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To See a Song: Materialise Designers Turn Abstract Idea to Personalized Car Speaker Grill Design

This case dives into what can be achieved when the Materialise Design and Engineering team applies their extensive design and additive knowledge to an abstract idea. Read on to discover how they made it possible to see your favorite song and make it a centerpiece in your car. 

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Fmhofmann Powers Eyewear Creativity with 3D Printing

Inspired by the design freedom that 3D Printing presents and armed with a creative concept unlike any other, leading designer Fabián Hofmann presented Materialise with a challenge. To partner with him in creating the industry’s first eyewear range with complex moving parts created entirely from additive technologies. With a re-imagined titanium ‘VOID’ hinge, a lightweight open core frame design, and an entirely new surface finish, ‘Cosmos’ was born.

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Titanium Inserts for Spacecraft: 66% Lighter with Metal 3D Printing

Weight optimization is crucial in the quest to lower the cost per kilogram launched into space. Discover how Atos and Materialise combined their expertise to reinvent a widely used titanium component, creating a part that is lighter, more durable, and offers improved load distribution.

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Suction Gripper in 3D-Printed Aluminum: The Power of (Re)Design

Making the most of Additive Manufacturing means taking a new approach to design. For this suction gripper, our Design & Engineering team evolved the design until we had a 3D-printed part that costs less than one-third of the original, is nearly a quarter of the weight, and needs no assembly.

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LIGHT Letters Make for the Heaviest Data Set We Ever Sent to a 3D Printer

The Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT was looking for a real showstopper to present itself at the LASER World of Photonics 2015: a set of 2-meter-tall 3D-printed letters, spelling out the word LIGHT. Behind the light print, though, lies a very heavy file and some clever design work.

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Materialise Build Processor Rescues Steven Ma’s 3D-Printed Chain Dress Wedding Veil

Shanghai-based XUBERANCE® founder Steven Ma has designed the world’s longest 3D-printed wedding veil, made possible by Materialise’s Build Processor software and 3D Printing services.

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Iris van Herpen Debuts Wearable 3D Printed Pieces at Paris Fashion Week

For her latest collection, Iris Van Herpen channelled ‘wearable myth’ into two new 3D Printed collaborations. Incorporating organic patterns to enhance the body, it’s a new level in wearable prints.

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Reimagining Reality: Nick Ervinck’s Fantastic New Worlds

It’s easy to take the world for granted. Using 3D Printing as just one of his many tools, artist Nick Ervinck creates pieces that challenge people to take a fresh look at the world around them.

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Iris Van Herpen’s “Hybrid Holism” Unveiled at Paris Fashion Week

Inspired by Philip Beesley’s “Hylozoic Ground” project, Iris Van Herpen teamed up with Materialise to create a 3D Printed dress evoking a “living” connection of human creations with natural systems.

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Hats Off to a Unique Fashion Show at the Materialise World Conference

After a day of listening to inspiring speakers, attendees at 2011's Materialise World Conference were treated to a unique fashion show, with a 3D Printed twist.

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Murray Moss, the V&A, and Materialise

Have you ever asked yourself, “Where have I been?” Renowned curator Murray Moss talks about how 3D Printing inspired his own answer to this question, and how it’s shaping his vision of the future.

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