Whenever we ask the Shapeways community what materials they would like to see supported Silver is always on top of the list.  

We listened to your requests and have been investigating ways to make it happen, so we are very excited to share the some images of our first silver samples to get your response on the quality of the finishes that might be possible.

Shapeways will be launching a a silver promotion in the coming weeks so you can start designing for silver now!

Improbablecog whose Kickstarter project successfully raised funding allowing him to release his designs under a creative commons license.

This is a great example of a Shapeways user experimenting with the freedom opened up by a business model with no risk of inventory.

With the quantity of high quality designs submitted it is going to be a tough task for the Despoke team to choose winners in the 100% Design Contest.

Come visit us and see the finalists on display at our stall D27 at the 100% Design Fair in London.
100% Design is the UK's leading design & architecture event  showcasing the best innovations in architectural, interior, furniture materials and processes. 

 If you missed the 100% design contest Shapeways is always hosting more contests.

Are you one of those modelers that keep bumping against the file size threshold that can be uploaded to Shapeways?  We received a number of requests for the possibility of higher polygons so we found a workaround so that your models can now exceed the 500,000 polygon limit.

It is currently a manual process but if we get enough demand we will try and automate the procedure to make it easier for everyone, and once the resolution of the models are increased, Shapeways can then work on increasing the resolution of the 3D printing processes to make the most of the high polygon models.

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