{"id":1271,"date":"2012-03-21T15:25:38","date_gmt":"2012-03-21T15:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/1271-shapeways-visit-to-pratt-industrial-design-students.html"},"modified":"2014-07-03T17:16:45","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T17:16:45","slug":"shapeways-visit-to-pratt-industrial-design-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/shapeways-visit-to-pratt-industrial-design-students","title":{"rendered":"Shapeways Visit to Pratt Industrial Design Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the <a href=\"\/education\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shapeways Educational Program<\/a> we paid a visit to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pratt.edu\/academics\/art_design\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pratt Design Center<\/a> to speak to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pratt.edu\/academics\/art_design\/art_ug\/industrial_design\/\" target=\"_blank\">Industrial Design<\/a> students about the materials and processes now available through digital 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