Think Bigger: We Are Increasing the Printing Size for Rubber-Like 3D Prints By 60% for 3 Weeks!
Now that’s a big one: We’ve noticed that our rubber-like material (also known as TPU 92A-1) is often demanded for large designs – and that’s why we decided to increase the printing size for a trial period of roughly 3 weeks (until March 9th)!
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SketchUp 3D Printed Jewelry Challenge: Submit Your Design!
In collaboration with SketchUp, we are excited to announce our latest 3D printing challenge! Create stunning jewelry in SketchUp and submit your designs now! (more…)
Join Our Next 3D Printing Meetup for Designers on March 11th!
3D printing brings your virtual designs to real life. Our 3D printing meetup will give you the inspiration and technical know-how that is needed to turn your projects into 3D printed reality. (more…)
Drzach & Suchy Receive the Designer of the Year Award
Today we’re happy to announce the winner of the 2015 i.materialise ‘Designer of the Year Award’. After counting the votes of our community poll it became clear that the Swiss designer duo Drzach & Suchy is the big winner of this year’s competition! Read on to learn more about Drzach & Suchy’s magical 3D prints.
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New Flat Rate Shipping — Simpler, More Transparent, and More Flexible
As of today, the pricing structure for shipping has changed. We’re trying to provide you with simpler, more transparent, and more flexible solutions. While this means a cost decrease in many cases, some shipping rates have increased. Read on to learn what this means for you. (more…)
Vote for the Best 3D Print of the Year: Who’s Going to Become the Designer of the Year?
For the third year in a row, i.materialise will present its ‘Designer of the Year Award’ to a deserving designer of the most spectacular 3D prints of the year. It’s now up to you to decide upon a winner – you can cast your vote and learn more about the five nominees below. (more…)
Introducing a New Blender Plugin for 3D Printing
Blender is one of the most popular 3D modeling programs used by the 3D printing community (see here). That’s why we decided to make the lives of Blender artists a bit easier. As of today, Blender users can connect their design software with our 3D printing service in just a few clicks. (more…)
Ceramic Winter Sale: 10% Discount on Your Ceramic 3D Prints
You can now save 10% on each and every ceramic 3D print! From January 18th until January 31st, we offer a 10% discount on 3D printed ceramics with promo code ‘WinterSale’. (more…)
Materialise Just Received a Design Award — And It’s All Thanks to You
Last night our parent company, Materialise, received the renowned ‘Henry van de Velde’ design award from Design Flanders. The award honors designers and design companies for the exceptional quality of their work, their path of experimentation, and their inventiveness in the creative sector. But most importantly, this is an award for your creativity.
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Top 3 Winning Designs of the 3D Printed Apple Accessories Challenge Announced
We invited product designers and 3D modelers from all over the world to participate in our ‘3D Printed Apples Accessory Challenge’ and submit their designs to accessorize iPhones, iPads, iPods, Apple Watches or MacBooks. All participants stood a chance to receive their Apple gadget add-on as a 3D print in polyamide as well as a 200 EUR/220 USD voucher.
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