Love this design, now I wish I had not featured the Minimalist first, but I know that this was in prototyping before the post. I wish there was one for the iPhone 3G so I can stop walking around with my creditcard held onto my phone with a rubberband like some sort of hightech hobo..

The CardCase for the IPhone 4 does what other card carrying IPhone cases can do and then some!

Fabriek has been kind enough to share more images of architectural models 3D printed with Shapeways..

Always a pleasure to see some larger models that capture the interplay of light and shadow with enough volume to let the designs breathe. The cost of producing a similar scale model with such detail using traditional model making techniques would be a very expensive undertaking compared to the use of 3D printing. Visit Fabriek's web site for more information on his work.

Chinese woodblock stamp and Rubik's cube combined

Taiwanese artist Shaun Chung combines characters with Rubik's movement for a new cube that forms verses from a traditional children’s poem.

WOW

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Love this short but sweet video by Graffiti Technica.

From Shapeways customer to a Shapeways blogger I've had a long journey. My name is Christina, I live in San Francisco, California and a few years ago graduated from art school with a bachelors degree in 3D modeling for video games with no idea 3D printing existed. Towards the very end of my studies (at the point it was too late to turn back without adding a couple years onto my schooling) I became disenchanted with my major, finding more interest in a metalworking class I took on the side. I loved that I could hold a creation in my hand and know I was the one that made it.

If you can ignore the muzak for a minute and a half, check out the video by Objet that shows how to vacuum form from 3D printed parts (from transparent detail) using your home oven and a vacuum cleaner.

Can't decide what to buy, create, or customize for your family and friends this season?  Now you have a fourth option with the Shapeways Prepaid Gift Coupon.

The Shapeways Prepaid Gift Coupon comes in three options to suit every budget and station in the gift giving hierarchy:

$25 Value $50 Value $100 Value

When you purchase the Shapeways Gift Coupon we will dispatch the printed coupon within 2 working days to the receiver, the buyer will also receive a digital version should they wish to send the gift online themselves.

On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me: 3D Printed DICE!

Dice designer extraordinaire Chuck Stover AKA Ceramic Wombat has chosen his 12 favorite 3D printed dice on the Shapeways site.  An eclectic mix of dice from minor tweaks of the standard design to radical experiments in form, here they are in no particular order. 

Dice a gogo by eriind
A simple design with a pleasing organic shape.

Step Twin - stepped edge D6 by Stop4Stuff
This design pushes the edge of what the material will handle. The choice of font integrates with the rest of the design extremely well.

Oloid D4 by dizingof
Another unique take on the d4 with clean lines and a pleasing shape.

With only a few more days of shopping on Shapeways to ensure you get your orders in time for the holidays, it may be time to take a quick look at what you can get colleagues, co-workers or classmates with a selection of art, sculpture and desktop gifts from the Shapeways shops.

Make your own 3D halftone picture from a grid of dots, all you need is a picture.

Voronoi cushion

Decorating the Christmas tree

Bioform

prayer mouse

Check out the video article from the BBC on the Glif and how it was realized through Kickstarter and Shapeways.

.....I was ordered by the court to stop work on the vehicle and the Ford dealer stated that he was representing the interests of the Ford Corporation’s Intellectual Property and to stop the construction of counterfeit Ford parts for sale at a commercial enterprise. At court, the judge ruled that since the automobile manufacturers were only required to make/have replacement parts available for seven years after the original date of manufacture of any model vehicle and since that the vehicle and part in question is over ten years old, for all intents and purposes, with the exception of any badge displaying the company’s copyrighted logo, the vehicle and it’s parts have passed into public domain,…therefore any other part can be created in the part’s original image for repair or reconstruction or likewise, can be modified to suit the owner’s personal tastes.... J. Netherland, a SCRIPTed reader

This incident appears to have happened in the UK and laws will be different for each territory, but what is interesting in this case is that there was a commercial transaction over the replacement part being produced, not somebody making it for themselves, so it follows that one could in the same way sell 3D printed replacement parts for automotive parts that are 'in the public domain'?  Interesting to see how this will unfold...

TechnoLlama may be a site worth keeping an eye on as it covers cyberlaw topics with an emphasis on open licensing, digital rights, software protection, virtual worlds, and llamas. Ok, no llamas.

Image by kc8kzn from Maker Faire Detroit.

Designer SnowBauble by Terracotta, a nifty seasonal gift.

Made up of twenty flakes just lightly touching each other at the tips, the gaps between form five pointed pseudo-snowflakes through which you can view the words you've chosen on a shape dangling freely inside. Simply describe the simple outline you want in words (or link to a picture of it), include a short inscription, and a designer will personally create your one-of-a-kind piece, contacting you personally if the shape you've chosen needs modification to work properly. With seamless and fully interlocking pieces, as only modern 3D printing technology can achieve.

3D Printing a Chair with hot goopy love!

Slip into the weekend with some 3D printed goodness from the Shapeways community.  Make sure you share your latest items in the 'It Arrived' forum to be sure we see and can help promote them.  With over 10,000 models uploaded in the past month some gems may slip by unnoticed...

Double Flower pendant / mini-sculpture in 'transparent detail'.

Infected ring, check out them in different materials..

Bison Pendant