A gyro fidget spinner: three curved rings interlock around a centre post and whirl as one, so it prints in a single piece with no bearings and no assembly - just flick it and go. The rings are loose in their track out of the printer, which is the part that takes a few tries to get right and the reason this one gets measured before it ships.
A pencil cup wrapped in overlapping scales, so it reads as a little pinecone on the desk while holding a fistful of coloured pencils. 3.3" across and 3.1" tall, printed in one piece. The picture is a render of the printable model - real photographs of the print go up once the first one is made.
Design by impresionao
Two bands that print as one piece: the finned outer ring's ridge sits in the inner band's groove, so it is locked on but free to spin, with no bearings and nothing to assemble. The groove is a BALL RACE - a circular channel, with the ridge as the same circle held 0.4 mm off it - so the surfaces the two parts face each other across are vertical, which is what lets it print in place and still turn. The ring is 27 mm across and stands 7 mm, and the fins are trapezoids: wide where they join the sleeve, narrow at the tip, so nothing on it is a blade waiting to be knocked. It comes in three sizes, 16.5 mm (US 6), 18.2 mm (US 8) and 19.8 mm (US 10) across the finger hole, all at the same price, and the download is a 3MF with a plate for each, so you can print whichever fits - or all three. Print it with a brim and z-hop switched on: a small ring has a small footprint, and z-hop keeps a moving nozzle clear of what is already printed. The STL on its own is the smallest of the three. The photo is a render of the printable model - real photos of the print go up once the first batch comes off the printer.
A ruler that folds: nineteen 160 mm segments that hinge end to end, plus the two end caps, so it measures a room and then folds down to a pocket. The full set is 19 segments; the smaller option is the same design at 70 per cent, which is the one for a desk drawer. Shown as a render, not a photo.
Design by PenguinPrototypes
A bookmark of a book with a coffee cup resting on the stack - flat, 3.7" tall, and thin enough that it does not mark the pages. Printed in one piece in about a minute. Shown as a render, not a photo.
Design by giessener
A hard hat that goes on a keyring - the dome, the brim and the little ridge down the middle, printed in one piece with a hole through the top. 1.5" across, and it works as a key tag or a desk charm. Shown as a render, not a photo.
Design by astavr
A small hook that sticks to a desk or a shelf edge with tape or a screw, for keys, headphones or a cable. 2.6" wide, printed in one piece with a flat back that sits flush. Shown as a render, not a photo.
Design by schiko
A flat floral bookmark: one thin spray of three openwork blossoms and leaves that lies between the pages and reads against the paper, marking the page without thickening the book. 5.9 x 4.4" overall and 1.6 mm thin, printed flat in one piece in a few minutes. The picture is a render of the printable model - real photographs of the print go up once the first one is made.
Design by Rankhispano
A little hand that clips onto the page and points at the exact line you stopped on - so a bookmark marks where you are, not just which page. 2.8" long, printed flat with the fingers already free. Shown as a render, not a photo.
Design by helder.bernardo
A bookmark shaped like an alligator, with the jaw clipping over the page and the body lying in the gutter - so it marks the page and the line at once. 3.9" long, printed as a body and a jaw. Shown as a render, not a photo.
