adidas Futurecraft: The Ultimate 3D Printed Personalized Shoe
Sporting goods giant adidas is unveiling the future of performance footwear with Futurecraft 3D, a unique 3D printed running shoe midsole which can be tailored to the cushioning needs of an individual’s foot. As part of the ‘Futurecraft series’, this forward-looking initiative places open source collaboration and craftsmanship at the heart of design to drive innovation across all elements of production.
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Materialise Makes Its Way into National Geographic
National Geographic’s yellow portrait frame is one of the most iconic logos around. The yellow frame surrounds some of the most amazing images possible to capture with a camera, with high-quality, beautiful photos that reveal the world around us and beyond. For this reason, many of us have grown up surrounded by stacks of National Geographic magazines, either at home or at the houses of family and friends, for generations. This is not just a magazine, it is part of our collective experience and memory. (more…)
Congratulations to HP on their Newly Revealed 3D Printer – a First Reaction from Materialise’s CEO
All of us at Materialise would like to congratulate HP on their newly-revealed 3D printer! We look forward to collaborating with them to bring meaningful applications to users.
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3D Printing and Iris van Herpen’s Biopiracy Fashion Show in Paris
Everything about Iris van Herpen’s Biopiracy Fashion Show in Paris was impressive, the setting, the music, the shrink wrapped models, and of course, the 3D printed, flexible dress!
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3D printing mingles with the past in Belgium’s oldest town
The Gallo-Romeins Museum, one of the most important archaeological museums in Europe, is currently holding a solo exhibition of Nick Ervinck. He is a rising star in the Belgian art world and the talent behind some truly spectacular works of 3D printed art, printed at Materialise.
Last Friday night, I headed to Tongeren with Nick Ervinck’s project managers here at Materialise, and others on the prototyping and manufacturing team, to witness the opening of the exhibition. Although we had witnessed several of his works come off our printers over the years, there was something about seeing them set against archaeological relics that made the jaw-dropping creations more spectacular than ever. Here are some images from the exhibition and if you are in Belgium anytime before the 6th of January 2013, I highly recommend fitting in a visit to the Gallo-Romeins Museum to see The 9th Month yourself.
The exhibition, The 9th Month (De 9de Maand), includes several pieces 3D printed here at Mat
3D printing in Silver, now better than ever!
I don’t know about the rest of you, but at least here in Belgium, summer seems to have been cancelled. But – as they say – every cloud has a silver lining, and all the rain does make it easier to sit inside on the computer designing beautiful objects to bring to life in…well…silver! And, as of today, 3D Printing in silver with i.materialise is better than ever… with instant online prices ( + lower prices for silver) and the widest range of finishes yet!
Can’t wait to see how much your design will cost? (Spoiler Alert: it will cost less than ever thanks to a new price for silver)
No problem! As of today, for silver models up to 3cm3, i.materialise will now provide you with an instant price for your design. And, what can you print within a build envelope of 3cm3? The average ring, necklace pendant, or small bracelet will easily fit in that space. And, with a new price for silver and the same high quality, we are confident that you will like the price you see. Of course, you can still
Columbia GSAPP Saturated Models 3D printed: Liquid Joint
Alistair Gill and Veronika Schmid held a Saturated Models seminar at Columbia’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. During the seminar the Master’s students explored 3D printing and created 3D printed objects. i.materialise made the resulting 3D prints. This is the fifth interview with a team of participating architecture students, Molly Calvani and Michi Ushio, and their project: Liquid Joint.
1. Who are you?
Molly Calvani + Michi Ushio, classmates at Columbia University. Master of Architecture 2011.
2. What is Liquid Joint?
… Good question. Originally it was the goal to create a multi-directional, rolling joint that when assembled as a whole, could make up a system that seemed fluid, or liquid. Through different iterations and ultimately trying to realize a solid version of ”liquid” we arrived at something that perhaps begins to describe a model of an architectural discourse on the fluid and organic verses rigid and mechanic.
3. Why did
Columbia GSAPP Saturated Models 3D printed: Postcard
Alistair Gill and Veronika Schmid held a Saturated Models seminar at Columbia’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. During the seminar the Master’s students explored 3D printing and created 3D printed objects. i.materialise made the resulting 3D prints. This is the fourth interview with a team of participating architecture students, Sarah Carpenter and Dalia Hamati and their project, ‘Postcard’.
1. Who are you?
We are a pair of architects hailing from Lebanon and the United States. We met at GSAPP and we have a weekly TV watching date. Our future plans may or may not include designing a truck that sells Lebanese street food.
2. What is Postcard?
Postcard is an inquiry into the developing process of 3D printing, and more specifically, into investigating the role of the designer in this process. At the outset the infinite possibilities of 3D printing technology left us scrambling for constraints. Where the designer would have previously used the na
Who is (y)our Customer Service Manager?
My name is Karen Meulemans, I am 27 years old and as the customer services manager for i.materialise, I try to help all of you with your 3D printed projects.
I have spent the past 5.5 years at Materialise, working in different departments and gaining a wealth of experience.
I started as project manager in a business unit devoted to 3D printing designs sent to us from companies, artists, architects, etc, and while there I first came in contact 3D printing technology. Immediately, I became fascinated with the results that came out of the printers and the endless possibilities they opened up. However, most of the models I saw there were industrial models used as prototypes, functional models, concept models, models used for photo shoots…
After 2.5 years I moved to the production side of the unit as a project engineer. It was then that I had the opportunity to spend even more time on our shop-floor.
My next function within Materialise was as a quality engineer for our orthopaed
Google 3D Warehouse + silver at i.materialise + 3D printing = one incredible retro ring
Armed with a simple 3D model of a ring and with access to a wealth of objects through Google SketchUp’s 3D warehouse, Materialise’s own Bert De Niel started playing around on the computer one day. The result was a entire range of ring designs with everything from a little buddha, to an aligator, to the great retro cassette you see below, and all ready to be 3D printed if desired. Some of the rings I would be happy to wear as they were and others I would want to change a bit first.
Although not all the designs were exactly to my liking, that is the beauty of 3D printing…the person wearing the ring can have exactly what they want, perfectly adapted to their own personal style. Moreover, thanks to the extensive range of objects already available through the 3D warehouse, not that much effort is needed to come up with something great. You just have to choose the design you like, adapt as needed, and voila, you have the ring (or bracelet, or pendant, etc) that you want!
Knowing Bert a
