3D Printed Men’s Fashion Contest
Design Something Stylish & Win Incredible Prizes
It's time to flex your style muscles and show off your own unique take on men's fashion using your 3D design skills! There's no better way to accentuate your geek-chic look than with 3D printed fashion, so show us what you can do. We're looking for everything from formal wear for that fancy New Year's Eve party, to daily wear you can use in your everyday life. Some of the things we are looking for include:
- bow ties
- tie clips
- cuff links
- money clips/wallets
- rings, bracelets, pendants
- belt buckles
- glasses
- & more!
You'll be judged by some world class experts, including Francis Bintoni, a pioneer in wearable 3D prints and high fashion, and Dana Lee, a designer and authority on men’s clothing, Charles Belle, Co-Founder of SF Fashtech, and Paulina Prepkin, Founder of Additive Fashion. For your efforts, you'll have a chance to win an exciting new 3D printer from Flux, an awesome mouse from Swiftpoint and nerd-tacular goodies from NerdBlock and In Case Of and Zockster!
Win Incredible Prizes
First Place
- 1 Flux 3D Printer
- 1 Swiftpoint GT mouse
- 1 Cabinet of your choice from In Case Of
- 3 month subscription to Zockster for any style
- 2 Month Subscription to NerdBlock
- Your design listed and sold on Amazon
- Coverage in our social media channels
Second & Third Place
- $100 Pinshape credit
- Your design listed and sold by Pinshape on Amazon
- Coverage in our social media channels
Judges
Francis
Bitonti
Francis' work has been exhibited and published internationally including in the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum and the Wall Street Journal, notably designing the 3D printer dress worn by Dita Von Teese.
Dana
Lee
Dana Lee launched her ultra-wearable eponymous menswear label in 2009. Season after season she has created effortlessly cool collections rooted in simplicity, a sense of ease, and an informed and inspired color palette.
Charles
Belle
Charles is well versed in wearable tech as a result of his work with designers, creatives, entrepreneurs, retailers and the rest of the wearables community as part of SF Fashtech. He finds himself buried in fashion and policy.
Paulina
Perepelkin
Paulina is the creator of AdditiveFashion.com, a site dedicated to 3D printing and its applications in Fashion. She believes in the power of 3D Printing to revolutionize manufacturing and bring more girls and women into STEAM fields.
Rules
Top 10% most liked will make it to the finals (share outside Pinshape to get more votes!) Judges will also be able to pick one design each to add to the finals.
Designs that advance to the finals will be judged on the following criteria:
- Design: overall quality, novelty, innovation, ease of printing
- Marketability: price, utility
- Presentation: detailed description (what it is, backstory, what inspired it, what settings should be used to print), high quality pictures, tags
- Contest closes at 23:59:59 PST, January 11, 2015
- Entries cannot have been previously submitted to Pinshape
- Entries must comply with Pinshape’s content policy
- Entrants must be registered with Pinshape to enter
- There is no fee to enter the challenge
- Entrants can submit as many unique entries as they would like
- Object must be deemed 3D printable by Pinshape
- Contest open worldwide
