Get ready for our Ceramics Challenge!
Spring is finally entering our doors and we are in desperate need for more colors in our lives! So we’re ready to launch our first ceramics challenge where you can choose between nine vibrant colors. Are you ready?
THE CHALLENGE
For this competition, your challenge is to use 3D printing to create a product in ceramics. We give you carte blanche, so you can design anything you want: from tiles to vases, from jewelry to kitchen ware.
Surprise us by your creativity!
PRIZES
On the 23th of May the jury will select 1 winning design. The winner will receive his or her 3D print.
WHO CAN ENTER
This challenge is open to all designers, professional and amateur, regardless of sex, age or nationality.
CHALLENGE PERIOD
Submissions will be accepted up to 23:59 May 23th Central European Time, 2013.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
There is no limit on the number of entries per contestant. To enter, you need to upload your design(s) here and provide a clear explanation (under ‘description
First 3d printing gallery in Amsterdam
Amsterdam is getting ready for the first 3D printing exposition ever. The initiative comes from a bunch of creative entrepreneurs with a passion for 3D printing.
Do you want to find out more about the mystic world of 3D printing? Then don’t miss this exposition in Amsterdam. From the 6th of April until the 2nd of June you can enjoy the exposition ‘XYZ Shaping Free Dimensions’ which will showcase designs from i.materialise community members Ilse Vermeulen and Eric van Straaten among others like 3D printing artist Nick Ervinck who 3D printed his collection at Materialise and Joshua Harker, famous from his Kickstarter project. With this project Ground3D wants to introduce everyone in the 3D printing Maker movement.
Our nice colleagues from .MGX added designs from the exclusive .MGX collection to show to the public, so get ready to discover high level 3D printed interior creations from top designers Xander Lust, Jiri Evenhuis, Janne Kyttanen, Bathsheba Grossman, Patrick Jo
Prepare your gallery for Mother’s Day!
Most countries in the world celebrate Mother’s Day this year on May 12th. So start preparing your shops for our Mother’s Day theme page!
From Monday the 14th of April till the 12th of May (Mother’s Day) we will showcase the perfect gifts for Mother’s Day on a special theme page. So do you still need to upload your pictures? This is the perfect chance to work on that!
Do you want to make something in 3D, but you can’t find the time? Not a problem. Ever thought about a personalized trophy, specially for your mum? Check out Twikit to make a customized trophy or medal in no time!
Read more about putting your designs in the gallery and selling them.
Come and Check us out at Make Munich!
Only 3 more weeks and i.materialise will join the maker movement in Munich! Say hi at our booth or join our lecture.
The Tonhalle in Munich is getting prepared for their first Maker Faire. So are you dying for an event full of 3D printing, DIY and hacking: pack your stuff and visit us.
WHEN
From the 19th till the 20th of April our Product Designer, Bert and I will be present at this German Maker Faire:
- Saturday 20th of April: 10:00-18:00
- Sunday 21st of April: 10:30-16:00
Check out our booth to see our wide range of materials, ask your questions and see designs made by our community members such as Eric van straaten. Or bring your own 3D printed design to our booth to show it to other community members.
LECTURE
We will give a lecture on Saturday 20th of April about the i.materialise services at 3PM.
We look forward to meeting you!
The Spring Meetup was amazing!
Another great meetup has passed. To get an impression of what a meetup looks like at our head quarters you can take a look at our pictures below!
Okay, we couldn’t actually call it a spring meetup, since temperatures were still below zero and we were still waiting to see the first flowers and birds, but luckily that didn’t bother us. We were all sitting nice and warm in our co-creation room: ready for a whole afternoon of 3D printing!
Do you want to see more pictures? Check out Facebook!
We’re already looking forward to the next Meetup. You? Follow the blog to find out our next date!
Don’t forget our Accessory Challenge or do you feel like making a 3D printed lamp?
Lighten up with the Instructables Lamps and Lighting contest!
Instructables.com is coming out of the dark and hosting a Lamps and Lighting contest! Got a bright idea for a 3D printed lamp? Make it and publish it on their website!
CREATE
Create a new step by step, photo, or video instructable that fits the guidelines outlined in the right-hand column. Instructables must be published between April the 15th latest (11:59pm PT) to be eligible.
Upon publishing your Instructable you’ll see checkboxes for open contests. Select Lamps & Lighting Contest. If you have entries currently eligible for entry, it will also show up by clicking ‘Enter this Contest’ on the right side of this page. ACCEPTING
Entries are accepted by Instructables staff within one business day ( from Monday till Friday). What matters is the submission time, not acceptance time.VOTING
Instructables members can vote for an entry during the contest plus 3 days after the contest closes.JUDGING
A panel of judges made up of Instr
Goodbye Tinkercad. 3DTin anyone?
It’s so sad to hear Tinkercad will disappear. But luckily it’s not the only modeler tool that works in a browser. Jayesh Salvi, founder and developer of 3DTin has ensured i.materialise the continuation of his software platform.
We haven’t heard from 3DTin in a while, but this web based CAD program is, like Tinkercad, also an app that lets you save and share the designs you make. If you export your file you can print it through the i.materialise service.
Some people say its user interface is more complex, but Jayesh Salvi is working on that: “Over 3 years we have built a simple 3D modeling workflow in 3DTin. A lot of users who find traditional 3D modeling tools too daunting, use 3DTin to quickly put together their ideas. We have built a well thought interface for this crowd. At one point we reached a feature-complete state for 3DTin. It became clear that adding more functionality to the existing tool without careful thought is going to spoil it for our existing user-base. So
Tinkercad announces its closure
Only one hour ago we heard the sad news about Tinkercad its closure. The founders decided to concentrate on a new simulation environment called Airstone.
” Our vision was that a software platform created specifically for supercomputers would let us build some very exciting applications. In early 2011 we launched Tinkercad on this platform. It was the first cloud-based 3D CAD ever built and has grown to be a successful product in its category.
In parallel with Tinkercad, we continued development of the core platform. In October 2012, we launched a scripting interface for one of the key components, the Gen6 geometry modeling kernel. And finally, in late 2012, we had several major breakthroughs in our research work on the core platform that opened up application possibilities we had never imagined possible.
In response to these breakthroughs, I’m excited to announce an updated roadmap. There are two major parts to the new roadmap: 1) we are working on an innovative new simulation
First tests with our flexible material!
Our Product Designer Bert is having a blast with the material. Read more about his experiments!
When we open this window in our office and the wind is too hard, the window normally slams against the wall. But not any more! Bert designed a boxing glove with the flexible material TPU which you can attach to the window door handle: bye bye wall slamming windown!
Or what about this cute ergonomical grip for your pencil?
Or this cute squeezable octopus?
We’d love to hear your opinion about this material! What would you do with TPU?
The first fully-functional flexible material is entering the i.materialise building!
Did you like the latest Iris van Herpen dress with the strong and flexibe material? Then we have some good news for you: we’re doing tests to offer you the same material!
IMAGINE
Wasn’t it lovely to see the first flexible 3D printed dress on a model? Designers and engineers have been challenging Materialise to come up with a flexible 3D Printing material that is durable enough to withstand the wear and tear of an end-use product, and TPU is their response. Materialise launched it ten days ago and now i.materialise is doing research and tests to provide you with this material as well. The official name of the material is TPU 92A-1.
Just imagine what you can do with it: use it for functional parts, objects that need shock absorption, fashionable items,…
CUBE
If you look at the pictures you clearly see just how flexible this material really is.
There is only one downside to this material: for the moment it can’t be produced and distributed in the US directly due t
