Tweak it, build it: unique 3D printed trophies by Twikit
Enough with the generic, uninspired metal medals. Three friends, Martijn, Gijs and Georges, just introduced their company Twikit. Winning will now be even sweeter thanks to their 3D printed personalized trophies.
Winning is great. But everytime I see the medals and trophies I can’t help myself thinking: ‘Again?’ For years, there haven’t been big changes or innovations in the trophy market to supply the winners with a hip and glam -3D printed- medal they deserve. Till now! Belgian based company Twikit is ready to change that industry. Martijn Joris, one of the founders: “We see ourselves as an exponent of the ‘makers’ era with a strong consumer oriented point of view. We want people to tweak and build products in the easiest way possible. Everybody can tweak our designs by using our online configurator.”
The Twikit team created an online platform through which anyone can personalize and order their very own 3D printed award. The company takes care of the production and finishing o
12-12-12: we challenge you!
Good news everyone!
Since you can only experience 12-12-12 once in a lifetime (December, 12, 2012 or 12-12-12 will be the last date of its kind – when all three numericals in a date are the same – for the next 88 years), we want to mark the moment.
According to popular belief, 12-12-12 is a lucky date that will bring good fortune. And it does! Place your order in our 3D print lab at 12:12 AM (o’clock) and get a 12% discount on your next order! And to give our US friends a chance to win as well, we will select a winner in three different time zones: CET, EST, PST. Good luck!
Start the countdown with i.materialise!
Sinterklaas Meetup: let it snow, let it snow, let it snow,…
Although the weather conditions weren’t very good because of the snow, we were very happy to see that much designers at our Meetup!
CURIOUS
We had a real winter meetup this time. It was snowing the whole morning and temperatures were very low. Despite the bad travel conditions, a lot of people showed up to see some i.materialise 3D printing magic.
We called it the ‘Sinterklaas Meetup’ since the previous day, the 6th of December, all the Belgians were celebrating the arrival of Sinterklaas who delivers candy and toys to all the good children during the night. So we offered everyone some special Sinterklaas candy like chocolate figures.
HAPPY
To make the people feel comfortable we showed some 3D printing videos on the wall and introduced ourselves to everyone. The room was filled with designers & 3D print interested people. We started off with a presentation about our online service and proceeded to the material tables so people could see and feel the widest range of material
Featured Friday: Showing your 3D printed designs
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.
To start with we want to show you a design created by 5D_Stoke. This ballast train model is made in prime gray and originally built between 1870 and early 1900.
The second picture is showing some realy nice silver earrings, created by unusual.shark.creations. It’s perfect for anyone who loves the sea and its starfish!
Last design is a silver pendant inspired by the Celts and made by Badra Designs.
That’s it for this week, hope you have a good weekend and have fun designing!
Do you have a question concerning your design? One address: contact@i.materialise.com
Don’t forget to participate in our Valentine Challenge, read all about it on the challenge page.
.MGX online shop: buy award winning designs in just one click
Our fantastic colleagues in the .MGX by Materialise team have officially launched their new, expanded webshop. Take a look at their line of 3D-printed, award-winning design products and like us, discover your favorite pieces!
Are you a design lover and collector? In a few clicks, you can now buy a wonderful 3D printed piece for your home by the likes of Patrick Jouin, Arik Levy, or Janne Kyttanen to name a few. Just visit: http://www.mgxbymaterialise.com/webshop
The i.materialise team got together and selected our 3 favorite .MGX designs…which are your favorites?
1. Lily.MGX: this Red Dot Design Award winning lamp, created by Janne Kyttanen, is still a classic in the collection.
2. Detail.MGX: this lamp is the ultimate customized lamp, made from the designer’s, Dan Yeffet, 3D printed fingerprint.
3. Damned.MGX: this chandelier is a favorite of many. Designed by Luc Merx and based on a 17th century painting by P.P. Rubens, it should come as no surprise that it h
Check out our Christmas ornaments collection!
In Belgium, the first snowflakes are falling down so we declared the (Christmas) holiday season officially open! Still looking for some nice presents? Check out the i.materialise collection.
Every year, our Product Designer customizes some Christmas ornaments to pimp your Christmas trees or to hang them around in your house. This year we wanted to make sure that everyone can order some ornaments, so we created a stock. We have picked out four ornaments from which you can choose without waiting for them to be printed.
No worries if you haven’t bought your 3D printed present yet, you still have some time to choose from our collection. But don’t wait too long of course.
Valentine Challenge: say it with jewelry
ABOUT THE CHALLENGE
A few more months and Valentine will enter our houses. It’s that time of the year that you think -maybe a little bit more- about your loved ones and at i.materialise we love romance so much – we must admit, it’s a little embarrassing- that we want to organize a Valentine Challenge! Of course all you need is love on a Valentine’s Day, but a little jewel now and then doesn’t hurt, right? So start designing a jewel (ring, brooch …) for your loved one and surprise him or her! You can choose between two materials, silver and high detailed stainless steel, in the end there will be two winners: one for high detailed stainless steel and one for silver.
RULES
Participants need to upload their file here. You can find more information about the file formats in our FAQs under ‘website’. The material for this challenge is high detailed stainless steel and silver. Make sure you read the design guidelines to make your jewel 3D printable.
There are limits on the size
