Utah Teapot
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The University of Utah has launched an official Utah Teapot page, offering free downloads and interactive customization of the historic 3D model, with version credits spanning Martin Newell’s original 1975 creation through Cem Yuksel’s 2026 update. The site lets users adjust mesh type, orientation, wireframe and interior display, resolution, caps, texture-coordinate layouts, and triangulation, and it requests attribution as a “Utah Teapot” or “Modified Utah Teapot” to preserve provenance while allowing commercial use. Newell, Jim Blinn, and Yuksel are scheduled to recount its history at SIGGRAPH 2026 for the 50th anniversary of its debut. The release matters as a rare piece of freely licensed digital heritage that remains a benchmark for rendering and modeling research. Watch for the SIGGRAPH 2026 retrospective and adoption of the newly customizable versions in graphics software.
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Utah Teapot, Martin Newell, University of Utah, Hank Driskill, Jim Blinn, Cem Yuksel, Russ Fish, Frank Crow