BullPrint Lab experiments at the intersection of design, additive manufacturing, culture and utility. Every object starts as a question about geometry and ends as something you can wear out of the house.
MATERIAL TPU / PEBALAYER 0.12 MMEDITION 001 / 100ORIGIN PRINTED IN HOUSE
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01 — WHAT IS A BULLPRINT?
NOT A STICKER. NOT A LOGO SLAPPED ON A PRODUCT. THE EXPRESSION IS BUILT INTO THE PRINT.
A BullPrint integrates expression directly into geometry, material, texture and function. The ₿ is not printed on the insert — it is a region of the lattice where the cells close up, stiffen and become a symbol. Remove the graphic and you remove structure.
The identity should feel native to the object. Nothing peels, nothing wears off, and nothing about it reads as decoration bolted onto a part that was finished without it.
Expression engineered into the print.
GEOMETRY
Zoned lattice
MATERIAL
TPU / PEBA
TEXTURE
Layer lines kept
FUNCTION
Drains and breathes
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02 — WHY HONEYCOMB?
GEOMETRY IS THE MATERIAL.
With additive manufacturing, performance isn't determined only by what something is made from. It's also determined by how it's printed. Move the two values below and watch the same material change behaviour.
Same material in every configuration above. Only the print changes. Figures are from our own bench tests on Drop 001 geometry — not published material data, and not a performance claim about your feet.
03 — FEATURED
DROP 001
BULLPRINT ₿ EDITION
GOLD TPU / LIMITED EXPERIMENTAL RUN
An experimental insert built to find out how far expression can be pushed into a functional lattice. Printed in small numbered runs, tested in the shoes we actually wear, and revised between batches.
Sold as a design and comfort experiment. We make no medical or therapeutic claims.
TPU / PEBA0.12 MM LAYERWASHABLEVENTED + DRAINED
TEN POINTS ON QUALITY.
Five of them earn the bull — the properties we'd stake the mark on. The other five are why the first five hold.
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An antimicrobial additive is in testing and is not claimed on Drop 001. Everything above describes how the part is built and how it behaves on our bench — none of it is a health or performance claim.
04 — EXPLODED VIEW
CRACKED OPEN.
One part, three zones, printed continuously. Pull it apart on the build plate and the structure stops looking decorative — every surface is doing a job for the one under it.
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VIEW
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Shown as separated layers for clarity. The insert prints as a single continuous part — there is no bonding, no glue line and nothing to delaminate.
05 — SPECIAL ORDERS
CUSTOM BULL BY DESIGN.
Send us your mark and we build it into the lattice the same way we built the ₿ — as closed cells and changed density, not a graphic laid on top. Teams, shops, brands, one-offs and gifts.
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YOUR MARK HERE
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WE'LL COME BACK WITH A SAMPLE PLAN.
Expect a reply from the lab with what the mark needs to become printable geometry, a suggested material, and a price for the run.
We don't expect every experiment to work. That's why it's called a Lab. We prototype aggressively, test what matters and keep improving the things worth making.
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LAB NOTES
BUILDING IN PUBLIC · UPDATED WEEKLY
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07 — THE QUALITY MARK
NOT EVERYTHING EARNS THE BULL.
BullPrint Lab is free to experiment. BEST IN BULL™ isn't. It's our mark for the prints we believe represent the strongest combination of:
DESIGNUTILITYPRINT QUALITYMATERIALEXECUTION
IF IT WEARS THE BULL, WE STAND BEHIND THE PRINT.
OUTER RING · BITCOIN GENESIS BLOCK HASH · 03 JAN 2009 MORE AT BESTINBULL.COM
08 — DROPS
BULLPRINT DROPS
Limited experiments worth releasing into the world. Status is the real status — we don't run countdowns.
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09 — EDITORIAL
THE BULLPRINT
Ideas worth leaving a mark.
DESIGN · MANUFACTURING · BITCOIN · OWNERSHIP
THE BULLPRINT #001
SOVEREIGNTY IN DATA
For most of the internet's history, we traded sovereignty for convenience.
We print each insert to a profile, not a shelf size. Six fields is all it takes — the lattice, the last and the arch geometry are derived from what you tell us here.
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YOUR PRINT IS IN THE QUEUE.
Next: {{ payHandoff }} Once payment clears we cut the geometry to your profile, print it, inspect it, and email you the serial before it ships.
BullPrint Lab lives in the tension between fun and rigor. The idea might make you smile. The execution should make you look twice. We design in CAD, print in house, wear the prototypes ourselves, and put a number on everything that leaves the bench.
Talk to us about a collaboration, a material, or a print you think should exist.
