Droog at Salone 3D printed by i.materialise
Droog unveiled its Design for Download platform at Salone this year. The concept of Design for Download is that designers can offer customizable designs online. Some could be free, others paid. A person can then select a design, download it and 3D print or lasercut out the design. A timely, rather future proof idea from the folks at Droog. We think the platform has a great future and we”re proud to have been chosen to do the 3D printing for Droog”s Salone show. One item (an electrivity outlet) was 3D printed at a FabLab and the rest of the 3D printed items were done by us.
This flatpack lasercut furniture by  Minale-Maeda has 3D printed connectors and adornments all over it. You can see a thoughtful interview with Mario Minale here.
And here are some Vanity Charms by Minale Maeda.
These are some lovely polyamide flowers for Minale Maeda”s Virtual Florist.
Watch the video here. There is more information on the Droog site here.
The i.materialise Jewelry Design Challenge
Today we have an exciting Design Challenge for jewelry designers. We’re reaching out to you in order to find jewelry design talent. We’re looking for new concepts, techniques and ideas in jewelry design.
We want this challenge to help us discover you so that we can then encourage and promote you and your work.
3D printed jewelry is very new and affords designers with an immense freedom to design. But, very few pieces have really managed to elevate 3D printing pieces to the level of high end jewelry. Can you do this?
Can you design a jewelry piece that elevates 3D printed jewelry? Can you make something that is beautiful, practical and above all “works” as a 3D printed jewel?
What you can win
Ten winners will be selected and their pieces will be offered for sale in the .MGX Store in Sablon Brussels. The jewelry design will always remain your property and you will receive a 5% royalty on every sold item. Due to questions below in the comments we have updated the royal
