Putting the Machine in the Spotlight
A wonderful network organization to stimulate the creative minds of Limburg
i.materialise and Design Platform Limburg have joined hands to bring the magic of 3D printing to an exhibition at the C-Mine in Genk called The Machine. Anyone that happens to be in the region can visit the exhibition that centers around designing a new industrial revolution. To celebrate this nice event, i.materialise has 3D printed a set of artistic tiles that are spread through the expo. Examples of these are shown below.
3D printed tiles as exhibited at The Machine in Genk
And to make sure that it’s not just about showcasing 3D printing but also being a part of it, Design Platform Limburg and i.materialise have decided to organize a 7-day summer workshop for a lucky 10 designers.
Included in the workshop are the following things:
- An introduction to Solid Works software by Itay Ohaly with personal guidance and supervision for the creation of your design
- A Save as [Mine] Design Challenge by Maya Ben David and Jon Stam centered around designing a personal souvenir of the past from the mines
- A set of open workshops that help bring idea and concept to 3D design
- A free 3D print of your design that fits within a bounding box of 15x15x15cm (one per participant)
- Your design as part of The Machine exhibition and possibly even on the i.materialise gallery
- Valuable stories and experiences about 3D printing techniques shared by jewelry designer Karen Wuytens (MAD-faculty)
- A history overview of rapid prototyping model and production technologies given by Rinus van den Berg (DSM, TUe)
- A guided tour and visit at the Materialise headquarters in Leuven
So if you live in Limburg, Belgium and you have some talent in 3D design and also some time to spend between the 5th-6th, 10th-13th of July and 3rd of August… don’t hesitate and subscribe to the program here. Be fast about it though as there are only 10 spaces available and it’s a first-come-first-served policy.
