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i.materialise student discount

By | April 26, 2012 | 3D Printing, Architecture, Art, Design | No comments

Worldwide, students 3D print concept cars, architectural models, functional models, prototypes, and all sorts of other things with us. We really love working on those projects. So, if you’re a student at a College or University and want to use 3D printing for a school related project, we’re giving you a 20% discount if you 3D print with us. We’re especially interested in Design Academy students, engineering students, product design graduates, and fashion students. Nevertheless, feel free to surprise us with your work from any other discipline.

However, there are some rules and remarks to get the 20% STUDENT DISCOUNT.

  • You have to be enrolled at a College, University or Technical school.

  • You must contact us using an .edu or other university/school email address to verify this (sorry about this but someone always will play unfair even though virtually all are fair). In case you didn’t know yet, get in touch with us through contact (@) i.materialise.com (just to be clear, leave out the brackets and the spaces when you use it).

  • The 3D print(s) you order are for a school or school related project.

  • When your project is finished, you provide us with images to show your work. We love seeing the result of your hard work. If we’d like to show them on our blog, we will ask for your permission first.

  • Enter the promo code MASTER3DPRINT2012 (quite a mouthful, isn’t it) during the checkout process.

  • We have the right to refuse selected orders in some cases. We probably won’t ever but we thought we’d put that in to be sure. Now, we wouldn’t want other 3D printing services ordering from us would we.

  • As always, free shipping is applied above a $99/99€ order value.

  •  The 20% discount is valid on all of our non-metal materials: polyamide, alumide, multicolor, high detail resin, paintable resin, transparent resin, prime gray and ABS. The offer also applies for dyed and velvet polyamide AND for the polyamide priority service. We know this can particularly come in handy as deadlines approach.

  • Don’t worry about pricing too much. Our 3D print lab is, without any doubt, the quickest and most straight forward way to get an instant price for your model (with the exception of transparent resin though). No login required, upload your model, select different materials, and see which one suits your project best.

  • The most popular material for student projects is by far polyamide. And as not everyone needs make big things, prices for small models in polyamide and alumide were recently cut in half. Just remember this is a temporary offer ending at the end of May. Read more about the price drop.

  • Don’t forget about the production time of your model (generally between 5-15 working days) and the actual delivery time (1-2 days). Sending in your project in time will save you (and us) a lot of stress. That’s a promise!

  • The 20% student discount is valid only until the end of this school year, meaning the 30th of June 2012.

We hope to see a lot more of your inspiring work in the future. And don’t forget we have a great Customer Service team with talented support engineers to help you in getting a wonderful result.

Ula Miami Concept Car by Josh Henry

Transportation Design student at The University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Material: transparent resin

 

Mars lamp by Pieter-Jan Debuyust and Laurens Dekeyser

Civil Engineering and Architecture students at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.
Material: polyamide

 

Movementor by Kiran Gangadharan

Postgraduate in Arts, Media and Design at Transmedia (Sint -Lukas Brussels University College of Art and Design), Belgium.
Material: polyamide

 

Soft Surface by Jung Woo Yeo and Wonshok Lee

Coursework for ‘Saturated Models’ Seminar GSAPP, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University
Instructors: Alistair Gill and Veronika Schmid
Photo courtesy of Julie Jira – www.restlessimaginings.com

Material: polyamide

Multicolor as part of a bigger Story

By | March 20, 2012 | 3D Printing, Art, designers | No comments

Multicolor is a wonderful material to use for its wide range of colors but many designers also tend to use it for different purposes. Take the work of Canadian designers Digital Statues as example. Their work gets 3D printed in monochrome multicolor which looks a bit like polyamide when it comes out the machines. These sculptures are then hand-painted to accentuate and highlight the facial features. Examples of this can be seen in the images below.

Grandpa by Digital Statues

To find out more about the great services that Digital Statues provide you can visit their website at www.digitalstatues.com.

A similar process is applied by Dutch artist Ilse Vermeulen who designed the adorable Mr. Collodi (pictured below) and went as far as dressing him up with custom made clothing. Again here you’ll see that she got her model 3D printed in monochrome multicolor and sprayed it afterwards.

For Mr. Collodi II by Ilse Vermeulen

For Mr. Collodi by Ilse Vermeulen

To see more of Ilse Vermeulen’s creative work you can visit her website at www.ilsevermeulen.nl.

So as you can see, multicolor is also a material with multi-functions. If you prefer painting or spraying on three dimensional surfaces yourself, why not try it out on a monochrome multicolor print? You’d might end up just finding that right combination of material and color.

Whether you are a traditional artist or a user of the wonderful Google SketchUp who designs and prints their dream houses in this material… a colorful solution is available for both and everything in between.

An upcoming book and a major solo exhibition by Iris van Herpen around the corner

By | March 16, 2012 | 3D Printing, Art | No comments

Iris van Herpen is a Dutch fashion designer that needs little to no introduction on this blog due to her immense popularity. We have covered her wonderful 3D printed work of art several times and her escapism dress has even been named one of the Best 50 Inventions of 2011 by TIME Magazine.

With that said, it comes as no surprise that countless people would love to see her work up close and so the great thing is that now you can! Iris van Herpen will be holding her first major solo exhibition at The Groninger Museum in The Netherlands. It will be running from the 24th of March until the 23th of September of 2012. That’s a full six-month period!

To accompany the exbibition, the first book on Iris van Herpen will be published. This volume contains an overview of all her collections up to the present, as well as am essay by fashion journalist Jean Paul Cauvin and a foreword by the curators.

So if any of you are planning a trip to The Netherlands between these dates, make sure to not miss this wonderful opportunity.

TIME Magazine names Iris van Herpen’s 3D printed dress one of the 50 Best Inventions of the 2011

By | March 9, 2012 | 3D Printing, Art | No comments

Escapism Dress by Iris van herpen ©Victoria and Albert Museum, London

THE 3-D-PRINTED DRESS

92 CENTIMETERS | Combining design with technology, Dutch couturier Iris Van Herpen’s fantastical dresses are initially planned in Photoshop. She then works with an architect to develop a 3-D model, which is printed onto a polymer over the course of a week, resulting in a ready-to-wear dress that is an exact replica of the original sketched version. Van Herpen — who recently designed the dress Bjrk wears on the cover of her new album, Biophilia — presented her printed dresses during Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week this January.

 
By TIME Magazine

2011 was a lovely year for 3D printing, especially when TIME Magazine decided to add Iris van Herpen‘s escapism dress to their list of 50 best inventions of the year. This lovely work of art was revealed during the haute couture week in Paris Spring Summer 2011 as part of her 3D printed Escapism couture collection. It rapidly inspired countless people around the world and became an exclusive piece at the Industrial Revolution 2.0 at the Vitoria & Albert Hall in London. Iris van Herpen, whose fans include celebrities like Bjork and Lady Gaga then returned to Paris for the 2012 Spring/Summer Paris Fashion Week with brilliant a brilliant new masterpiece.

With such lovely reception around the world, one can only dream of what 3D printing could bring us next… It seems that the next generation of 3D printing fashion designers are ready to claim their spot in history through events like “The hats off to 3D Printing Design Challenge” as the Top 20 will get to see their 3D printed works of art walk down a runway at the Materialise World Conference.

Want to make a name for yourself in the fashion industry? It seems that 3D printing could indeed become a big part of it as mentioned in this video by our Creative Director Joris de Bo.

Decorate your bookcase with adorable little monsters

By | March 7, 2012 | 3D Printing, 3D Prints, Art | No comments

Adorable little monsters made by Monja Petri

Today I would like to highlight one of my favorite projects at i.materialise: Monja‘s adorable letter eaters. Not only do they look great (printed in multicolor), but they make your book collection look even better. And if that wasn’t enough… you can even add your own custom text (up to 10 characters per creature) to them. There are three versions that you can choose from and for only €99 (plus VAT and transport) and receive a set of two creatures like seen on the pictures below.

A set that contains one for the left and one for the right side of your books

Add your personalized message on each side

Can’t wait to have a nice set of your own? Get started on your own letter eater set right here!

The 3D prints of the M HKA Challenge are now in the museum

By | December 22, 2011 | 3D Printing, Art, Design, Events | 3 Comments

When we announced the winners of the M HKA Design Challenge, we also mentioned that they would be exhibited at the M HKA museum in Antwerp from Dec 19th until Dec 29th. So for those of you who won’t be in the region of Antwerp during the holiday period, we’ve decided to share these lovely pictures of the 3D prints.

My House by 11 year old Kristof van Loock

Holes by designer Luigi Vaghi

Facebooked by teacher/designer of de Kunsthumaniora Filip Verreyke

Facebooked by teacher/designer of de Kunsthumaniora Filip Verreyke

My M KHA Legs by Matthew Pauwels

Senne001 by student of de Kunsthumaniora Senne Roekens

Senne001 by student of de Kunsthumaniora Senne Roekens

And for those of you who will be in the region of Antwerp during the holidays, don’t hesitate to visit the M HKA museum to see the works in person. They always look better up close!

Of course if you like participating in design challenges and just missed this one, no worries because we still have the wonderful “Hats off to 3D Printing” design challenge going on. Entries for this challenge are accepted until Feb 15th.

How to Win the Spotlight in a Museum

By | December 8, 2011 | 3D Printing, Art, Design, Events | No comments

In September we organized a unique design challenge with the Antwerp based museum of M HKA (Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp). You could participate as a youngster or beginner, as an illustrative artist or as a 3D designer. With that said and the information out in the open, our brave challengers got their gloves on and got to it. After long hours of working on their designs, we received the entries from our participants ready for judging time! And so, together with a judging panel of the M HKA museum we came to a unified decision on the winners of this challenge.

With well-deserved congratulations, we present to you their works of art that will be on display at the M HKA from the 19th until the 29th of December.

For the category of Designers

Facebooked by teacher/designer of de Kunsthumaniora Filip Verreyke – made in ZBrush

Senne001 by student of de Kunsthumaniora Senne Roekens – made in ZBrush

Holes by Luigi Vaghi – made in Rhino

For the category of Youngster & Beginners

My House by Kristof van Loock – made in Google SketchUp

My M HKA Legs by Matthew Pauwels – made in 3DTin

For the category of Illustrative Artists

Paire de Mains by Alexis Gautier

So there you have it ladies and gentlemen and as usual we’d like to thank all of the participants for their lovely entries. If you didn’t see your design amongst the winners, don’t worry as you still have the opportunity to participate in our Hats off to 3D Printing Challenge and have your work exposed on a fashion runway! So put your thinking caps back on and show us why the lights should shine on your work for our next challenge.

Using 3D Printing to Entertain your Ears

By | December 2, 2011 | 3D Printing, Art, Community | No comments

You’ve seen it with your own eyes, you’ve felt it in your hands, but have you heard what 3D printing is capable of?

For those of you who don’t know him already, let me introduce you to Erec: a man who creates wonderful 3D printed flutes in his spare time. He offers his custom made flutes for sale on his website Cutting Edge Flutes and also provides the service of making them food safe.

The following video will you show you one of his flutes that got printed at i.materialise in multicolor.

More of Erec”s work can be seen on his YouTube account and if you too would like to design something in multicolor, stay tuned cuss next week we”ll discuss the best tips and tricks of this great material.

The Hats Off to 3D Printing Challenge

By | November 23, 2011 | 3D Printing, Art, Community, Events | No comments

Do you have big dreams of seeing your hats or accessories hit the runway, gracing the heads of glamorous models? Or, do you love 3D printing and enjoy pitting your creative abilities against those of others? Either way, this is the competition for you! So, get on your thinking caps, because it is time to get creative!

You now have the chance to get your work exposed on a fashion runway at the Materialise World Conference of 2012 in Leuven. It’s the ultimate place where the top industry professionals from all over the world gather to celebrate the latest achievements in additive manufacturing. In the world of 3D printing, you couldn’t hope for better exposure than that!

The competition will be running from today until the 15th of February of 2012 with in the jury panel none other than the Master milliner himself, Elvis Pompilio. The winner will be announced on the 1st of March and will have a spot on the runway amongst the top 20 designs.

So if you are looking for some exposure in 3D printing and you like to design hats or hair accessories… start your engines and show us what you can do!

More information on this challenge can be found here.

The stage for the Competition

Exhibiting Dutch artist Eric van Straaten

By | November 18, 2011 | 3D Printing, Art, Events, Exhibitions | 4 Comments

Some of you might already have seen his work in the past. While some of you might have seen his recent work on our flickr account. But for the lucky few amongst us, Eric van Straaten’s work awaits us at PAN Amsterdam 2011. His great works of art will be on display from the 20th of November till the 27th of November at the RAI Parkhal on the stand of Majke Husstege.

At the exhibition you will find seven of Eric”s recent achievements. Amongst them, the images below which were 3D printed in our multicolor material: his primary weapon of choice.

If this kind of art is your cup of tea, you can always view what the great artist is up to on his personal website.

Multicolor is a great and affordable material for also other models than these of Eric. Detailed characters can be brought to life in color just as well as architectural models. So if you have a great design planned and your mind is thinking in color, don’t hesitate a second longer and give this material a try. I’m sure you’ll be amazed by its results.

And who knows… maybe you can be the next great artist to showcase the full potential of this powerful material?

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