It’s unsurprising to see 3D printing entering the world of sports. After all, its mixture of deep customisation, precision manufacturing and design flexibility makes it perfect for the creation of personalised equipment, as we saw with the titanium horseshoes that may, one day, allow racehorses reach greater speeds.

What makes the sports-focused project developed in collaboration between Dundee University and St. Andrews Golf Club different, however, is that it is focussed on preserving sporting history rather than crafting sporting future. This week, the team unveiled two 3D printed replicas of historically important iron clubs. Though, these days, golf clubs are manufactured utilising mass production methods, in the early days of the game every single one was handmade.

There are quite a few apps out there that can help unexperienced designers to make their first steps into 3D printable design, but not all are as useful or intuitive as the rest. While some are free, others seem pointless to purchase and make you wonder what these add to the possibilities of 3D design. Fortunately, a new free 3D design app has just gone into its beta phase that indisputably adds a fun and useful dimension to the world of digital design: the Minecraft-esque UNTITLED Creator app.

As you can see in these screenshots, the new and free UNTITLED Creator app is perfect for making wild and original pixelated designs in a style that unavoidably takes users back to all those hours spent in your Minecraft world or even all the way back to NES-era Mario adventures. Designed by the Thailand-based 3D printing web-app and marketplace Treebuild, its perfect for quickly and easily making pixelated artworks.