As much as we enjoy sharing the amazing work our community does, it’s always a little more fun when we see others doing it for us. We love to see community members getting the attention they deserve and know they enjoy getting the chance to share their stories of design and inspiration.
Recently, two designers who use Shapeways were featured in the press and we wanted to share the good news!
Things of The Future, 3D-Printed and Built Like Websites – Forbes
This story features Susan Taing of Bhold and her story on how she got into 3D printing. With her background in web development, Susan started designing products when she “started thinking about how digital design and development could have a big impact on physical things when she returned to China to bring digital technology into her family’s manufacturing business.”
Susan is an incredible example of someone who uses the Shapeways platform for prototyping, and relies on her own community to test out products in real life. Check out the video below for more on why she loves 3D printing:
Ittyblox Unveils Collection of Miniature 3D-Printed Parisian Buildings – ArchDaily
3D printing and architecture are, naturally, a match made in heaven. The materials, the prototyping abilities, etc. It all adds up to bringing buildings and designs to life. For architecture enthusiasts, Ittyblox is a dream. Adding to the already amazing series, Ittyblox is releasing a new Paris set, which “features shopping blocks, apartment blocks, an Embassy with a garden and subway staircase, a banking office inspired by the Société Générale Private, the Sainte Chapelle cathedral, and the famous Parisian tower St. Jacques within a park.”
To help support this project (and get a sneak peek!), be sure to check out the Kickstarter.
{via Kickstarter}
Interested in getting your story out there? Check out some of our tips on how to pitch your product to the press, and be sure to share new products (and the inspiration behind them) with us over in “Feature This!” in the forum. We’ve always got our eye on that thread looking for amazing designs to share!
The problem with shape inventor, or any 3D printing product invention that upload to a website. It is not a patent the product and it can be quickly reverse engineering by anyone who know how to model on a computer.