Exploring 3D Printing in Furniture Design: Jon Christie’s State-of-the-Art Furniture
Meet Jon Christie, a former DJ who discovered a passion for Scandinavian furniture, design, and 3D printing. In his latest project, John explored 3D printing in furniture design and has been enhancing chairs and tables with smartly modeled 3D printed parts. Jon’s state of the art furniture is both exciting and elegant in equal measures. His table and chair designs blend traditional craftsmanship, modernist design, and state-of-the-art 3D printing technology.
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Summer of Surprises – Week Eight: 15% Steel Discount
The i.materialise summer of surprises is now in its eighth week! Every week in July and August we announce new enhancements, price drops, discounts and coupons that will save you money. This week’s surprise: 15% off steel 3D prints!
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Summer of Surprises – Flash Sale: Save 30% on Polyamide Priority
Our summer of surprises continues with another great deal: during the next 24 hours, you will get 30% off on your Polyamide Priority orders! No promo code needed – simply place your order in Polyamide Priority and you will receive a price that is 30% less than our regular price.
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Summer of Surprises – Week Seven: 15% Sterling Silver Discount
The i.materialise summer of surprises is now in its seventh week! Every week in July and August we announce new enhancements, price drops, discounts and coupons that will save you money. This week’s surprise: 15% off sterling silver 3D prints!
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Summer of Surprises – Week Six: Alumide Enhancements
The i.materialise summer of surprises is now in its sixth week! Every week in July and August we announce new enhancements, price drops, discounts and coupons that will save you money. This week’s surprise: two great enhancements for Alumide, our strong and sparkling plastic material.
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Introducing a New Onshape Plugin for 3D Printing
Onshape is the first and only complete cloud 3D CAD system that lets everyone on a design team simultaneously work together using a web browser, phone or tablet. And it’s currently making a buzz! That’s why we decided to make the lives easier of Onshape users interested in 3D printing. As of today, Onshape users can connect their CAD program with our 3D printing service in just a few clicks.
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Summer of Surprises – Week Five: 5% High Detail Stainless Steel Discount
The i.materialise summer of surprises is now in its fifth week! Every week in July and August we will announce new enhancements, price drops, discounts and coupons that will save you money. This week’s surprise: 5% off high detail stainless steel 3D prints!
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How 3D Printing in Steel Works
Earlier this month, we talked about how to print Aluminum and Titanium parts with Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) 3D printers. However, DMLS is not the only technology that lets you print metals. This time we will take a look at Indirect Metal Printing, a process which is used for our 3D-printed steel.
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10 Stunning Steel 3D Prints
One of the most popular 3D printed metals is steel. And by steel we mean real steel, not just metallic plastic. Thanks to Indirect Metal Printing we can print all kinds of functional parts, jewelry items, or gadgets with the use of steel powder and bronze infusion. Since this is the cheapest form of metal printing currently available, we thought it was time to pay attention to some of the outstanding designs we received from our community. Take a look at 10 of the coolest steel objects we created with our 3D printers lately.
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3D Printing with Windows 10 and i.materialise
In May we were proud to announce our new collaboration with Microsoft – and now we are even prouder to say that Microsoft users can tap into i.materialise’s 3D printing service as of today. Users of Microsoft 3D printing platform applications such as 3D Builder will now able to print their models directly through i.materialise.
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