3D Model online sharing service OurBricks has launched a design contest where the prize is fame (and USD$250) and the theme is simply “Modern Life”. If that sounds perhaps slightly ambiguous, you’d be right. According to OurBricks representative Henrik Bennetsen: OurBricks is hosting a design competition for 3D artists. The theme is “Modern Life.”… Continue reading OurBricks’ $250 Modern Life Contest
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Extreme Redesign Challenge Winners 2011
The winners of this year’s Extreme Redesign Challenge have been announced by Dimension Printing. The annual contest permits students from several levels to enter their designs in five categories: College Engineering; Art and Architecture; Middle School/High School Engineering; Puzzle and Game Design; Building or Bridge Redesign. This year’s winners include: College Engineering: Jeremy… Continue reading Extreme Redesign Challenge Winners 2011
Wanted: Micro-Robotic Fabrication Swarms
No kidding – the US Navy has put out a small business technology transfer solicitation (or STTR as they acronymize it) for proposals to “Develop a swarm of micro-robotic fabrication machines that will enable the manufacture of new materials and components”. Astonishing! More details: This topic focuses on a particular approach of using… Continue reading Wanted: Micro-Robotic Fabrication Swarms
Furniture Fair Contest at Shapeways
Shapeways is running an interesting contest in which the winners will be given a spot at the 23d annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York City this May. Why would you want to enter this contest? Because the ICFF is: North America’s singular showcase for contemporary design, the ICFF draws the most intrepid… Continue reading Furniture Fair Contest at Shapeways
Enter The Extreme Redesign Contest Now
Every year Dimension Printing sponsors a design contest for students, in which entrants try to redesign something they use every day in a unique way. Winning entries will be awarded scholarships and of course have their designs actually printed on Dimension 3D printing equipment. Who can enter? There are three categories: Middle /… Continue reading Enter The Extreme Redesign Contest Now
Ponoko/Google Sketchup Contest Underway
Ponoko’s promoting their recent launch of Personal Factory version 4 by joining forces with Google Sketchup on a new contest: The Ponoko 3D Printing Challenge. As far as we can tell, there are very few rules, other than: produce a piece of instructional content that’s equal parts enlightening and entertaining. Each entry must be… Continue reading Ponoko/Google Sketchup Contest Underway
Sketchup & i.Materialise Pose a Challenge
Joris didn’t take long to get things going in his new role at Materialise – he’s announced a new 3D design contest sponsored by i.Materialise and Google Sketchup. The challenge is to create the most beautiful 3D printed lamp, which we think will certainly generate some very interesting entries, because illuminated 3D models always look… Continue reading Sketchup & i.Materialise Pose a Challenge
The 100% Design Contest
There’s yet another 3D printing contest brewing (and haven’t there been a lot lately?) This one involves a team effort between Shapeways and Despoke as part of the 100% Design event in London (“The UK’s leading design & architecture event”). The prize: Finalists in The 2010 Shapeways Despoke 100% Design Contest will get their… Continue reading The 100% Design Contest
Win a 3D Printer!
Sure, you’d love to win a 3D printer of your own (in this case the basic MakerBot Cupcake CNC kit), but you’ll have to do some work if you’re considering entering the 2010 (Un)Limited Design Contest. But the work is a little different from what you’d expect in a design contest. From Ponoko: … Continue reading Win a 3D Printer!
A MakerBot For Free?
MakerBot has teamed with Make magazine in a contest to award one lucky designer with a brand new MakerBot CupCake printer. All you have to do is submit an amazing, awesome and original design to 3D model repository Thingiverse. Bre Prettis explains it all in the video link below. But you’d better do it… Continue reading A MakerBot For Free?
Shapeways Winners Announced
You might recall that Shapeways held a design contest, with the winner having the privilege of a titanium 3D print of their model! The grand prize winner was Product Design student Huang Yanying from Singapore, with her amazing Spiral Cage, pictured above. While not the winner, second place finisher Whystler had a rather interesting design:… Continue reading Shapeways Winners Announced
Get That Extreme Redesign Ready!
Dimension Printing, makers of the Stratasys line of 3D printers, is running its annual Extreme Redesign contest once again. This year the deadline for entries is February 1st – so we hope you got your design in on time. We’ve covered this event before, and it always produces some rather unusual and creative results. The… Continue reading Get That Extreme Redesign Ready!
Shapeways Bends Metal
Not for everyone, however. The metal is bent only for the winner of their “metal 3D printing contest”, which closes on the 15th of January. Apparently the alloy metal is quite expensive and is being done only for the contest winner: The material that is used is also more expensive, because it is a Titanium… Continue reading Shapeways Bends Metal