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Top 3D Printing Headlines Last Week: Burning Man, Hype Cycle, Imagine 3D Printer
A roundup of the top news On 3D Printing brought you from August 22 to August 26.
Wednesday, August 22
- 3D Printing at Top of “Hype Cycle”, Gartner Reports
- Video: Burning Man Team Offers 3D Prints of Burners in the Desert
Saturday, August 25
Sunday, August 26
- 3D Printing Controversy Continues: TechCrunch Stirs the Pot
- Innovative Consumer Products for Painters, Photographers, and Musicians
Burning man statue photo by Tanais Fox used under Creative Commons license.
Innovative Consumer Products for Painters, Photographers, and Musicians
We are excited to see some innovative consumer products in this week’s Friday Finds from Shapeways.
Above, the Splat Palette by Polychemy, when you want to paint with a variety of colors.
Here is an innovative idea, a Guitar Strap Pick Holder by DreamTree Imagination Studio.
And finally, an iPhone Case Ripple by Spaho Design, a 3D printed optical illusion.
Via Shapeways blog.
3D Printed Rocket Fuel Espresso Cup Goes Viral, Boosts Sales
The emergence of 3D printing technology and 3D printing marketplaces, like Shapeways, is enabling designers to publish innovative products that are ready for commercial use. One such product is this Rocket Espresso Cup by Isohedral which is 3D printed in glazed ceramics.
For a great design to catch the eye of consumers, it needs to be photographed in context. These warm, artistic photos truly tell the story of that morning espresso – a.k.a. rocket fuel. The photos were posted to Flickr, Tumblr, and other social networks, where they went viral and were reposted over 6,000 times.
- A spike in traffic to the Rocket Espresso product page that has lasted over a week,
- X number of sales of the cup to people all around the world
- Traffic increase across the entire site
- Increased sales to individual shops across the Shapeways site
- An inspiring story of the little rocket that could…
All this from a great design, beautifully photographed and shared into the social web….
This experience should help other designers with ideas for promoting their own products in the future.
BumpyPhoto Uses 3D Printing to Bring Digital Photos to Life
Want your digital photos to come to life? Try BumpyPhoto, a new service that combines photo and 3D printing for unique results.
How does it work? You upload your flat photo file and BumpyPhoto’s skilled designers create a 3D depthmap based on the colors and contours or your image. Then, using 3D printing technology, a 3D relief sculpture is made that brings your subjects to life.
Here is a video showing the process and results.
Try it out for yourself at BumpyPhoto.com.
