A Stainless Steel Bottle in the Shape of a Horseshoe: Kickstarter and 3D Printing Make it Possible
Based on several years of experience in creating and designing products for the consumer market, Dutch industrial designer Franky Leering and his team of creatives saw the chance to develop their own product with the help of Kickstarter and 3D printing: a stainless steel bottle with a unique shape and look. (more…)
Creating Unique Design Solutions with 3D Printing: This Modern Design Studio Uses 3D Prints to Enhance Its Workflow
3D printing has opened up more possibilities for design studios. Exploring new materials, creating new forms and shapes, designing highly-detailed prototypes: there are many advantages for designers by using 3D printing. We visited one of our clients, Slovenian design studio Gorjup Design, to see how 3D printing is changing their everyday work.
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Turning a Smart Idea into 3D-Printed Reality: A Simple Keychain That Makes Life Easier
Barney Mason, a product designer from the UK, is changing the world one step at a time. He started creating keychains to expand his knowledge of 3D modeling and 3D printing processes and soon found a simple, yet efficient, way to design smarter keychains. (more…)
How 3D Printing Allows For Customization of Products: Meet Martijn Joris, Co-Founder of Belgian Start-up Twikit
Martijn Joris has a passion for 3D creation and making. He co-founded Twikit in 2012, a Belgian start-up that builds easy creation tools, allowing consumers to create unique products and bring them to life with 3D printing. Twikit is pioneering a new way of using digital production technologies in the creation of customized products.
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How a Startup is Using 3D Printing and Crowdfunding to Turn its Dream Into Reality
After several stolen and lost USB flash drives, startup “HelloWiKey” decided to build a device that will keep all your private files safe and secure and that will always be with you: the WiKey. With the help of 3D printing and crowdfunding, these creative entrepreneurs are turning their dream into reality. (more…)
3D Printing Historical Artifacts: Nils Anderssen Created a Perfect Replica of a 6th Century Sword
Looking at artifacts from the past often leaves us speechless about the skills and knowledge of craftsmen from earlier times. The early 6th century sword from Snartemo (Norway) is exactly one of these objects. So, if you are asked to recreate one today, how would you do that? Especially if you are not a professional goldsmith but a game developer? (more…)
Speaker Spotlight: Ilja Laurs on Customizable 3D Printed Game Characters
The Materialise World Conference is fast approaching and we would like to take this opportunity to present some of the inspiring speakers who will illustrate the many ways that 3D Printing services and solutions can add value in the realm of consumer products. See them in person on April 24th and 25th in Brussels and Leuven and participate in our two-day program full of workshops and conferences that will give you inspiration and the technical know-how to turn your ideas into 3D printed reality.
This week, our featured presenter is Ilja Laurs, venture capitalist behind the customizable 3D printed game characters Cut the Rope, Pou, Talking Tom and the Tribez.
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3D Printed Guitars: 3D Printing Hitting the Right Note
If music is your passion, it influences every aspect of your life. If you are an engineer, you constantly seek new ways to explore and experiment. What happens when these two worlds collide?
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The Magical World of 3D Printed Comic Creatures: The Adorable Mushables by Elfriede de Rooster
Belgian designer Elfriede de Rooster, also known as Brrrumblebee, has been drawing ever since she was a small child. Influenced by Belgian comic books and French animation series, she soon started to draw characters from her favorite comics. After working for Studio Peyo, the creator of the Smurfs, and helping in the creation of the Danish film series “Troll Tales”, Elfriede started experimenting with digital 2D painting using Corel Painter before switching to 3D modelling software in 2007. In this post, we get to know the talented designer and learn how she is using ZBrush to make her cute, adorable and warmhearted 3D Printed creatures come to life. Read on to meet these wonderful fellows: the Mushables. (more…)
Just Robots by Onorio and Scott: The Most Adorable 3D Printed Robots Ever!
Do you find the word “robot” to carry a cold, lifeless connotation? Does that feeling increase even more if the robot is 3D Printed? Then let us blow your mind with a gang of the cutest, most lovable 3D Printed robots on Earth! These 3D Printed robot figurines are designed, hand-painted, and sold online by two designers, Scott Brimley and Onorio D’Epiro, under the “Just Robots” brand. We interviewed the UK-based duo to find out how they brought the cute little robots to life through i.materialise! (more…)
