer Yariv Goldfarb, however, is relying on the technology to create plastic molds that he then uses to compress dog poop into various geometric shapes. So, to get it straight: It's the molds and not the poo that are 3-D printed, contrary to his wording – but seeing as how that's one of the least problematic things about this idea, let's just leave it.