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title: "VM Podcast S4 E3: Signify is illuminating the future with millions of 3D printed luminaires"
url: https://www.voxelmatters.com/vm-podcast-s4-e3-signify-is-illuminating-the-future-with-millions-of-3d-printed-luminaries/
date: 2025-11-12
modified: 2025-11-12
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author: "Davide Sher"
description: "Welcome back to the VoxelMatters Podcast, where we shine a light on the people, technologies, and big ideas driving the world of additive manufacturing forward. I’m your host, Davide Sher,..."
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  - "Furniture"
  - "Lighting"
  - "VoxelMatters Podcast"
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# VM Podcast S4 E3: Signify is illuminating the future with millions of 3D printed luminaires

Welcome back to the [VoxelMatters Podcast](https://www.voxelmatters.com/category/marketing/podcasts/), where we shine a light on the people, technologies, and big ideas driving the world of additive manufacturing forward. I’m your host, Davide Sher, and today, we’re diving into a story that truly glows with innovation.

Imagine a world where your lighting fixture isn’t mass-produced in a distant factory, shipped halfway around the world, and sitting in a warehouse for months before reaching you—but instead, is 3D printed on demand, near you, for you, and made largely from recycled materials.

That world isn’t coming—it’s already here.

![Join the VoxelMatters Podcast to explore the innovative Signify podcast featuring 3D printing and sustainable lighting solutions.](https://www.voxelmatters.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Philips-MyCreation-_-interview-with-Bart-Maeyens.jpg-e1759388246611.jpg)Bart Maeyens, Leader of 3D Printing at Signify.

In this exclusive episode, we sit down with Bart Maeyens, Leader of 3D Printing at [Signify](https://www.voxelmatters.directory/company/signify/)—the company you might remember as Philips Lighting—to explore how Signify has turned the dream of distributed manufacturing into a global reality.

With over 3.5 million 3D printed luminaires produced across five continents, Signify isn’t just rethinking how we light our homes, workplaces, and cities—it’s reimagining how products are designed, made, and delivered. From the company’s myCreation platform, which lets customers design custom fixtures online, to its automated global printing network that sends digital files to the nearest production hub, this is a masterclass in sustainability and smart manufacturing.

Bart takes us behind the scenes of this transformation—from the early question that started it all, “Can we actually leverage 3D printing to volume?”, to the moment Signify realized that additive could do more than prototype—it could produce.

We’ll explore how the company is using waste materials to create beautiful, functional lighting, how its circular manufacturing model is reducing CO₂ by up to 30%, and why Bart believes we’re entering a decade where “the global economy won’t be as global”—a decade where local, digital production just makes sense.

And of course, we’ll talk about what’s next: the upcoming “Titan” platform that’s set to redefine the boundaries of design and performance in 3D printed lighting.

So grab your headphones, adjust your brightness settings, and get ready to see how Signify is illuminating the future—one layer at a time.