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3D Printed Eyewear: The Cabrio Collection

The Cabrio Collection by Hoet Design Studio

As a pioneer in eyewear design, Hoet Design Studio is constantly challenged to design solutions that create a better equilibrium between esthetics, functionality, technology and economics. For their Cabrio collection, they ran into design constraints that conventional technologies weren’t able to solve. Therefore Bieke Hoet turned to Materialise to explore the possibilities of using 3D Printing to overcome these limitations.
Baby’s Life Saved with 3D Printed Device

Baby’s Life Saved with Groundbreaking 3D Printed Device from University of Michigan that Restored his Breathing

Bioresorbable splint used for first time, successfully stopped life-threatening tracheobronchomalacia, case featured in New England Journal of Medicine. Every day, their baby stopped breathing, his collapsed bronchus blocking the crucial flow of air to his lungs. April and Bryan Gionfriddo watched helplessly, just praying that somehow the dire predictions weren’t true.
Nike: The Art + Science of Supernatural Motion

Nike: The Art + Science of Supernatural Motion

From April 9th to 14th, during the Salone Internazionale del Mobile di Milano, a spectacular sculpture designed by architect Daniel Widrig, and 3D printed by Materialise and .MGX, was on display at the Nike Stadium Milano as part of their exhibition “The Art + Science of Supernatural Motion”.
Make the world a better place to sit

The RBM Noor, Tested to the Bone, Before it even Existed!

To make the world a better place to sit Driven by the vision ‘to make the world a better place to sit’, Scandinavian Business Seating produces good seating solutions for working people. So when their brand RBM launched its latest release in its product line-up, the chair had a lot to live up to.
An exhibition model for LBO

A Complex Prototype to Showcase Complex Services

With the help of Materialise and an intricate, functional prototype, Norwegian company LBO was able to create an impactful display and increase commercial interest in their maintenance services at an important oil & gas trade fair.
3D Printed Pen

The 3D Printed Pen is Mightier than the Sword

Additive Manufacturing (aka 3D Printing) is said to be unleashing a third industrial revolution, due in part to the entrepreneurs who are bringing exciting new products onto the market aided by this technology. These are unique products that aim at niche audiences worldwide who are inadequately served by mass production.