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3-D printing puts manufacturing on designers’ desks, at least for those who have access to a desktop printer. For the rest of us, Wired is inviting you to show off your 3-D design skills in our 3-D print-off.

Send us the digital rendering of your original, printable designs by midnight, April 6th, 2013; we’ll post the submissions on our site, then select the ten coolest to print through Shapeways.com in one of many of their printable materials and feature in a photo gallery. Show the world the rendering of your masterpiece, from your name in three-dimensional block letters, to a highly-detailed space demon sculpture, to a clever wall hanger for your iPad. There are no restrictions.



Guidelines + Original content — no one here wants to deal with copyright lawyers. We’re fine with you posting your work that already exists on other sites if they allow it, though. Send as many entries as you like.

Submissions should be optimized for 3-D printing; use a design-analyzing service like Will It 3D Print to determine printability. If it’s physically impossible to create, we won’t be able to select and print it.

Size: Dimensions should fit into 4 in x 4 in x 4 in

We reserve the right to modify winning designs to optimize their printability, but you ultimately own all rights to your design.

What Should I Submit + Anything you want, as long as it is printable and original. Action figure of yourself? Sure. Geometric fractal sculpture? Yup. Spaceship light switch cover? Let’s see it.

How Do I Design a 3-D Object? + We’ll show you how with tip-filled articles over the next few weeks. Meanwhile, for those who don’t have previous experience with modeling or CAD software, these free online and app-based tools can get you designing in minutes:

How to Submit + Upload an image of your rendered design to imgur.com, and then enter the online url of the image into our submission form. Make sure to select the link that ends with .jpg, .png, or .gif. Include your name, email address, one-line bio, and short description of your design. And hold on to the STL file — we’ll ask you to send it to us if your design is selected. (You can upload the STL file to Shapeways.com and tag your product with “WiredDesign” if you choose.)

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