In DESIGN

No More Tan! Ultem 9085 Now Available in Deep, Rich BLACK.

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You have probably seen so many 3D printed corn starch and resin trinkets (BACON!) that you’d like to punch your neck, but before you inflict pain and blood-choking upon yourself, there’s news on the 3D print-for-manufacturing side. And by print-for-manufacturing, I mean, production-ready parts straight from the printer. Stratasys recently announced the availability of new ULTEM 9085 BLACK and, if you’re familiar with ULTEM, you probably want to forward this to your coworkers/boss right away. Here are the details.

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In REVIEWS

The Lenovo Thinkpad W530 [Review]

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Next week, we’ll be giving away a Lenovo W530 mobile workstation in the ‘Make your Lasercut Toy’ design challenge. There are a few days left to enter, so be sure to submit your entry soon!

I’m sure you have the picture of the perfect mobile workstation in your wallet–or perhaps displayed decoratively as a collage on your wall–that you show to people who appreciate such things. The search for mobile workstation perfection continues at SolidSmack and this week we look at the Lenovo Thinkpad W530, a laptop that looks like a common chunk of black laptop you would hide away in a shoulder bag, but a laptop with a few words to say about design and performance.

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In DESIGN

Multithread 3D Printed Furniture Highlights Force Distribution

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While it may at first appear to be a colorized version of Joris Laarman’s bone furniture, the Multithread collection of 3D printed furniture is anything but. Design duo Kram/Weisshaar developed a software application that automatically modifies joints to support asymmetric force loads–followed by painting the units to show where the force is being distributed in the structure for the final representation. Check out their process here.

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In RESOURCES

Looking for a career booster? Update your portfolio with this handy guide.

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Regardless if you’re fresh out of school or a 14 year veteran, it’s never too late to update your portfolio to today’s standards. The University of Cincinnati’s Class of 2012 released a highly-informative book for those looking to hit ‘refresh’ on their holy grail of work samples. This downloadable PDF (also available in hardcover) is perhaps the single best piece of literature available today that describes the best and easiest way to go about flashing your goods–in an industry that often overlooks graphic design and page layout elements. The best part? It’s (almost) free!

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