Featured Friday: Showing your 3D printed designs
We made it till the end of the weekend: Happy Friday! We hope you had a nice week, we certainly did. To end the week in beauty: check out the newest designs in our gallery.
This jewel is created by Ras Leaudevie and 3D printed in gold. It represents the inner from the outer, reflecting how the stars and planets behave.
The second design we’d like to show you is designed by 3D Materialize Ltd. It’s a very original pendant and 3D printed in silver.
Last but not least: we want to show you another christmas ornament from the i.materialise collection. the Christmas star is 3D printed in white polyamide.
Well that’s it for this week, hope you have a good weekend and have fun designing and have a lovely weekend.
Have a question concerning your design? One address: contact@i.materialise.com
Iris van Herpen and Materialise in the Wired Pop-Up Store 2012
Tomorrow WIRED‘s 8th annual pop-up store will open its doors. Give your eyes a treat and check out Iris van Herpen‘s dress, 3D printed at Materialise.
This holiday season, one of van Herpen’s most recognizable pieces – the Escapism Dress – is being featured in the Wired Pop-Up Store in New York City: a shop that offers a one-of-a-kind, interactive experience that takes holiday gifting to the next level.
BOUNDARIES
Proclaimed as the next Alexander McQueen, Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen is pushing the boundaries of Haute Couture with great success. Since starting her own label in 2007, Iris has picked up a string of awards, has seen her clothing worn by trend-setting celebrities such as Björk and Lady Gaga, and has had her 3D printed dresses named as one of the 50 Best Inventions of 2011 by TIME Magazine.
Stop by and check out the dress yourself at this address:
583 Broadway
(between Prince St & Houston St)
New York
Store hours:
11am-7pm
Closed Mondays
No
We’re open during the holidays!
Can’t resist designing during the holidays? No problem. We’ll be there to give you the 3D printing support you need.
For the first time, we’re not closed during the holidays. And to give you something extra: the creative minds among you who place an order between the 24th of December 2012 and the 6th of January 2013 will get a free Rygo pendant, designed by Bathsheba Grossman in alumide (while stocks last).
Only the Priority Service won’t be available on 24-25 & 31 December and January 1st.
Have fun designing!
Featured Friday: Showing your 3D printed designs
Happy friday everyone! We hope you had a nice week, we certainly did. To end the week in beauty: check out the newest designs in our gallery.
Stil looking for a unique Christmas gift? Stop looking! We designed some really nice Christmas balls in polyamide for your christmas tree. Check out the other models in the gallery.
The second design we want to show you is a small pensive monkey bust for your desk or anywhere else you need a little monkey inspiration. It’s printed in polyamide and designed by unusual.shark.creations.
As a final featured design we want to show you one of the new trainmodels in the gallery. Check out this prime gray design, hand painted by Guido Mandorf.
Well that’s it for this week, hope you have a good weekend and have fun designing!
Have a question concerning your design? One address: contact@i.materialise.com
Black Friday? Not here: check out these new velvet colors!
2015 Update: For this year’s Black Friday we offer free worldwide shipping on every order. No minimum order value, no promo code required. Simply place an order and don’t pay any shipping fees today (27/11/2015).
Ready to start your Christmas shopping after a day full of (stuffed) turkey? Then we have some good news: we’re introducing three new velvet colors: petrol blue, ochre and bordeaux.
After the traditional Thanksgiving meal people are looking forward to Black Friday: the kick off of the Christmas shopping season! To add some more color to Black Friday we’re offering you three more velvet colors to finish your polyamide designs with a fluffy look: petrol blue, ochre and bordeaux.
An army of velvet Tinkercad crocodiles: gotta have ’em all!
Now you can choose from a whole range of velvet colors. From bright pink to bordeaux and from green to bright yellow: these finishes will bring your design to a whole new level!
Add some color to your presents, have fun
Brass PU coated has entered the building!
After gold plated brass, we’re happy to offer you the PU coated version! Check out how you can use the material in your designs.
Firstly, we introduced to you gold plated polished brass, but from today on, the natural PU coated version has entered the building! Asked by many people of the community we’re happy to offer you this material. Michael Mueller, designer: “The brass material looks great, really nice to use with jewelry. ”
Brass has by nature a yellow/reddish color. By choosing the PU coated option, your model will keep the original color and be protected against scratches and oxidation. Mueller made a brass PU coated version of his whistle and the result looks stunning:
Compared with gold plated polished brass (brass electroplated with a tiny layer of gold), your design will have a vintage look which you see a lot nowadays. If you compare the two finishes, you can clearly see the difference. More information can be found on the material page.
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Raspberry Pi blows life into the Bioscope
The Raspberry Pi (RPi) is produced to learn people how to program. Check out how Simon de Bakker and Jon Stam used it for their Bioscope!
The RPi, a single board computer (read: a tiny computer) was developed by the University of Cambridge and is now used for many creative designs. By keeping the price low ($25-$35), the Raspberry Pi Foundation wants to make it accessible to everyone. And it seems to work; on the day of the launch in february the distributing website crashed and the first 10.ooo RPi’s were sold out in just a few hours time. Since then the RPi is a real science sensation. Although it’s designed for educational purposes everyone finds its way to this little digital wonder. Just type the name in Google and you will find people using it for digital signage, games or as a cheap home cinema.
Why is it interesting for 3D printing? Well, the Raspberry Pi doesn’t come with a case, so that makes it great to combine with a customized 3D printed case like Jon Stam and Simo
Tinkercad offers academic institutions free software
Tinkercad, the easy to use 3D design web app, just launched a massive project. For a limited time, qualified academic institutions can use $50,000 worth of Tinkercad software.
What a great project to help democratizing 3D design throughout schools. The first 1,000 applicants can use Tinkercad for free instead of paying the yearly application fee of $75. This on-line application must be submitted by midnight PST on Friday, December 7th, 2012.
In order to apply for this plan, here’s what you’ll need to know:
- This plan is open to ALL academic institutions, home schools, non-profits and other similar organizations whose mission is to further advance the study and teaching of 3D design and 3D printing to students
- You must be able to provide accreditation or non-profit status verification
- The plan applies to the 2012/2013 school year (summer 2013 included)
- You must currently possess a 3D printer, have access to a 3D printer OR have the intent to purchase one in the 2012/201
Meet the designers: DAMN
Caroline Das en Kim Nivelle, two Belgian friends with a passion for design, are ready to launch their brand: DAMN. Their way of working? With professional 3D printers! Confused? Keep on reading!
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3D printing meets Vintage
3D printing is starting a new industrial revolution. But does that mean we have to throw away all the rest? Not at all. Quentin de Coster, a Design student from Brussels, created a wonderful design by making a perfect blend between 3D printing and vintage.
Every year the Belgian non-profit organisation Petits Riens/Spullenhulp organizes a massive fashion and design show. Big Belgian names like Delvaux, (Edouard Vermeulen) Natan, Dirk Wynants, Elvis Pompilio and a bunch of young Belgian talents are challenged to design new creations out of recycled materials and clothes. After the show people can bid for two hours on the items while they are being displayed on big screens.
Quentin de Coster was one of the designers and started thinking how to reuse objects with new techniques. He used 3D printing to design special handle for an umbrella. de Coster: “I designed the umbrella Branch as an open invitation to share it with other people. When you’re walking in the rain with a friend
