FOC Home   17.Jun.2011

Executives and guests of 3D Systems Corporation visited the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to celebrate the company’s transfer to the NYSE from NASDAQ and hold an investor day event at the NYSE. In honor of the occasion, President and Chief Executive Officer Abe Reichental rang The Opening Bell.

A line up of 3D Systems executives who were brave enough to acquire Freedom Of Creation on 12.5.2011 :-) By acquiring Freedom Of Creation, 3D Systems has now gained a leading role in the market for 3D printed consumer design products.

FOC Home   12.May.2011

3D Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: TDSC) announced today that it has acquired Freedom Of Creation (FOC), the pioneering 3D printing design company based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Click here for the official 3D Systems press release.

Founded in 2000 by Finnish designer Janne Kyttänen Freedom Of Creation has done extensive research in the field of 3D printing, continuously pushing the boundaries with cutting edge innovations, stretching the limits and ultimately building a successful design collection of commercial goods. Using these state of the art 3D printing technologies we actively collaborate with 3rd parties as well as building our own design collection. The products in the FOC collection have been published and exhibited all around the world, they also have been selected for permanent museum collections and have received numerous design accolades worldwide.

Over the past years the 3D printing industry has been picking up speed, moving the technology towards mainstream adoption. To keep our competitive edge and to strengthen our pioneering position we are excited about partnering up with one of the biggest players in the 3D printing industry, 3D Systems. This strategic move helps to realize Freedom Of Creation’s bold plans with 3D printing for both the near and distant future.

FOC Home   9.May.2011

Coming Thursday May 12th Freedom Of Creation will participate in the Amsterdam Open Studio Night and open their doors to the public. Are you living in Amsterdam and are interested in design with 3D printing, feel free to drop by and see our design work as well as live 3D printing in action.

If you’re a creative and wish to show your portfolio you can arrange this through the official Open Studio Night website here – be fast since there are only 10 places available.

FOC Home   1.Apr.2011

It has been a sunny and a day full of laughter here in Amsterdam. How was your April 1st? We have had thousands of Tweets, Facebook likes and several customers are already lining up to buy our Tree-D printer. So without a doubt there is a market for such a device.

Obviously we are not in the business of making a machine that 3D prints wood, however this a clear sign for any 3D printer manufacturer out-there to take on this challenge and make it happen.

We have an endless well of great 3D content, which is dying to get out of our hard drives and turn themselves into tangible wooden products. Since wood is one of the most abundant materials on earth and binding sawdust together with glue is no rocket science, combining this with our designs, would certainly create some kick-ass products.

A special thanks to MocoLoco, FastCoDesign, TreeHugger and Fabbaloo for being the first to pick up our April Fools Tree-D printing story!

Have a nice weekend all…:-)

FOC Home   1.Apr.2011

We have been preaching about the sustainability of 3D printing for a long time, but it is still quite difficult for most to understand the bigger picture. As all should know by now our transportation of the future will be limited to just emails and our stock is reduced to just files stored on our hard drives.

However, the base materials still need to be created from scratch and they still need to be shipped all over the world. We have been very motivated to find alternatives for this that truly democratize creation. This means there is a 3D printer available to everyone, that anybody can use and that uses common materials that are found anywhere on the planet. Let us introduce the most ecological way to create products. Here are our first results coming out of our Tree-D printer – printed in teak and mahogany.

We have been busy with our development now for over 2 years and so far we have been able to 3D print in a range of wood sorts from around the world. We have especially put a lot of effort into trying as many kinds of wood as possible, so the production can happen anywhere in the world. As long as there are trees. The material we use is most simple – just fine sawdust. It is difficult to find any cheaper or more ecological material than this. After all, it is a waste material. The binders we have developed are working well with most heavy wood sorts, but research is also underway to produce objects also from light woods such as Balsa. Our printing process results in a darker finish on the surface than the sawdust itself due to effects of the binder when it hardens. READ ON