{"id":231468,"date":"2026-02-16T18:06:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T00:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/levis-tests-3d-printing-technology"},"modified":"2026-02-16T18:06:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T00:06:31","slug":"levis-tests-3d-printing-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/levis-tests-3d-printing-technology","title":{"rendered":"Levi\u2019s\u00ae Tests 3D Printing Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/levis-tests-3d-printing-technology.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Over 50 years ago, the classic <a href=\"http:\/\/levistrauss.com\/?s=Trucker\">Levi\u2019s\u00ae Trucker jacket<\/a> was introduced. But we are not one to rest on past accomplishments.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the brand is turning to futuristic modes of innovation in manufacturing, pioneering a new approach in denim design.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/videos\/list\/DCmFDcAw\/video\/cc5Qb4Nr\/your-jean-jacket-of-the-future-could-be-made-using-3d-printing-tech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Fast Company<\/em><\/a> joined Levi\u2019s\u00ae Head of Global Product Innovation, <a href=\"http:\/\/levistrauss.com\/?s=paul+dillinger\">Paul Dillinger<\/a>, at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/pier-9#home\">Autodesk Pier 9 Workshop<\/a> in San Francisco to witness how Levi\u2019s\u00ae has been experimenting with 3D printing, creating digital renderings of the denim jacket which is essentially a shell of what the \u201creal\u201d thing could look like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 50 years ago, the classic Levi\u2019s\u00ae Trucker jacket was introduced. But we are not one to rest on past accomplishments. Now, the brand is turning to futuristic modes of innovation in manufacturing, pioneering a new approach in denim design. Fast Company joined Levi\u2019s\u00ae Head of Global Product Innovation, Paul Dillinger, at the Autodesk Pier [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1489,1522],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-innovation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231468\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}