Featured Friday: Showing your 3D printed designs!
The weekend is coming closer, but first: let us show you our newest 3D printed entries. Happy Friday everyone!
SOHEEB KHAN made this lovely action figure of one of his character, 3D printed in polyamide. “i.materialise has done a fantastic job with the details and the result is beyond my expectation.”
British designer Caroline Saunders made a contemporary and abstract pendant for a necklace. She printed ‘Bird tree’ in silver with a high gloss finish.
The last design we want to show you is ‘Bijoux sur mesure‘ who prints -as the name says- customized jewelry. This ‘lightning’ ring is printed in silver with a high gloss finish.
Have an awesome weekend!
Do you want to show your design to the world? You should! find out how on our website.
Tutorial Thursday: attend events to develop your brand
A great way to meet fellow designers, talk about your products and market yourself is to attend events. Check out how they can play a role in your life and which events you can attend this year as a 3D printing designer. (more…)
Join us at our booth at RapidPro and win one of our 3D printed lamps!
Next month i.materialise will be present at RapidPro in Veldhoven, the Netherlands. Come and check us out at our booth or join one of our free lectures!
The Conference Centre Koningshof in Veldhoven is getting prepared for Rapid Pro 2013. Tuesday 26th and Wednesday 27th of February you’re all very welcome at this event to have a chat and learn more about our 3D printing service. Go to the RapidPro website to subscribe. Entrance is free!
Check out our booth (number 74) to see the widest range of materials, including metals and finishes. We will offer you a selection of commercial products, created by our community, such as Dutch jewelry designer Els Cuvelier and German designer monomer.
Next to that you will see finished products we printed for one of our business partners Twikit. Don’t hesitate to bring your own ideas and talk about possible partnerships.
LECTURES:
i.materialise will host two presentations so you can’t miss us.
- Tuesday 26th of Februari: 11.45-12.10
Check out the winners of the Valentine Challenge
We had so many entries for the Valentine Challenge that it was hard to choose a winner. But: now all the votes are counted there are clearly two winners!
Roberto Trentin got the most votes for his high detailed stainless steel design called ‘Secret message ring’.
Isaie Bloch made a nice design ‘Diamonds are forever’ (where a lot of our feminine collegues fell for) in silver.
We want to congratulate both candidates with their designs. We can’t wait to see the designs coming out of our printers!
Introducing: Material Monday!
This year we will feature, every second Monday of the month, one of our materials. We will inform you with the latest updates, design possibilities and of course a lot of inspiration. But first: an overview!
With 16 materials and more than 60 finishes, i.materialise offers one of the widest material ranges in the world to 3D print in. We’re always making sure our designers get the best quality offer and with our design guides on the material pages we lead you to the finish of your item.
The last material we introduced was high detailed stainless steel, on trial, as you can clearly see in our periodic table of materials which showcases all our materials. Do you -firstly- want to see and feel the materials, buy one of our basic sample kits (with a voucher of 25 euro/ 40 dollar) or some loose samples.
OFFER
Now, let’s take a closer look at our offer:
Use: jewelry, lamps, fashion, prototype models
Colors: white, black, red, blue, spray painted black and spray painted whit
Featured Friday: Showing your 3D printed designs
It’s the end of the week so that means it’s time for our weekly Featured Friday!
Because we shortened the printing time of polyamide this month, we want to inspire you with some new polyamide models. 3D Materialize Ltd is ready to conquer the world with his 3D printed Samsung Galaxy covers. This one is printed in natural white polyamide.
Community member david made a selection of sculptures based on hand gestures. Below, you can see the well-known victory hand gesture printed in polyamide (of course).
The last design is a 3D printed logo, designed by Erik.
Do you want your design to be featured on the blog? Put them in the gallery or contact me via e-mail: tatiana.dewee@i.materialise.be
Printing time for polyamide: only 7 days in January!
Good news everyone: until the end of January it will be possible to print your natural white PA design in just 7 business days! Even better: it won’t cost you extra.
For example: even if you upload your design on the 30th of January, it will still be possible to receive your Valentine’s gift in time. It usually takes 1 to 5 days to ship your design, depending on your location of course.
Pricing will stay the same:
- All designs that fit within a bounding box of 125 cm3 and have a maximum dimension of 200 mm come at 12,5 euros a piece.
- If your design fits within a bounding box of 27 cm3 (for example 3 x 3 x 3 cm) and has a maximum dimension of 100 mm, you’ll only pay 5 euros per copy of that same design (for example, you’ll pay 32,5 euros for 5 copies as 12,5+5+5+5 = 32,5)
For more information, take a look at the material page.
Couldn’t find time to design something? Then you can still buy a design from our gallery. Get inspired:
Menace by Marcus Collins:
Valentine Shopping at i.materialise
Now that you survived the holidays and the new year is starting off, Valentine is silently approaching. Time to find a unique gift for your Valentine Sweetheart: from the i.materialise catalogue of course!
You’re not a designer yourself, but you really really like 3D printing? Then your 3D printed Valentine gift is just a few clicks away. Take a look at the Valentine gifts from our community.
- For him
- For her
Have fun shopping!!
Start the first workweek with a 13% discount on your next order
Start 2013 with a BANG! Order now and you might be one of the lucky winners of a 13% discount – for an entire month!
Did you spend all your money on presents, big dinners and champagne on New Year`s Eve? Don`t worry: i.materialise is here to help! Every day, from now until the end of January, one lucky person will be randomly selected (from among those who placed an order that day) to receive a promocode giving them a 13% discount for an entire month.
For example: if you place an order on the 15 of January and are chosen as that day’s winner, you will get a 13% discount on every order you place between the 15 of January,2013 and the 15 of February,2013 – in any material! And, for the lucky winners after the 28, don’t worry, you will also enjoy the full 31 days of the discount. The winner on the 29 has until March 1, the winner on the 30 has until the 2 of March…you get the picture.
Just see it as our way to say ‘Happy New Year’ ;-).
Did you win? Check out our Facebook page or
Featured Friday: Showing your 3D printed designs
It’s the end of the week and before you start off the weekend…let’s enjoy Featured Friday!
We found a really nice silver ring in our gallery, made by Joost Van Cauwenbergh, finished with a glossy look.
Our second design comes from Maaike van der Horn. She designed a constructionist bracelet in brass gold plated and polished. The design is inspired by modern architecture and its use of complex repetitive geometrical structures. van der Horn: “I am fascinated by how these structures can behave to create buildings and objects that look seemingly organic and unique. They can change their appearance depending on the angle you look at them.”
This bracelet is a perfect example where new techniques like 3D printing has opened up a world of design possibilities: it would be impossible to make using traditional jewellery techniques!
Last but not least: a bronze coin designed by Koenraad Van Daele named ‘The Kiss’.
Enjoy your weekend!
