MakerBot Holds 3D Printing Sessions During 3D Print Week New York

Prepared by: Contact: MakerBot makerbot.com Jenifer Howard Jenifer.howard@makerbot.com +1-­‐347-­‐676-­‐3932 (o) +1-­‐203-­‐273-­‐4246 (m) For Immediate Release Johan-­‐Till Broer | MakerBot johan.broer@makerbot.com +1-­‐347-­‐238-­‐2409 (o) +1-­‐312-­‐282-­‐9368 (m) MakerBot Holds 3D Printing Sessions During 3D Print Week New York MakerBot Brings Design, Education and Engineering Together With Hands-­‐On 3D Printing Workshops, Sessions and Talks During 3D Print Week New York, April 16 and 17 at the Javits Convention Center BROOKLYN, N.Y., April 1, 2015 — MakerBot, a global leader in desktop 3D printing, is a sponsor of 3D Print Week New York, held April 16 and 17, 2015, at the Javits Convention Center. 3D Print Week New York is a series of events and activities celebrating the creative and professional opportunities within the 3D printing industry. 3D Print Week New York will feature 3D printing product displays, workshops, keynotes and interactive sessions. As part of the 3D Print Week New York and the 3D Print Design Show, MakerBot has created and curated through its MakerBot Learning team a series of MakerBot Sessions full of educational and innovative workshops for educators, designers, engineers and the general public that brings together thought leaders in the field of design and 3D printing on April 16 and 17. Admittance is free with advance registration at 3DPrintDesignShow.com/register or $20 at the door the day of the event. In addition to MakerBot’s sponsorship and participation in the 3D Print Design Show, MakerBot CEO Jonathan Jaglom will be presenting a keynote at the Inside 3D Printing portion of the show at 1:30 p.m., April 16. MakerBot Training Manager Erin Arden will also be presenting at Inside 3D Printing on “How to Get Started 3D Printing,” in a tutorial session at 2:00 p.m., April 15. To prepare for the 3D Print Design Show, MakerBot is offering an opportunity to participate in a MakerBot® Learning Primer on 3D Printing workshop for those that want an in-­‐depth educational exploration of the MakerBot 3D Ecosystem. This all-­‐day class runs from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., April 14, 2015, and is taught by experts in 3D printing with the intent of getting participants up to speed on MakerBot’s latest 3D printing technology. This class is held at the MakerBot headquarters in Brooklyn and is also a great opportunity to see MakerBot’s office and beautiful skyline view of New York City from a Brooklyn perspective. To learn more about the Primer on 3D Printing Workshop and to register, visit makerbot.com/learning. During the 3D Print Week New York, and specifically the 3D Print Design Show, MakerBot will be offering MakerBot Sessions, with MakerBot Learning Workshops, software and design demonstrations, interactive “design bars,” talks on 3D printing in education, engineering, architecture, design and more. Visitors to the MakerBot booth will have the opportunity to see large-­‐scale 3D printed models from the MakerBot Design Studio, Simplus Design, Perkins+Will and Alvaro Uribe Design. The MakerBot booth will One MetroTech Center, 21st Fl., Brooklyn, NY 11201 • makerbot.com 2 also feature software demonstrations throughout the day by Adobe Photoshop, Pixologic, Inc., Makers of ZBrush; Tinkercad/123D by Autodesk, Modo by The Foundry and Solidworks. Event attendees will also have the opportunity to engage with the featured software platforms with MakerBot’s hardware partner Wacom who will have numerous Cintiq Creative Pen & Touch Displays throughout the MakerBot booth. The MakerBot Session schedule of events includes: MakerBot Sessions -­‐ Thursday, April 16 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. MakerBot Interactive Design Bar MakerBot Booth On both Thursday and Friday stop by the MakerBot booth and experience MakerBot’s interactive Design Bar. Attendees can engage with 3D design apps, software, partner hardware and MakerBot products. Learn from experts, print 3D designs on site and experience live design sessions. 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 3D Printing with Adobe Photoshop MakerBot Booth Mark Maguire, senior computer scientist with Adobe, will be demonstrating how to use Photoshop for 3D printing from concept to creation, to modeling, mesh repair and prep, and then output to a 3D printer. He will also demonstrate how users can access Photoshop’s special feature developed just for the MakerBot Replicator® 2X Experimental 3D Printer called multi-­‐tone printing. 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. MakerBot Learning Workshop: Physical to Digital and Back Again – MakerBot Theater Sculpting with the MakerBot Digitizer™ Desktop 3D Scanner Participate in a MakerBot Learning Workshop with MakerBot’s 3D printing experts who will use the MakerBot Digitizer Desktop 3D Scanner for jump-­‐
starting the design process. 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. MakerBot Learning Workshop: Impossible Parts – Designing Print-­‐in-­‐Place MakerBot Theater Models for 3D Printing Hands-­‐on MakerBot Learning Workshop with MakerBot’s 3D printing experts on designing print-­‐in-­‐place 3D models. 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. MakerBot Learning Workshop: 3D Design Process Workshop – Building MakerBot Theater Complex Objects with Basic Shapes Experience 3D design using everyday shapes and objects at the MakerBot Learning Workshop with MakerBot’s 3D printing experts. 2:00 – 2:45 p.m. ZBrush for 3D Printing MakerBot Theater Joseph Drust is the Artist / Creative Development Manager at Pixologic, Inc., Makers of ZBrush, who will Show how ZBrush is being used to create artistic assets for 3D Printing. 3:00 – 3:45 p.m. SOLIDWORKS Software Demonstration MakerBot Theater Learn about Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS products from SOLIDWORKS designer Peter Rucinski. SOLIDWORKS offers complete 3D software tools to create, simulate, publish and manage data and designs. 4:00 – 4:45 p.m. MODO for Design & Print -­‐ Demonstration and Artist Presentation MakerBot Theater Visit the MakerBot Theater and see a demonstration by John Bavaresco as he demonstrates the powerful software MODO. MODO is used by designers and special effect artists for animation, games, movies, product design and 3 more. 6:30 p.m. MakerBot 3D Print Week Party – By Invitation Only MakerBot Retail Store MakerBot Store, 298 Mulberry Street, New York, NY To request an invite, email: 3Dprintparty@makerbot.com MAKERBOT SESSIONS -­‐ FRIDAY, APRIL 17 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. MakerBot Interactive Design Bar MakerBot Booth Engage with 3D design software, partner hardware and MakerBot products. Learn from experts from MakerBot hardware and software partners, print 3d designs on site and experience live design sessions. 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 3D Printing with Adobe Photoshop MakerBot Booth Mark Maguire, senior computer scientist with Adobe, will be demonstrating how to use Photoshop for 3D printing from concept to creation, to modeling, mesh repair and prep, and then output to a 3D printer. He will also demonstrate how users can access Photoshop’s special feature developed just for the MakerBot Replicator® 2X Experimental 3D Printer called multi-­‐tone printing. 10:15 – 10:45 a.m. Novel Assemblies MakerBot Theater Join artist and inventor Fleet Hower as he shows he uses a 3D printer productively to produce products that could not exist any other way and watch as he illustrates how he imagines and develops new ways that physical products in our lives can relate to one another. 11:00 – 11:45 a.m. The Ghost in the Designer by Autodesk MakerBot Theater Meet Jesse Harrington Au, program manager, maker and designer at Autodesk and learn how free design software and new algorithms make it easier than ever to get involved with product design. Harrington will go over some of the most innovative tools to get the new generation of designers, hobbyist and engineers up and running with digital prototyping. 12:00 – 12:45 p.m. Dream Big and Print 3D – for Educators MakerBot Theater Join Jeremy Sambuca, director of Educational Technology at The Hewitt School as he shares how he inspires his students with a variety of new technologies and instills a love of learning that involves exploration and innovation. This presentation will discuss ways 3D printing can enhance current curriculum. 1:00 – 1:45 p.m. An Urban Ecosystem: 3D Printing & Architecture MakerBot Theater Meet W. Scott Allen who was recently called a “design wunderkind” by Engineering News-­‐Record and earned a spot among their 2015 Top 20 Under 40 Rising Stars. Allen is an architect and designer with Perkins & Will, a global architecture firm that was ranked #4 among “The World’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Architecture” by Fast Company. He will discuss how 3D printing is used in the architecture design process to reduce time and costs. 2:00 – 2:45 p.m. Digital Domicile: Furniture and Housewares in the Age of 3D Printing MakerBot Theater Sebastian Misiurek and Arianna Lebed are co-­‐founders of Simplus Design that specializes in home goods. Misiurek is also the assistant director of Digital Futures at the Pratt Institute’s Undergraduate Architecture program. 4 3:00 – 3:45 p.m. MakerBot Theater Hear from them how they incorporate 3D printing into their design process and create finished, usable 3D printed products that are beautiful home goods. Art, Engineering, Science and 3D Printing at the SUNY New Paltz MakerBot Innovation Centers – For Educators Learn from Dan Freedman, Dean of the School of Science and Engineering with SUNY New Paltz University as he discusses how bringing a MakerBot Innovation Center onto campus has generated cross discipline and collaboration, community and government support, attracted students and brought a hub of innovation to the SUNY university system. Thursday evening, April 16, MakerBot will host a special MakerBot Party to get 3D printing enthusiasts excited for the week’s activities. The MakerBot Party will be held at the MakerBot Retail Store at 6:30 p.m. Space is limited and the party is by invitation only. To request an invitation, email 3Dprintparty@makerbot.com. The MakerBot Retail Store was the first 3D printing store in the world and is located at 298 Mulberry Street, New York, New York (at the corner of Houston and Mulberry Streets). To learn more about the MakerBot Sessions at 3D Print Week New York, visit 3DPrintWeekNY.com or email thoughts@makerbot.com. 3D Print Week is made possible with an endorsement from the New York City Economic Development Corporation to promote the growth of the 3D printing industry in New York City. About MakerBot MakerBot, a subsidiary of Stratasys Ltd. (Nasdaq:SSYS), is leading the Next Industrial Revolution by setting the standards in reliable and affordable desktop 3D printing. Founded in 2009, MakerBot sells desktop 3D printers to innovative and industry-­‐leading customers worldwide, including engineers, architects, designers, educators and consumers. To learn more about MakerBot, visit makerbot.com. # # #