Happy Independence Day from our US Ambassador Becky
Happy Independence Day everyone! The 4th of July is such an important day in our American History. For me July 4th has always stood for 3 F’s: Flags, Freedom and Fireworks.
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Digital Forming was present at the i.materialise meetup
Riccardo Bovo, from UK based software company Digital Forming, gave a presentation at our Meetup last Friday. Informing our community about the possibilities of their software.
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i.materialise goes Japan!
From today on we can serve all our Japanese customers in their own language. And that’s not all: not only will we be able to serve everyone in Japanese, also the production will be -partly- in Japan.
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Introducing our Tutorial Summer!
Summer is finally starting to kick in a little (at least in our Belgian headquarters) and to celebrate we want to introduce you to our Tutorial Summer!
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Check out designs from our community at ‘Shaping Matter’
Tonight is the official opening of ‘Shaping Matter’, an event about innovative materials used in production.
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And the Big Winner of the Andy Warhol Challenge is….
Emanuele Niri! This young Italian designer will take his own print home. The jury was very surprised by the beauty of his design and the link with Andy Warhol.
Here’s his reaction: “First of all a huge thanks to the awesome i.materialise to run their competitions and give us all this unique opportunity to display our work and even more to the incredibly talented craftsmen that worked to ‘materialise’ my dream, You guys are great!”
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Get your groove on with our resins!
This month it’s all about resins at i.materialise, we have so many options: high detail resin, paintable resin or transparent resin. To start off we’ll introduce you to the magical world of transparent resin!
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Check out the amazing work of our community in Haarlem!
Did you miss the XYZ exposition in Amsterdam? Don’t worry, you can have a second chance to spot 3D printed designs in Haarlem.
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Celebrate the US flag with red, white and blue specials
Flag Day is fast approaching in the US (and so is Independence Day!) and we thought it’d be fun to celebrate by offering a red, white and blue special. On June 14th, people in the US commemorate the adoption of the flag of the United States, the good ole red, white and blue. Old Glory, for those of you who’ve heard that term.
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Meet the designer: Guido Mandorf
Step into the fantasy world of Guido Mandorf: a mini world full of scaled models.
Since it’s ‘prime gray month’ at i.materialise, Guido is the perfect designer to feature on the blog. For his models he 3D prints in this material and paints the models afterwards.
Can you tell us a bit more about yourself?
«I live with my family in Düsseldorf. After my studies- Mathematics and Informatics I started working for the university of applied science in Düsseldorf. Next to that I’m the head of an education center in Düsseldorf.»
When did you start being interested in scaled models?
«I started 3d modelling about 2 years ago. Before that I made scratchbuilt models and models made of brass.»
«I get the inspiration for my models from historic cars in Düsseldorf and around. But also from books and old pictures. »
«The community of model tram enthusiasts is not very large. Here in Germany many people know each other. Via Facebook I met people from other countries, who have the same
