Affordable 3D printers are rapidly becoming everyday additions to the desktops and worktables of entertainment design practitioners – whether working in theatre, theme parks, television and film, museum design, window displays, animatronics, or… you name it! We are beginning to ask important questions about these emerging practices:- How can we use 3D fabrication to make the design and production process more efficient?- How can it be used to create useful and creative items?- Can it save us from digging endlessly through thrift store shelves or from yet another late-night build?