iMakr store officialy open in London
From desktop 3D printers to 3D printed designs; iMakr London has got it all. We were present at the first opening night of the store in the heart of a creative London district.
For a long time the iMakr store in London didn’t want to reveil the exact adress of the store, but just a few days before we finally got the adress. As an online 3D printing service we just had to be part of it.
The excitement was building up by letting the people wait a little longer then expected, but it was worth it. Sylvain Preumont, the French entrepreneur that founded iMakr, opened the store officially and welcomed the people.
The store was packed and everyone was very excited to see Sam Cervantes, CEO of Solidoodle 3D printers, Adrian Bowyer, founder of the Reprap, the 3D scanner from IIIDEvolution and lovely creations including some 3D printed necklaces by Mark Bloomfield and Dario Scapitta.
We had a small table to show some i.materialise designs and it was great to see all th
Free orange dye for the inauguration of Dutch king Willem-Alexander!
One more day and the Netherlands will have a new king. To celebrate the inauguration of Willem-Alexander we’re launching a new polyamide finish: orange dye! What’s even better: we’re offering the finish for FREE for two weeks (until the 15th of May).
Our Product Designer Bert already had some fun with the finish. What would you make with it?
- Dimensions max 200 x 200 x 180 mm
- Pricing: 0,25€ per cm³ on top of the natural white color price + a start up of 1€ per type of model with a maximum of 20€.
Do you want to see the finish yourself? Order some samples! It’s the best way to get a good sense of the materials. You can buy a basic sample kit or seperate samples.
With 16 materials and over 70 finishes, i.materialise offers one of the widest material ranges in the world to 3D print in. We’re always making sure our designers get the best quality offer and with our design guides on the material pages, we lead you to the finish of your design.
i.materialise started producing in the US!
We’re happy to announce we started producing in the US!
Since i.materialise is an international 3D printing service, we want to produce more regional to cut shipping costs and delivery times. Recently we started producing several materials in the US but we’re still finalizing the details.
So stay tuned to find out more news about the improved US shipment dates!
Meet the designers: AmniosyA
AmniosyA, a design collective from Florence Italy made their first collection EntropyA. Read all about them.
Can you tell a little bit more about studio AmniosyA?
« AmniosyA is born as a research group focusing on architecture, design and fashion. The studio consists of five architects and one professor: Marco Carratelli, Lucia Lunghi, Elvira Perfetto, Lorenzo Pianigiani and Leonardo Pilati. The last is our indispensable mentor Marino Moretti who has joined and encouraged us and gave us his passion. »
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« We all met at university where each of us had started a very similar research path. The place where our passion took its first steps were in the lectures of our professor who still follow us. After a couple of years we wanted to join forces and had to merge six different personalities. Amniosya was born in a small living room of about 15 square meters. Our interests focuses on the world of new technologies, and on the dynamic simulation used as incipit of morphological sha
Featured Friday: Showing your 3D printed designs!
There are so many new gallery entries that it was hard to choose just a few. Here are our picks:
Barney, a final year product design student from Brunel University in London, made an interesting project: “As part of a group project, we had to design products for an existing brand: we chose Moleskine. I ended up designing a conceptual handheld device for 3D artists allowing them to capture a digital library of textures and 3D objects on the go.”
“It was printed in stainless steel; I’m really pleased with the unique texture of the print.”
Dutch designer Maaike van der Horncreated this ‘Bracelet Constructionist Narrow’: “This is the narrow, more subtle version of the Constructionist bracelet. It was inspired by modern architecture and its use of complex repetitive geometrical structures. I am fascinated by how these structures can behave to create buildings and objects that look seemingly organic and unique, buildings that change their appearance depending on the angle you l
Tutorial Thursday: Don’t underestimate the power of search!
Not everyone can be a pro when it comes to Search Engine Optimization (SEO). But if you want people to find your designs in our gallery, then it’s important to follow some basic rules.
1. Use keywords
When people go to the i.materialise gallery, they often use the search field to find nice designs. Use the description field to explain your design in a few sentences and add a good title. Designer Michael Mueller, who created this ‘Decision Spintop’ uses a good description for his product with some quirky sentences. You know immediately what it is (a spintop), what material (gold plated brass) and the use (pendant).
2. Tags
It’s very important to use enough tags (try to find 5-10) that describe your product. To give you some inspiration: use your designer name, the material, the use, the category, the color and the name of your design.
We see a lot of designers don’t use tags for their designs, which gives them less chance to be found with our gallery search optio
Make Munich was a great succes!
For the first time Munich held their own ‘Maker Faire’. Nils Hitze, one of the organizers, estimates there were about 2000 visitors, other sources say 3000.
Anyway: they really pulled of this first session. Families, designers, makers and hobbyists found their way to the event last weekend. While our team was talking about 3D printing, drones were flying over our heads and people on skateboards (with attached 3D printers) were passing by.
It’s great to see the ‘Maker Movement’ expanding more and more and see how 3D printing has conquered its place in it.
Let’s take a look at some pictures:
Check out the pictures below, want to see more? Check our Facebook.
Featured Friday: Showing your 3D printed designs!
Happy Friday everyone! We’ve got so many great new entries in our gallery: here are the picks of this week!
David Zip made a scaled version of a Gas Plant: “This 1920’s Gas Plant was scanned with a Faro Focus3D laser scanner from 17 positions inside and outside the shed. That captured some of the structural elements and avoided holes in the mesh. The registered point cloud was converted to an STL mesh using the Thinkbox Frost in 3DS Max.”
David 3D printed his design in polyamide.
Will du Toit had fun making this robot -with too many guns. He 3D printed it on prime gray.
This Michael jackson statuette is designed by Anas rafiq: “This is him doing his famous and extravagant move that defies gravity; the lean of the smooth criminal.” It’s 3D printed in brass gold plated and polished.
Have a great weekend and don’t forget: we’ll be at Make Munich!
i.materialise to exhibit at Bay Area Maker Faire
We are very pleased to announce that i.materialise will be an exhibitor at the Bay Area Maker Faire on May 18-19, 2013. And we hope that if you’re going, you’ll stop by to see us!
For those of you not familiar with the Maker Faire, here’s a description from their site:
“Part science fair, part county fair, and part something entirely new, Maker Faire is an all-ages gathering of tech enthusiasts, crafters, educators, tinkerers, hobbyists, engineers, science clubs, authors, artists, students, and commercial exhibitors. All of these ‘makers’ come to Maker Faire to show what they have made and to share what they have learned.”
Franky, Katrien (Marketing Manager) and I will be showcasing examples of our 3D printed items to show people what great and cool things can be printed in 3D, and what types of materials you can print with us. We’ll be happy to answer all your questions about our services and 3D printing in general. At the event will be interesting panel discussions, lectures
Natural PU coated brass is back!
Brass PU coated is back in the building! The previous material didn’t live up to our expectations, but after some more tests we’re ready to run a new trial period!
We weren’t really satisfied with the PU coated brass last time: it was too shiny and the distinction with the gold plated version wasn’t good enough.
Wim, (y)our Business Process Manager, did some tests to offer brass with a more natural look. Now we’ve found a new process to give our community the brass we were aiming to give them.
If you look at the picture you see the differences regarding finishings. Michael Mueller, who designed the spintop you see in the picture: “It’s less shiny than the gold plated brass. I like this!”
Some people asked us why we use the PU coating, well, it’s for the following reason: it protects your design from oxidation, scratches and skin irritations (if you have a very sensitive skin).
“Oxidation? I love oxidation!” We know a lot of people from the Steampunk community love th
