Impressions from a very inspiring TEDxLeuven
Let me tell you of a place where you get to shake hands with the president of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy and hang out with the phenomenal chocolate master Domique Persoone at the same time… that place was TEDxLeuven. What is TED or TEDx for that matter? Watch the video below to find out!
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Take a walk down Fantasy Lane for this Design Challenge
Do you remember the days when you used to read these magical children’s storybooks as a child? Your imagination running wild while you processed the words on the page… Imagining the world and the characters behind the story… It was the perfect way to stimulate your imagination. Well today in collaboration with the awesome Digital Tutors, we ask you to jump back in time in search of the wonderful characters your imagination cooked up for you!
We have organized a design challenge where you get to walk down fantasy lane one more time to bring back the memories of your favorite children’s storybook character.
So the objective is to create your interpretation of any children’s’ storybook character, that is, it has to be an original design and not based on an existing illustration. The material used will be multicolor, so don’t hesitate to have a look at the multicolor design guide to maximize your chances of winning. So what can you win in this challenge? i.materialise will provid
Announcing a New Challenge with Too Many Wires
Ever found yourself tangled up between all these cords that connect your screens with your computer and your computer with your printer or router and so forth?
Unfortunately we live in a world with too many wires and considering technology is having it difficult to keep up with our demand for a wireless environment, why not find a solution ourselves?
The time to create that solution is NOW!
Mookum & i.materialise have joined forcess to bring you the following design challenge:
Create your own cord manager
This can be a cord manager that collects all the cables from your computer or one for all the loose phone and adapter cables in your bag. Or what about a cord manager to hold your earphone wires in place? The possibilities are endless, it’s up to you to find that perfect design that will fit your needs.
Find out more about this new challenge on Mookum’s website.
The Month of March in 3D Printing
As we reach towards the end of the month, we look back at the awesome events that took place in the world of 3D printing. In this sense, the month of March was quite an interesting month with successful Kickstarter projects, a superb Free Universal Construction Kit, a cool guide on how to build a 3D printer yourself and much, much more. Let’s have a look at with this month had in store for us so far…
On the Kickstarter forefront we’ve found two wonderful projects that have successfully been funded. These two projects are The Stelliform Owl (A Sculpture project in Tracy, CA by Grant Miller) and The Sparklab: the educational build-mobile (An Open Hardware project in Stanford, CA by SparkLab). Both projects seem like great contributions to the 3D printing community.
In New Zealand Weta mastermind Sir Richard Taylor opened a new $15 million block at his son’s private school on the 2nd of March. The interesting little detail here is that among the features of the new building were c
An upcoming book and a major solo exhibition by Iris van Herpen around the corner
Iris van Herpen is a Dutch fashion designer that needs little to no introduction on this blog due to her immense popularity. We have covered her wonderful 3D printed work of art several times and her escapism dress has even been named one of the Best 50 Inventions of 2011 by TIME Magazine.
With that said, it comes as no surprise that countless people would love to see her work up close and so the great thing is that now you can! Iris van Herpen will be holding her first major solo exhibition at The Groninger Museum in The Netherlands. It will be running from the 24th of March until the 23th of September of 2012. That’s a full six-month period!
To accompany the exbibition, the first book on Iris van Herpen will be published. This volume contains an overview of all her collections up to the present, as well as am essay by fashion journalist Jean Paul Cauvin and a foreword by the curators.
So if any of you are planning a trip to The Netherlands between these dates, make sure
Limited Offer! Dyed Polyamide at a reduced price
Last month we introduced the ability to add some color to your polyamide designs. This month we’d like to offer you the opportunity to try it out without the additional costs of dying it. In simple words…
Get your dyed polyamide orders at the price of standard polyamide until the end of the month!
Dyed polyamide is available in red, blue, grey and black and gives your creations that special extra called color! So make sure to keep a close eye on your calendar and mark March 30th as your last opportunity to order dyed polyamide at a reduced price.
TIME Magazine names Iris van Herpen’s 3D printed dress one of the 50 Best Inventions of the 2011
THE 3-D-PRINTED DRESS
92 CENTIMETERS | Combining design with technology, Dutch couturier Iris Van Herpen’s fantastical dresses are initially planned in Photoshop. She then works with an architect to develop a 3-D model, which is printed onto a polymer over the course of a week, resulting in a ready-to-wear dress that is an exact replica of the original sketched version. Van Herpen — who recently designed the dress Bjrk wears on the cover of her new album, Biophilia — presented her printed dresses during Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week this January.
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2099708,00.html#ixzz1odicWIYc By TIME Magazine
2011 was a lovely year for 3D printing, especially when TIME Magazine decided to add Iris van Herpen‘s escapism dress to their list of 50 best inventions of the year. This lovely work of art was revealed during the haute couture week in Paris Spring Summer 2011 as part of her 3D printed Escapism couture collection. It rapidly
Decorate your bookcase with adorable little monsters
Today I would like to highlight one of my favorite projects at i.materialise: Monja‘s adorable letter eaters. Not only do they look great (printed in multicolor), but they make your book collection look even better. And if that wasn’t enough… you can even add your own custom text (up to 10 characters per creature) to them. There are three versions that you can choose from and for only €99 (plus VAT and transport) and receive a set of two creatures like seen on the pictures below.
Can’t wait to have a nice set of your own? Get started on your own letter eater set right here!
You are welcome to visit us and our 60+ printers
Have you ever wondered what the machines look like that create your wonderful designs? Or maybe who some of the people are that provide you with support for your projects? Maybe you’ve got questions about our services and would like to ask them to us personally? Well on March 30th you will have the great opportunity to experience all of these things and much more.
We are organizing a meetup for 30 participants at our headquarters in Leuven, Belgium. So if you want to meet us as badly as we want to meet you, I’d say RSVP now on our facebook page. We look forward to seeing you then!
Announcing a very colorful month
It’s time to bring some color into your life! Colors are known to awaken our feelings and drive our emotions. They can turn something that is boring and dull into a colorful feast filled with life and joy. Colors tend to tell a story and colors are always a sign of feeling alive. So why wouldn’t you shower yourself in colors? Better yet… why not shower your 3D printed designs in colors?
At i.materialise we have a lovely material for that called multicolor. It’s a material that has wowed many people through its amazing capabilities and we have plenty of easy to use tools to help you achieve the same results.
An architectural model done in Google SketchUp by Lisa Kraft
Easy to use software packages such as Google SketchUp, Tinkercad and 3DTin all have an i.materialise solution for bringing your colorful designs to life in our multicolor material. We have seen detailed characters in this material as well as amazing architectural models. And recently we have even printed some ama
