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New Ceramics is Back with a Bang!
Hey all, A few weeks ago, we announced the relaunch of ceramics. During the past few months, we've been working hard to take all the feedback learned during the initial ceramics trial and feedback it...
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iRing3D: Design Jewelry on Your iPad to 3D Print with Shapeways
Custom jewelry design at your finger tips with iRing3D by Paracloud and Shapeways 3D Printing. iRing3D is an app for iPad by Paracloud, allowing everyone to design and fabricate rings. You don't need...
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Dutch Design Week: The Debrief
After all the stimulus overload at DDW, we're feeling a bit of a withdrawal here at Shapeways. We had an incredible time meeting thousands of community members, designers, artists, and of course, the...
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Friday Finds: 3D Printed Designs From the Shapeways Community
It's Friday and the Shapeways community has been designing, receiving, and sharing their 3D printed awesome all week. Now it's time to look back at a few of the highlights. For all you designers out...
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Guinness Acknowledges World-Record 17x17x17 3D Printed Rubik's Cube
Congratulations to Oskar, his 3D Printed, Over the Top 17x17x17 has now been formally acknowledged by Guinness World Records as the world's largest order Rubik's Cube (magic cube).
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NYC Meetup this Wednesday!
Calling all NYC Shapies! Join us this Wednesday, November 9th, at 7pm for our monthly Meetup. We'll be hanging out with other NY-based 3D designers at Birch Coffee in the upstairs library. There'll be...
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Tis the Season: Planning for the Holidays
While the Christmas lights might not be up just yet, it's definitely not too soon to start preparing your stores for what we expect to be a very busy holiday season here at Shapeways. We've put...
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Congratulations to Tinkercad on their $1M Funding!
It's an exciting week for personalized manufacturing and 3D design -- our friends at Tinkercad received $1 million in seed funding to make 3D design and printing more accessible to a wider audience....
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Friday Finds: 3D Printed Designs From the Shapeways Community
Oh you nylon materials, sometime you're so perfect. Sure, you may not have the wow factor of silver, or the homeyness of ceramics, but sometimes your simplicity and versatility can be downright...
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Shapeways is getting Wired
We're thrilled to announce that NYC will get to experience 3D printed awesomeness firsthand this holiday season! We've partnered with Wired and will be showcasing several products made by community...
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Personalize Holiday Gifts with Shapeways!
It's that time of year again...The leaves are on their final descent, and the stress of finding "the perfect gift" for your family and friends is starting to settle in. Luckily, the team here at...
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Shop Owners: Share your Designs for the Holidays!
We're making magic happen this holiday season, with our new Holiday Gift Guide, the Wired Pop-Up Store, and some more treats headed your way over the next few weeks. For our shop owners, we hope that...
View ArticleAmerican Censorship Day
Shapeways is participating in American Censorship Day. Today the US Congress holds hearings regarding two laws called Protect IP Act (PIPA) and Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). These laws will change...
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Building the Future of Stuff in NYC
Here at Shapeways, we're working hard to bring to life our saying, "Personalized products, for you and by you." Since our launch over 3 years ago, we’ve expanded the definition of “you” so that...
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Shakuhachi Flute 3D Printed in Stainless Steel
Traditionally made from bamboo, the Shakuhachi Flute has entered the digital age thanks to Shelia Munro and Shapeways 3D printing. This version of the flute is an "F" Key, is around 9.5 inches long...
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Math and Fashion Fuse with the 3D Printed Hilbert Curve
So rarely do the worlds of math and fashion mix it is great to celebrate when it does thanks to 3D printing. The Hilbert Curve by Henry Segerman shows the flexibility of WSF put to good use as a...
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No 3D Skills Required: Create your own Ceramic Sake Set
For all you creatives out there who have yet to dive into the nebulous 3D design rabbit hole (i.e., most of the world!), Shapeways has an early holiday present for you! We launched a new Creator that...
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Repairing a thirty-year old Triton workcentre with 3D printed stainless steel
Because the use of tools is what sets humans apart from the animals (except animals that use tools). Back in the 80's in Australia, a Triton Workcentre in your shed/garage was proof that you were a...
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3D Printing an iPhone 4 Macro Lens
Make your own slide-on macro lens for the iPhone 4 or 4S with $11 worth of 3D printing and a $4 lens from the Surplus Shed. This is an interesting use of 3D printing to help extend the capabilities of...
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Printbot: 3D Printer Project on Kickstarter for Under $500
We have seen some incredibly successful 3D printing projects on Kickstarter in the past and a RepRap based 3D printer on IndieGoGo for $450, now the latest project to hit Kickstarter is Printbot: Your...
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