Shapeways Blog - Contests

AWN contest - the winners!

nospam@example.com (Bart) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:18:14 +0000

"Does your character have character?" Heck yeah! Ranking this contest was awesome as we had an great collection of wonky, cutesy, scary, artistic and simply strange models - we've saved the contest gallery, check it out!

In the end it was a very close call.. The winner of the $250 free printing coupon is daddymack. His 'Ode to the Boogieman' got your highest votes. Congratulations, daddymack! We'll carefully print out Looie for you and he'll be picking his nose on your desk soon!

Runners up were BAROBA's 'Cute hamster and his bear' and, (oh no!) daddymack again, with 'Looie likes worms'.

Awesome job, everyone! Take a breather and check out our new Christmas contest (deadline is november 30th so don't relax for too long

You can check out the complete contest results in our new contests archive.

Shapeways Christmas contest!

nospam@example.com (Joris Peels) — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:10:11 +0000

Christmas is coming

Can you design the most christmassy model: perhaps an ornament to go in a tree, a 3D printed stocking, a personal touch for your living room, anything really, as long as it brings Christmas cheer.

To participate, upload a model and add the tag christmas to it.

The winner will win:

The song White Christmas by Bing Crosby from Itunes.

Christmas Set of 20 Folding Gift Boxes!!!

A Christmas Carol (Ultimate Collector's Edition)

Blizzard Bucket Snow in Seconds

and

$250 in 3D printing!

Submission deadline: 30th of November, Winner announced 1st of December. Some have asked so we shall give: Shapeways staff will judge this contest. The winner will be determined to be: that model that can give the most Christmas cheer to the most people.

Image credit: Creative Commons: Attribution, Fabio Luiz Santos.

Vote!

nospam@example.com (Joris Peels) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:30:42 +0000

Did you think that you were done with voting? Vote now for our Does your Character have Character contest. The winner will be announced on the 14th.

I know that previously we said that the contest would be over by now but AWN and we decided to extend it to give people more time to submit their models. I should have posted this earlier but was sick, sorry. So run over to our contest gallery and vote now!

Does your character have character?

nospam@example.com (Joris Peels) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:02:04 +0000

That is the new contest for October. Together with AWN, Animation World Network we will be holding the contest from today until the 22nd of October. Check out the entries here. Enter by adding the tag AWN to your model. The lucky winner gets $250 in 3D printing from us, their own model sent to them for free and the top three designs will be featured on AWN and Shapeways.

The winner of our DDW contest is.....

nospam@example.com (Joris Peels) — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:46:37 +0000

We saw some truly exciting work for the Dutch Design Week contest! It ranged from a cute pencil monster, a musical instrument, a suspended cup, modular bubble lamps, a wallet replacement to a plate, a platter and a photoholder. There were also a lovely vase and inventive bowls.

We were really impressed by the contest entries and the quality and inventiveness of the work. When Shapeways started out we mainly had character modellers on site. It really amazed us how well Shapeways members could do product design. I would really like to thank everyone that participated for pointing the way to the future of mass customization and personal manufacturing, making us smile and inspiring us. I would also like to thank everyone that voted..and drum roll please..selected Peter Hermans and his DDW Punnik2.0 Waistband as the winner!

Vote for our Dutch Design Week Contest!

nospam@example.com (Joris Peels) — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:46:44 +0000

All the entries are in for our Dutch Design Week Contest. So, who will be the winner? Who will win $250 in 3D printing and their very own model shipped to them for free after their model is exhibited at the Dutch Design Week? You get to decide! Go to the contest gallery to check out all the entrants and vote for your favorites. Which model to you exemplifies 'every day design'? What would you like to have 3D printed and use in your home? Will it be something beautiful, inspiring, useful, original? We will announce your choice on the 30th.

Does your character have character?

nospam@example.com (Joris Peels) — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:21:23 +0000

For the month of October we will be running a contest together with AWN, Animation World Network. If you somehow managed to miss this great resource for 3d modelers you should check it out.

The contest is titled: does your character have character? So while our contest for this month is aimed at product designers this is one is for all you character modelers and animators out there. So, what does character mean, and how do you show that your model has it?

This one will be quite a challenge because it is a 3D printing contest. All the high end tricks with shading, lighting etc. you can just throw overboard because with a maximum polycount of 100,000 and a definition of 0.2mm in the produced model, animating for 3D printing is an entirely different story. So it is back to basics and back to the actual design.

We will print out the winner's design, give it to them and give that person $250 in 3D printing. The top 3 designs will be featured on Shapeways and AWN.

To enter submit your model to Shapeways with the tag AWN. You can submit your entries until the 20th of October. We will announce the winner on October 30st.

TopMod3D - Give it a Try, Win a $50 Print

nospam@example.com (Bart) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:34:28 +0000

A few weeks ago I wrote about TopMod3D, a 'topological mesh modeling' tool that allows you to create really far-out and intricate models. I gave it a try and quickly came up with a simple design that I had printed. It's a crazy little thing, but if you put it on the table during a meeting, everyone will be playing with it all the time

To give you an idea, the model only cost $26 to print because it's just a wireframe and doesn't contain a lot of material.

As my skills with this tool are obviously limited, I was wondering what someone with a bit more time and expertise would come up with.

So: I challenge you to come up with a fun and intriguing design using TopMod3D. I'll hand out a $50 coupon to the designer of the best entry to have it printed.

To participate, place the object in your Shapeways account and leave link in a comment below this post. We'll select the winner on Wednesday the 18th of June at 9am CEST (Amsterdam time). The winner will be announced later that day.

If you don't have an account yet, register as a beta user and enter 'TopMod3D' in the 'How did you hear about us?' field. We'll keep a close eye on the entries and invite you as soon as we can. Be sure to read 'How Does Shapeways Work' after logging in for the first time.

Have fun!

Bart