These are the Children’s Storybook Characters that will come to life
At the end of March we announced a wonderful multicolor design challenge with the magnificent Digital Tutors. The objective was to create your own interpretation of your favorite children’s storybook character. Needless to say, the participants blew us away with the amazing quality of their entries that we could see in their “in progress” forum page. Today we are very proud to showcase you the winners now that the challenge has come to an end and we’ve collectively managed to pick our top 3 designs. So without further ado… The winning designs that we will 3D print…
Ronia the Robber’s Daughter by DT Community member FLYNN
See the work in progress here and the final entry.
Billy Goats Gruff by DT Community member madics@madics
See the work in progress here and the final entry.
The Very Full Caterpillar by DT Community member timeRemapper
See the work in progress here and the final entry.
We would like to congratulate the winning challengers and also thank a
Using i.materialise to 3D print a metal object
Christopher Barnatt (www.explainingthefuture.com) is a futurist, author, videographer, and Associate Professor of Computing and Future Studies in Nottingham University Business School. We recently stumbled upon one of his videos where he talked about using i.materialise to 3D print a metal object.
In the video you’ll see how Christopher models a carbon nanotube in Lightwave 3D and uploads it on i.materialise. He shows the ordering process and the unboxing of the model when it arrives. Whether you’re new at all of this or not, we think it’s a great video that shows how easy an online 3D printing service can be. Christopher Barnatt definitely knows how to explain the future!
After finishing the video, he discovered how easy it was to create a designer page and offer the carbon nanotube for sale in our gallery.
Babyboom
Wonder why you didn’t hear recently from David on this blog, nor Karen when in need for technical support? Currently both have other priorities. Karen gave birth to a little girl named Lotte and David is the proud father of Sebastian and all this within one week. While they are trying to get used of their new role in life, our website manager Franky takes the lead for the blog and our support engineer Sofie will try to answer your questions. Our congratulations to the new parents.
TEDxLeuven – Wilfried Vancraen
On March 29th, Wilfried Vancraen (CEO Materialise), took the stage at TEDxLeuven. He showed how 3D printing is not only reshaping how things are made, but also our way of life. In this video, this 3D printing pioneer shares his insights on how this rapidly expanding technology has the power, not to become a future form of mass consumption, but to create a better quality of life on a grand scale. Enjoy the movie!
3DTin design challenge
Okay, we’re running a design challenge with 3DTin during the following 4 weeks. Before we get started and to get everyone up to speed, here’s a small recap on 3DTin:
3DTin lets anyone make anything simply because it’s easy and intuitive to use. It simply runs in the browser (though it has to be up to date, as it uses something called Web GL), is free to use and requires no experience in 3D design. All you need is the will and imagination to explore the 3D world. 3DTin lets you save and share the designs (which are called ‘sketches’) you make. The tool also lets you export your files for 3D printing.
“We are running out of excuses to not build something.” – Jayesh Salvi (Founder 3DTin)
So, how does the challenge work? Easy, design as many awesome models on 3DTin as possible during the month of May. Everyone who makes sketches during this time automatically enters the challenge. Both 3DTin and i.materialise will rate your sketches. The total ratings of all your sketches
Sources of inspiration pt.2
According to the Oxford dictionary, inspiration is the process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially to do something creative. A few months ago I was wondering where (product) designers, artists and inventors get their inspiration. And now I thought it would be nice to see if I could find some more examples. As for now, I’ll just let the pictures do the talking.
The Month of April in 3D printing
Without a doubt it was a busy month in the world of 3D printing. Big companies started spending their money again. This continues to enforce the trend that we’re on a road towards a future of a handful of big 3D printing players.
We also saw the continued rise of crowd funding projects in the world of 3D printing and as often happens… more new 3D printers for us to get our hands on. Let’s have a look at the news items in detail…
First, the business news… It seems that 3D Systems got back into its spending habit of last year by acquiring My Robot Nation and Paramount Industries. Could it be the beginning of another spending spree this year? Only time will tell… On the other hand, they also got to present the new Z Printer 850. It promises higher print volume, greater productivity and vibrant full color that empowers designers, engineers, and architects to create more and larger parts faster.
At the same time we can’t really say that the other 3D Printing giant calle
i.materialise student discount
UPDATE: This post is from 2012. Click here for the latest promo code for students!
Worldwide, students 3D print concept cars, architectural models, functional models, prototypes, and all sorts of other things with us. We really love working on those projects. So, if you’re a student at a College or University and want to use 3D printing for a school related project, we’re giving you a 10% discount if you 3D print with us. We’re especially interested in Design Academy students, engineering students, product design graduates, and fashion students. Nevertheless, feel free to surprise us with your work from any other discipline.
However, there are some rules and remarks to get the 10% STUDENT DISCOUNT.
- You have to be enrolled at a College, University or Technical school.
- You must contact us using an .edu or other university/school email address to verify this (sorry about this but someone always will play unfair even though virtually all are fair). In case you didn’t
3D print your mom something special
Mother’s Day is just around the corner in a great numbers of countries. How cool would it be to get your mom a customizable 3D printed Lamp or some nice 3D printed jewelry? We’ve made a list of polyamide based 3D printed gifts that you might want to look at as a starting point. Alternatively you might want to tell your mother a special something through our Appear Lamp? I’d say, have a browse through our options and make sure to select that perfect gift for that special mother of yours. Below you’ll find two examples from our Mother’s Day Selection.
The Top 20 from the Hats off to 3D Printing in all their glory
Last week we brought you our pictures, stories and a wonderful interview with Mark Bloomfield from the Materialise World Conference. Today, we proudly bring you the video of the actual Top 20 Designs on the runway. Enjoy!
Of course you can also view the video in 720p on our Vimeo account.
