Suit Up for the DAMN x Café Costume 3D Printed Jewelry Collection (For Men)
Introducing a unique partnership between Café Costume, architect designer duo DAMN and Twikit, a pioneer in 3D customization. Inspired by Kunstwerkstede ‘De Coene’, they have created a collection of customizable 3D printed cufflinks, tiepins and money clips. The collaboration ties in perfectly with the world of new craftsmanship, in which 3D printing makes it possible to give each item a unique character.
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Materialise’s Creative Director to Discuss Cutting-Edge Technology at NY Fashion Conference
Fashion is always trying to stay on the cutting edge. Innovative technology also wants to stay on the cutting edge. What happens when these two cutting-edge worlds collide? (more…)
Custom 3D Printed Glasses Frames: Eyewear Designed For You
Millions of people around the world have bad eyesight and wear glasses, so it’s no wonder that designers take the opportunity to use 3D printing in order to create beautiful, stylish, convenient, and most importantly – custom-made – glasses frames. We visited Adrian Gögl’s Oak & Dust project and saw how the young Swiss is using our online 3D printing service in order to create a stunning collection of custom-made 3D printed glasses.
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UU-U Memory Ring: Harder to Lose, Easier to Find
How many times have you been digging into your bag in search of a flash drive buried somewhere underneath all your stuff? How many times have you misplaced a drive at university or at work and not known where to find it? If the answer to both questions is “many”, then you should definitely check out the UU-U Memory Ring created by Portsmouth designer Ming Wu. This is a flash drive designed to be worn! (more…)
5 Breathtaking Dresses Made with 3D Printing
What seemed like a distant future where you 3D print your own clothes is edging closer to reality as these innovative fashion designers are embracing 3D printing to make stunning outfits. For fashion designers, 3D printing opens up a world of possibilities with faster prototyping, lower costs and technology-integrated design. Here’s 5 breathtaking dresses made with 3D printing. (more…)
3D Printing Spotted at NY Fashion Week in Katie Gallagher’s Spring/Summer 2015 Collection
Fantasm. No, that is not a misspelling: it is the original spelling of the modern-day word “phantasm”, which describes something that can only be perceived. Before you start to have a cold sweat with flashbacks to the epistemology chapter in your Philosophy 101 class, let’s ease your mind by showing you some pictures of Katie Gallagher’s “Fantasm” Spring 2015 collection.
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A 3D-Printed Mood-Logging Tech Dress: Anouk Wipprecht’s Wearables Just Got Smarter
Changing your appearance with your mood is a topic that’s no longer reserved for New Age followers or sci-fi fans. By embedding Intel’s super versatile, small-in-size-but-large-in-processing-capacity micro-controller called “Intel Edison”, Anouk Wipprecht created “Synapse”, a smart dress based on bio-sensors that takes user experience to the next level, as it acts on the wearer’s behalf! (more…)
3D Printed Shoes, Inside and Out
With 3D Printing technologies advancing day-by-day, creating a one-of-a-kind wearable product has become easier than ever. Today we’d like to introduce you to some perfectly personalized 3D Printed items made for walking. Read more to find out about the “next step” in 3D Printing.
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Dario Scapitta’s 3D Printed Neck Piece “Extravaganza” Won the Design Silver Award
We’re excited to announce that Dario Scapitta’s 3D printed neck piece “Extravaganza” won the A Design Silver Award 2014, under the “Jewelry, Eyewear and Watch Design” category. Congratulations, Dario, from everyone here at i.materialise!
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Kipling Enters the World of 3D Printing: No Monkey Business
Ever since they started in 1987, Belgian bags and accessories brand Kipling has given its monkey mascot a prominent role. No one can say ‘Kipling bag’ without referring to the iconic monkey key chains. For their latest collection ‘Monkey Madness’, Kipling and Materialise took it one step further. Based on the Monkey Madness collection, the “City Jungle Shopper” is a co-creation between Kipling and Materialise to showcase Kipling’s trademark monkey in the world’s first fully-flexible 3D Printing material TPU 92A-1.
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