Core77 - Blog • Feb. 5, 2026, 3:30 p.m.

Jacob Turetsky grew up surrounded by people who built things with their hands, including carpenters and caterers in New York City. That foundation in making has shaped everything that followed: a career exploring where technology and design meet to demand new forms, and a growing conviction about what designers can do when the barriers to production finally fall away.

"I am very excited for a future of democratized design thanks to 3D printing," says Jacob. "I know this was sort of cliche a few years ago, but with this most recent generation of machines, and the drop in cost of hardware and software, I think the potential is clear and designers are already embracing this." As Principal Industrial Designer at Artiform Design , the firm he founded in 2022, Jacob helps startups and engineering teams create new devices.

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