Last week we organized a friends&family day at our brand new colorFabb production facility. For most 3d printing is still new and sometimes hard to grasp, so we decided to explain the process of making filament and how the filament is used with various 3d printers.
Hacking Ikea Lampan with 3D printed parts
At the Eindhoven Mini Maker Faire design studio Van Alles Wat Ontwerp presented a pretty clever way of personalizing the Ikea Lampan lampshade. An interactive installation allowed users to draw their own lampshade designs on a piece of paper, while simultaneously a 3d model is being rendered on a screen! We’ve seen children making beautiful 3d designs by simply drawing on a pieve of paper, amazing!
All the designs are posted on thingiverse.
The lampshades were 3d printed with various colorFabb PLA/PHA filament. WoodFill proved to be especially pretty with little light behind it.
Barnacules 3dprinting Darth Vader
Take a look at Jerry Berg a.k.a. Barnacules have a go at 3d printing the Darth Vader Lego like action figurine. Powered by colorFabb standard black using the fabulous Ultimaker 2, this seems like a match made in heaven.
RapidPro 2014
Last week colorFabb was present at the RapidPro 2014 in Veldhoven, the Netherlands. We had a great time talking to lots of 3d print enthusiast. Even though woodFill is around for a while now we still got many surprised reactions from people seeing a Makerbot Replicator create actual wooden parts.
London 3d Printshow
In november colorfabb participated in one of the biggest 3d printshows, the London 3d printshow! Located in the amazing Business Design Centre we knew this was going to be a very inspiring gathering of exhibitors and visitors.
Visit our colorfabb production facility!
A short visit video at our Colorfabb production facility
Launch of the Innofabriek
We presented colorfabb at the launching event of the brand new Innofabriek in Reuver the Netherlands. Located in one of the old Jalema factories the Innofabriek still shows some of it’s industrial history. The main workplace looks great and is no doubt one of the most inspiring workplaces you could wish for. We wish Joan Westendorff the best of luck with his new start-up the Innofabriek.