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4th Annual Extreme Redesign Deadline Approaches
Submissions Due Dec. 31; Scholarships awarded to student winners in April
MINNEAPOLIS — December 10, 2007 — The Dimension 3D Printing Group, a business unit of Stratasys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSYS), announced today less than three weeks remain to submit a design for its 4th annual “Extreme Redesign: The Ultimate 3D Printing Challenge,” a global design and 3D printing contest for students that awards scholarships to winners.
Whether enhancing the capabilities or aesthetics of a part or product, or creating a new piece for the art orarchitecture category, Dimension is calling on computer-aided-design (CAD) students worldwide to send in their most creative, useful and innovative submissions.
“Extreme Redesign was created to challenge CAD students, financially reward them for their efforts and inspire them to pursue careers in design engineering,” said Jon Cobb, vice president and general manager of 3D printing for Stratasys.
“Across all three categories, we’re excited to review another round of creative submissions and we are thrilled to again offer students a venue to share their unique concepts with the world.”
Contest Details
To enter the high school or university engineering categories, students need to identify an existing product and redesign it, making the original design better by adding new functionality or aesthetic qualities. For submissions in the art and architecture category, the emphasis should be on originality and the overall beauty or aesthetic of the design.
Once the design is complete, students send an .stl file of their Extreme Redesign, a completed submission form and a 200-word description of the value and benefit of the Extreme Redesign part via Dimension’s Web site.
Final submissions must be received or postmarked by Dec. 31, 2007
A panel of independent judges from various industries will judge final entries on the basis of creativity, usefulness, part integrity and beauty. Winners will be selected in February 2008 and will receive $2,500 or $1,000 scholarships. Complete contest rules and submission information is available at http://www.sinardtest.com/extreme-redesign/extreme-redesign-main.aspx.
For video, photos and descriptions of last year’s winning Extreme Redesigns, visit www.dimensionprinting.com.
About The Dimension 3D Printing Group The Dimension 3D Printing Group is a business unit of Stratasys, Inc., based in Minneapolis, Minn. Dimension 3D printers – which include the Elite, the Dimension 1200 Series and Dimension 768 Series– are networked, desktop modeling systems that provide CAD (Computer-Aided-Design) users a fast, office-friendly, low-cost alternative for building functional 3D prints. Dimension 3D printers build accurate models layer by layer using durable ABS plastic, allowing users to not only evaluate design concepts, but test 3D prints for functionality, form and fit. As the first large format desktop 3D printer that sells for less than $30,000, Dimension incorporates many key features found in modeling systems that cost tens of thousands of dollars more.
For more information on Dimension 3D printers, visit www.dimensionprinting.com.
