This news report explores the question of whether the warmth and care of traditional artisans will be replaced in an age where 3D printing technology can reproduce handmade artworks in mere hours. Anshuman Kumar, a Red Dot-winning product designer, and Dr. Jennifer Olsen, a professor of Mechanical Engineering, bluntly state: “Machines can imitate form, but they cannot replicate human creativity and touch.” They reveal how they are cracking the code of survival in the technological age—not by fighting technology, but by empowering it.

About The Interviewee
Red Dot Winning Product Designer
35U35 | 25U25 | ID+Ux | 11+ yrs Exp
Ex Samsung, Titan, Godrej, Arttdinox, Decathlon, Tata ELXSI

About The Interviewee
Lecturer & Deputy Degree Programme Director for Mechanical Engineering
She does lots of crafts and her PhD involved lots of 3D printing
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