Soft-Hued Transparent Resin is Here to Stay
In a blog entry in May, we asked for your help in deciding on the color density of our transparent resin. We polled our community’s preferences on the blog, at meet-ups, and events and came to a decision: the transparent resin colors will stay in their current shades. Thank you all for your feedback! (more…)
10 MUST SEE Speakers and Exhibits at the 2014 London 3D Printshow
The 2014 London 3D Printshow is approaching, fast! Starting on September 4th, it promises to be one of the biggest 3D Printing events of the year.
i.materialise will join exhibitors that include Adobe, Autodesk, and 3Doodler directly in the heart of London, deep inside the vaulted, Victorian halls of the historic Old Billingsgate building (click here for directions.) We hope to connect with you there! Our outreach team will be on hand to answer your 3D printing questions.
We are also giving two of our very own presentations on:
- Friday 05, 2014 at the Open Stage
- Saturday 06, 2014 at the Open Stage
(click here for information.)
Read on for other worthwhile events and speakers!
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Open a Free i.materialise Shop and Get $10 Off
Did you just print something?
Want to sell it in your free i.materialise shop?
Then you can get a free $10 voucher!
Read on for how to get it.
Designs featured in our header are by (left to right): Nataliya Yakimova, Albert Ringer, Sven Wiebus , MCODE by Maaike van der Horn, Dizingof, Eugene and Emrys, VAIA GKERLIOTOU, and Manuel Breit. Not all items are currently sold.
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3 Ways 3D Printing Empowers Artists
At the core of art is creativity: The urge to express yourself and to bring something into the world that hasn’t been there before. Art inspires and puts us in awe. And it all starts with an idea.
3D printing is fueled by your ideas. And its core is freedom. 3D printing is perfect for artists because it gives them the tools and the means to share their vision with the world. At i.materialise we are energized to be part of the process of making your idea into a reality. Here’s how 3D printing is empowering artists every day through better tools, materials, efficiency and community. (more…)
How to Share And Embed Your 3D Design Using Sketchfab
There is now a free, interactive, and comparatively safe way to share your 3D design with friends: Sketchfab. What YouTube is to video, Sketchfab is to 3D files. Alban Denoyel launched Sketchfab after noting that many of us share 3D designs via grainy screenshots, large rendered images, or by unsafely sending out our file. Sketchfab provides a neat alternative: it allows you to share an interactive, fast-loading rendered view of your 3D model – without allowing viewers to download or illegally distribute your file.
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Time Machines, Cupcake Cars and Robot Ponies: Some of the cool things we saw at Detroit Maker Faire 2014
Our first Detroit Maker Faire wrapped up on July 28th – we were so excited to be introduced to many new friends and unforgettable connections! With the estimated attendance close to 20,000 people, we felt right at home surrounded by talented makers, designers, artists and innovators.
The best part of our day was connecting and introducing so many of you to the wonderful possibilities of 3D printing. If you couldn’t make it to the Faire, we got you covered!
Here are some highlights from the Maker Faire Detroit at The Henry Ford.
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How to Create Custom Pendants and Necklaces With JWEEL
Want to design your own 3D printed custom necklace or pendant in under an hour? We did – and so can you! Designing your own necklace gets easy with accessible and user-friendly programs like JWEEL, a free browser-based design app for creating customized jewelry. It has a built-in feature that lets you 3D print your own necklaces, pendants, charms, and rings in gold, silver, brass, and other materials— without even owning a 3D printer. It’s a great and easy way to quickly create custom jewelry designs – let’s lake a look at this app and design our own custom necklace!
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In Less Than a Year, 3D Print Start-Up Toyze Secured a Major Client and Reached Over 100 Million Users: Toyze Explains Its Ambitious Growth Plan
Om Nom, Toss, Roto, Boo, Blue and Lick are mobile game characters with millions of fans around the world— and the start of an adventure for one 3D print business.
Toyze is an app where users can create, customize, and order 3D printed figurines of popular mobile game characters (including the cast of Zeptolab’s beloved Cut the Rope series.)
The app has already garnered praise by major publications such as VentureBeat, 3Dprint.com, and Yahoo Finance. How’d they do all that in under a year? Read on.
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Designer Spotlight on Josh Azevedo: From Humble Beginnings to Running a Top 3D Design Business
3D Business owner Josh Azevedo entered the world of 3D design by accident— or more specifically, by marriage.
Azevedo started as an animation graduate with an unsteady future, but now has his own 3D Design business: DesignAnything3D.com. He uses i.materialise to print orders, grow his business, and gain clients. Here is his success story.
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3 Reasons to visit the i.materialise stand at Maker Faire Detroit
We are brewing with excitement to attend Maker Faire Detroit this weekend, and you should be too! It will be hosted at The Henry Ford Museum on July 26 and 27th. This two day festival will feature over 400 makers and their ideas, inventions, and solutions. Join us in celebration of inventiveness and creativity along with your fellow designers, hobbyists and tinkerers! Whether you are new to the movement or a seasoned maker, we can’t wait to share our passion about 3D printing and talk shop at our stand. (more…)
