Source Firenze: Italy’s Free Design Exhibition in Florence Will Feature AmniosyA, .MGX, and Many More 3D Design Artists!
Source Firenze is a free Italian design exhibition coming to Florence (i.e. Firenze) area from September 11, 2014 to September 18, 2014. It takes place at the Limonaia Villa Strozzi of Florence (directions here), managed by the cultural association Officine Creative.
This Florence exhibition features 40 self-made designers, including the 2013 “i.materialise Designer of the Year” award-winner AmniosyA. It also includes activities for children, conferences, speakers and workshops. The event strives to provide attendees with new production techniques, business contacts, funding sources and inspiration.
Participation is free. Read on for details.
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Event Recap: Highlights from the Bay Area Maker Faire 2014!
The Bay Area Maker Faire came to a close on May 18th, but also opened many new possibilities and friendships! As a two-year veteran of the largest Maker Faire in the United States, the i.materialise community outreach team came ready to connect with the hundreds of makers who visited our booth! We’re glad that so many of you enjoyed playing with our chainmail armor samples, 3D printed metals and “moving part” designs. Thanks for visiting our booth! Connecting with you was the best part of our day. Here are some highlights from the Bay Area Maker Faire in San Mateo.
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Twikit Releases Seal Ring and Cufflinks Apps
Twikit designs 3D Customization tools for brands and designers. Last summer, they powered jewelry designer Anne Zellien with her own customizable necklace app. This time, they’ve teamed up with Dutch brand POSTUUM and Belgian designer duo DAMN for 2 new jewelry apps.
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New Finishes for High Detailed Stainless Steel
Small, detailed and strong. There really is no better way to describe high detailed stainless steel. We introduced this material over a year ago and believed it might be just about time for some new finishes.
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Temporary Shipping Cost Glitch Resolved
We’re glad to inform you that the issue concerning outrageous shipping costs has been fixed. This morning, shipping prices were restored to normal. All parties impacted by the glitch will be contacted.
As some of you have noticed, these past days we have been facing an issue with the pricing mechanism which links us to UPS. We automatically retrieve our shipping prices from the UPS web service and due to a glitch in the system we have been getting incorrect quotes – resulting in prices that are much higher than they should be.
For the moment, we have created a patch to fix this glitch in the UPS system but we are also investigating the issue further and are currently awaiting a longer-term solution from UPS.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused and thank you for understanding. Happy New Year!
Featured Friday: P for Polyamide!
Happy Friday: start your weekend with some 3D printing polyamide magic! (more…)
Pimp Your Pencil With 3D Printing
Writing with a pencil or pen will never be dull again. Take a look at the results of our 3D printing challenge and get inspired to print your own personalized pencil or pen grip! (more…)
Tutorial Thursday: stand out from the crowd!
There are so many artists and designers out there that it’s hard to stand out from the crowd. But nothing is impossible: follow our tips and tricks.
Marketing yourself is hard work, but if you’re a designer and you want to make a living, it’s a necessity. There are so many ways to put yourself in the spotlights, but it’s very important to come up with your own personal plan that suits your style.
1. Start networking
If you’re just starting to expand your network, there is one simple rule: start spreading your news in familiar places. Contact friends and family, use your social networks like Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest or Google +.
Go step by step. Try to get in contact with interesting people through the people in your personal network.
2. Seduce bloggers (or seduce us)
It’s very important to make a good impression. Start simple by making good pictures and visuals of your project (see our previous tutorial to make your pictures tip-top). Do you have a a design with mo
Featured Friday: Showing your 3D prints
Happy Friday everyone! Check out our latest gallery entries.
Paul Marx customized the bust of Richelieu with a 3D scan of his fathers face. He created the design in natural white polyamide.
This beautiful vase is 3D printed in ceramics by Printopi. The design is inspired by Gustav Adamis in the early 1980s and printed in ocean turquoise.
We love 3D printing because it creates a perfect environment for makers, just like Jan Dewever. He created cufflinks for his son and personalized it by adding the letters of his name. Dewever: “Since this was my first 3D printing experiment I printed them in polyamide with a blue dye finish. For me the test was so succesful that I will also have them printed in high detailed stainless steel for sure.
Don’t forget to put you’re own design in the gallery, maybe you will be the next one featured on the blog?
Or do you have a story you want to share related to your 3D print? contact tatiana.dewee@materialise.be
Join our Spring Meetup 29th of March!
Get ready for the next i.materialise meetup! We’d love to welcome you to our Spring Meetup 29th of March.
WHO
Every designer, independant business owner, working professional,…. that’s interested in 3D printing. Journalists are welcome as well to meet our designers and follow a tour through one of the biggest 3D printing facilities in the world.
WHY
It’s a great opportunity to meet fellow designers and share your experiences, so don’t forget to bring your 3D printed design. You’ll get to know more about the services we offer, you can see the widest rang of materials you can print in and ask all your questions concerning 3D printing to our support engineers.
PROGRAM
- Welcome
- Presentation and see materials
- Tour
- Drink & Talk
WHERE
Materialise
Technologielaan 15
3001 Leuven
WHEN
Friday 29th of March 2013, 14.00-18.00 GMT +1 (Belgium time)
REGISTER
You can register on this website!
QUESTIONS
You can always contact tatiana.dewee@materialise.be, I’ll
