C3A, Océ and i.materialise Architect@Work architecture competition
C3A, Océ and i.materialise are organising a 3D and 2D printing contest for Architect@Work. This contest is for Belgian architects.  C3A is a company specialising in software, hardware and training for architects and engineers in the construction industry.  Océ is a € 2,6 billion revenue part of the Canon group that specialises in large format and professional imaging and 2D printing. Together we will be doing a contest that ends at the end of this month. You can submit your entry at C3A Net. There will be 2 categories in the contest 1. A large format 2D print of a AutoCAD, Revit or Sketchup project. 2. a 3D print of a Sketchup project. We will select 3 entries per category and then the visitors to Architect@Work that is taking place in Kortrijk Xpo on May 5th and 6th will be able to vote to decide who the winners are. The 6 entrants designs will be 2D printed on a size of A1 and displayed on the stands of C3A and Océ. The winners can win €600, €500 and €300 in
i.materialise launches Sketch to 3D, A 3D modeling service for 3D printing
Today we are launching Sketch to 3D. Sketch to 3D is a 3D modeling service that can turn your drawings into 3D models. Now you can draw anything you want and get it 3D printed. 3D printing is an amazing technology that potentially can let you make whatever you want. But because few can 3D model it has been impossible for most people to make exactly what they want to make, until now. The democratization of manufacuring has now reached you. Now you have no excuse, you can now 3D print whatever you want to.
We’ve partnered with GrabCAD and together we can turn your thoughts, ideas and drawings into 3D prints. Now you can improve the world around you by making things exactly as you think they should be. Want a better lamp? Make your own using 3D printing. Want a one of a kind gift, sketch it and we’ll make it for you. Need something that doesn’t exist, make it.
The sketch service costs 57 Euro (around $80), the costs of the 3D print will depend on the material you chose and t
i.materialise Student Discount
UPDATE: This post is from 2011. Click here for the latest promo code for students!
Last year we noticed a spike in orders in April through July from design and engineering students worldwide who 3D printed concept cars, architectural models, functional models of prototypes and all sorts of other things with us. We really liked working on those projects (despite all the last minute stresses some of you had) and would like to encourage more students to 3D print with us.
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 (Eindhoven, Finland etc.) & Engineering and product design graduates. But, feel free to wow us with any work from any discipline.
Rules
- You have to be enrolled at a College, University or Technical school
- You must contact us using a .edu or other university/school email adress to verify th
3D printing in wood flour
On April Fools, our friends at FOC pulled a well executed prank on everyone by telling the world that they can 3D print in wood using sawdust. Well…it turns out you can 3D print in wood, using wood flour. Wood flour is a fine sawdust like powder made from pulverized wood. A year ago Open3D student Meghan Trainor started doing tests on 3D printing in wood. Later on students  Juliana Meira do Valle and Kate Lien took over the experiments and worked to improve the results. The team now 3D print in black walnut shell flour, pecan shell flour, wood bark flour & wood flour. The team uses a powder based 3D printer which is basically a hacked version of a commercial system. In this case the team has used UF glue as a binder. The recipe for 3D printing in wood is to use 4 to 5 parts wood or nut flour and 1 part UF glue. The initial results are intriguing  and prove once again that the Open3DP team is really pushing the envelope on hacking and improving 3D printers and 3D printi
Be Your Own Souvenir with 3D printing
Be Your own Souvenir was a project that ran in Barcelona in the beginning of this year. Using open source software the project let people pose in front of a Kinect set up and the resulting shape was 3D printed by a RapMan 3D printer. The project aimed to turn consumers into producers and give people the experience of creating their own souvenirs. The installation was on the Rambla and the “project mimics the informal artistic context of this popular street, human sculptures and craftsmen, bringing diverse realities and enabling greater empathy between the agents that cohabit in the public space.” The installation was the work of BlaBlabLAB.
Be Your Own Souvenir! from blablabLAB on Vimeo.
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Patrick Jouin wins a Red Dot Award for his MGX.Bloom lamp
Very loud cheers and congratulations to our colleagues over at .MGX and designer Patrick Jouin. Patrick Jouin has just won a Red Dot Award for his .MGX.Bloom lamp in the category outstanding product design!
The Bloom table lamp is inspired by nature. As many flowers do the Bloom can actually bloom by opening and closing. The entire lamp shade is 3D printed and the shade is produced in one piece and works straight out of the 3D printer. By letting the lamp bloom you can mechanically regulate the light that comes out of it. Opening and closing this lamp is addictive as you can see the hinges move and the entire body slot into itself. Its a wonderful lamp to look at but also a powerful example of the power of 3D printing. Its a huge honor for the lamp to be awarded with a RedDot and I”m sure all of our colleagues are happy not only for .MGX but also because Patrick Jouin”s beautiful design is 3D printed here at Materialise. The same 3D printers and the same high level of c
