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Wedding, Set, GO! Win $1,500 and Design Help from Shapeways to Make Your 3D Printed Wedding Dreams Come True

I went through a brief phase during which my guilty pleasure and stress relief was wedding-themed reality TV. Mostly, I blame my former roommate, but there’s something addictive about wedding…

Shapeways and Gravity Sketch Partner to Launch “Spin It to Win It!” Contest

One of the most glaring obstacles standing in the way of 3D printing technology’s expansion throughout the world is the lack of capable 3D designers. With most 3D modeling being…

K-12 Students! You Can Enter This Minecraft-Themed 3D Modeling Contest for Great Prizes

Listen up any and all students! If you are a US student in Kindergarten through 12th grade, and are either into Minecraft, 3D modeling or both, iD Tech, Shapeways, and…

Enter a 3D Printed Jewelry Challenge from SketchUp and i.materialise

One of the amazing things about designing in 3D is the incredibly intricate creations artists and designers come up with. 3D printed jewelry is one of those design categories that…

CGTrader’s 2016 Fashion Challenge: Make It Stylish, Make It Trendy, Make It 3D Printable!

CGTrader is ready to rock 2016 right away with a challenge that offers 3D designers a venue for showing off their work as well as offering an awesome opportunity to…

Save Lives and Win Some Cash by Taking the “Oxygen Valve Splitter Challenge”

When doctors are trying to provide medical care in low-resource settings, the patient with atypical medical needs is probably going to be the one who suffers, and unfortunately there simply isn’t…

MyMiniFactory and Polymaker Want You to Design the Appliances of the Future

Among my other major accomplishments, I’ve watched a lot of movies and TV shows during my life. My tastes tend to run toward the science fictional and fantastical, so I…

Print Your Own World Series Trophy: 3Diligent Announces a Contest to Honor World Champion Kansas City Royals

I don’t know what a championship is like, since no sports team has won a championship in my city in my lifetime. I imagine it’s nice, though. I was living…

A 3D Printed Ornament Contest You Can Feel Good About, from Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity & Spectra3D Technologies

2015 has been quite a year–and there’s still almost a full two months left in the year! But we all know what that means: the holiday season is approaching, and fast….

i.materialise and Rhino Launch Apple Accessory 3D Printing Challenge

Apple products have a great friend in 3D printing.  Whenever a new Apple product is released 3D designers are right there, making accessories to augment or complement the product. Examples of these…

MakerBot Announces Assistive Technology Challenge on Thingiverse — Ending November 1

It makes sense to see that 3D printing is beginning to have a bigger impact on the assistive technology arena. One example of this was seen earlier this month, when…

Heijmans Contest Seeks the 3D Printed Wall Cladding of the Future

Heijmans is a construction company from the Netherlands, and together with 3D print luminaries DUS Architects and 3D Hubs, they’re sponsoring a 3D print contest. You may be familiar with Heijmans…

The Kraken Cometh…on 3Doodled Sunglasses

We most likely won’t be 3Doodling our way to the creation of organs or the production of prosthetic limbs any time soon. However, given the overwhelming response that the 3Doodler…

Project Side Project: littleBits+Shapeways Call for 3D Innovations, Art, Writing, Music in Latest Design Challenge

Creative challenge alert! Multiple high-tech sponsors are now calling all 3D printing enthusiasts, artists and digital designers, tinkerers, musicians, writers, and really–everybody–to enter the latest contest, getting those juices flowing…

3D Hubs and Autodesk Tinkerplay Join Forces for Robot Design Contest

3D Hubs is teaming up with Autodesk Tinkerplay on a project that will allow designers to print their own robot toys. With the Tinkerplay app, it’s possible to drag and…

Educate 3D Contest: Materialise Extends New Challenge to Southeast Asian Teachers & Students

Great questions deserve great answers–and we can’t wait to see how this plays out in the latest challenge, ‘Educate 3D,’ by Materialise’s Ideas Worth Making. Unfortunately, in this journey through…

Calling all Germophobes: Enter Your Designs for Purement Antibacterial 3D Printing Filament Contest

Have you ever looked at an intricately designed toy or a detailed coffee mug, and wondered how many germs were hiding in those hard-to-get-to places where you can’t squeeze a…

2015 Innovation By Design Awards: New 3D Design Category Thanks to Inside 3D Printing & Fast Company

Both Inside 3D Printing and Fast Company are making it possible for 3D printing challengers to come on board for this year’s Innovation By Design Awards contest. Entries will be…

3D Printing: The Stories We Didn’t Cover This Week — May 2, 2015

This week’s news we didn’t cover includes new 3D printing services, such as Materialise’s upcoming massive 3D model database, Scanning Cars’ online selection of printable auto models, and Israel-based 3DShook’s…

Ship Ahoy! A Moat Boat Paddle Battle Win Could Net You A Rostock Max 3D Printer

You may become the stuff of legend, or meet a heroic, if tragic end like Thomas Andrews, but one thing’s sure; a winning entry into the Moat Boat Paddle Battle at the Maker Faire…

International Shining 3D Fashion Contest Beckons to Innovative Fashion Designers

3D printing and fashion is not only a winning combination, but also one of the most exciting media to explore as we watch the new technology of 3D design and…

Pinshape Launches First Ever Student 3D Design and Printing Contest in India

An April 15th article on MarketWatch reported on the key role 3D printing will be playing India in the next five years. According to the extensive report, 3D printing in…

Instructables Integrates ‘Print with 3D Hubs’ Button on Their Site & Launches Contest With 3D Hubs

If you have ever taken part in a do-it-yourself project, then you more than likely have stumbled upon Instructables before. The Autodesk-owned DIY hub was launched back in 2005, and…

Showcase Your 3D Printable Designs at 3DPrintWeek Next Month in NYC Thanks to MyMiniFactory

Here at 3DPrint.com we attend numerous events each year at which I have personally been able to meet many extraordinary people within the industry, witness some of the most advanced technology…