Congratulations to HP on their Newly Revealed 3D Printer – a First Reaction from Materialise’s CEO
All of us at Materialise would like to congratulate HP on their newly-revealed 3D printer! We look forward to collaborating with them to bring meaningful applications to users.
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The Launch of a 3D Printed Rocket
BOLDROCKET has an ambitious plan: to deliver aspiring business and technology solutions to the finance services industry that changes the traditional way that people think. Set out with a mission to foster a creative environment in the office, D+DS architecture designed the office and approached Materialise to print a 3.7-meter-long orange 3D Printed rocket for BOLDROCKET’s new office in London. The giant rocket sits suspended in the air alongside a wall patterned with plants that mimic the smoke bellowing out of a rocket at take-off.
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5 Breathtaking Dresses Made with 3D Printing
What seemed like a distant future where you 3D print your own clothes is edging closer to reality as these innovative fashion designers are embracing 3D printing to make stunning outfits. For fashion designers, 3D printing opens up a world of possibilities with faster prototyping, lower costs and technology-integrated design. Here’s 5 breathtaking dresses made with 3D printing. (more…)
3D Printing Spotted at NY Fashion Week in Katie Gallagher’s Spring/Summer 2015 Collection
Fantasm. No, that is not a misspelling: it is the original spelling of the modern-day word “phantasm”, which describes something that can only be perceived. Before you start to have a cold sweat with flashbacks to the epistemology chapter in your Philosophy 101 class, let’s ease your mind by showing you some pictures of Katie Gallagher’s “Fantasm” Spring 2015 collection.
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ZBrush Tutorial: Cleaning Up a 3D Model for 3D Printing
Scanning and 3D printing is a match made in heaven. However, scans typically need some cleaning up before we can send them to a 3D printer. Luckily, 3D sculpting software ZBrush is perfect for doing the trick. ZBrush is great for design program for 3D modeling and 3D sculpting organic objects. You can start from scratch or import scans to work on. In this tutorial character artist, Matt Bagshaw will show us how to scan your head for free and how to prepare the 3D model for 3D printing in ZBrush.
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Join Us for the 3D Printing Event at the 2014 Dutch Design Week
It’s been a great year for 3D Printing shows for i.materialise. Time spent at the Maker Faire in San Mateo, a trip to the World Maker Faire New York, a stop at the 3D Printshow in London, with a brief layover at the Maker Faire Detroit. As we move into the last few months we have the pleasure of attending the 5th International Edition 3D Printing Event. This year’s event returns to Eindhoven, The Netherlands on October 21-22 2014 at Seats2Meet. For those playing Trivial Pursuit, Eindhoven is the 5th largest city of the Netherlands and was named the world’s most intelligent community in 2011.
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Join the CGTrader and i.materialise Holiday Gift Challenge and Enter to Win a Free Ceramics or Sterling Silver Print plus a Premium 123D License!
Believe it or not but the Holiday Season is approaching. Fast! That’s we we’ve teamed up with designer-oriented 3D model marketplace CGTrader.com for a Holiday Gift Challenge. It’s a team effort to showcase the range of possibilities that 3D printing brings to Holiday shopping, as designers are invited to work with two distinct categories –Silver and Ceramics.
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Change the Focus with Panasonic’s 3D Printed Camera Covers
Like any other art form, photography is a way to express yourself. Imagine not only doing so through the pictures you take, but also through the device you take them with. This idea triggered Panasonic to explore 3D printing as a way to personalize its products. The result is a first range of custom covers for the LUMIX GM1 compact camera, presented during the Photokina fair in Cologne, Germany, last week.
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Calling all 3D Designers: Do You Have What it Takes to Join the i.materialise 3D Modeling Service?
Are you a talented designer, or know someone who is?
The i.materialise 3D Modeling Service might be the place for them! This exhaustive design directory is free to use, and provided as a resource to all of i.materialise’s clients. This growing list is the largest offered by any 3D printing service, and allows clients to find and commission a 3D designer to make ideas into 3D-printed-reality! Each applicant’s portfolio is vetted for quality, and designers are hand-picked for their exemplary skill and reliability. Designers can apply and submit their portfolios here.
Read on about how Frederik Bussels, architect, 3D printed shoemaker, and owner of Visualize-to.be, is growing his 3D design business after being featured in our free directory.
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8 Things to See and Do at the October 2014 3D Printshow in Paris
Located in none other than the international capital of romance and adventure, the 2014 3D Printshow is making its annual debut in Paris from October 17th to October 18th! Located in the Carrousel Du Louvre, one of Paris’ most iconic landmarks, this dynamic 3D printing industry event features some of the brightest names in the industry, including designers like Michaella Janse Van Vuuren, Joshua Harker, Julian Hakes, and Michael Winstone. 3D Printshow has also recently expanded, and now features shows in London, Paris, New York, Berlin, Dubai, Madrid, Mexico, Milan, and a city in California!
The i.materialise outreach team will join a top-ranked list of exhibitors in Paris that include Stratasys, Autodesk, MSC Scanning, and many more. We’ll bring along our Touchable 3D Printed Art Gallery, and welcome all attendees to take #Makerselfies touching real 3D printed artwork!
Read on for eight can’t-miss speakers and exhibits to check out in this one-of-a-kind industry event!
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