Voting Open for the 2015 Pinshape Awards!
Welcome to the 2015 Pinshape Awards!
We’re blown away by some of the amazing designs and prints that our community contributed to Pinshape this year. That’s why we want to end 2015 by bringing the community together and giving credit to those whose designs and contributions really stood out during the last 12 months! To do that though, we need your help to determine the winners. Vote now and you’ll be entered to win $100 Amazon Gift Card!
We’ve chosen 5 nominees in each of the 10 categories and we’re leaving it up to the community to vote who they think should win. It’s in your hands now Pinshapers!
The nominees are… drumroll please!
Top Simple Design
The Top Simple Design is one that is easy to print and gives a clean print with no supports. Vote for your favourite simple design.
Find the link to their designs on Pinshape:
Graphica: MEGA Ghost – Print & Play vy 3DKitbash
Thin Man Part 2 by WallTosh
#3DBenchy – The jolly 3D printing torture-test by CreativeTools
Simple Animals 5 by Eunny
Robber Rex by Zheng3
Top Complex Design
The Top Complex Design is one that is more complicated to print because it has a lot of different parts or ball and socket parts. Vote for the one you think is the best complicated design!
Find the link to their designs on Pinshape:
Top Useful Design
The Top Useful Design is one that will be applicable to everyday life or around the house! Vote for the one you think you’d be most likely to use.
Find the link to their designs on Pinshape:
Candy Machine by Tanya Weisner
Pegstr – Pegboard Wizard by mgx
Three Geometric Coaster Designs by [email protected]
The American Craftsman Bungalow Birdhouseby Mr. MegaTronic
Bucky Bowls by Andy An
Top Toy Design
These toys have both a creative design and look fun to play with which is why we nominated them for Top Toy Design.
Find the link to their designs on Pinshape:
OpenR/C Formula 1 car by Daniel Noree
2015 Seej Starter Set by zheng3
Telescopic Light Saber by le FabShop
Air Jet T-01 by Me, Myself, and I
3D-printable sand play set
Top Design Photo
We nominated these photos for Top Design Photo because they are clear, show off the design well, and have wonderfully creative backgrounds!
Find the link to their designs on Pinshape:
Beach Jeep by Mao
CAT ARMOR by J Wall
Smartphone Photo Studio for #3DBenchy and tiny stuff by Creative Tools
Summer Cookie Cutters Collection by OogiMe
Materialize – Potted by atom3dp
Top CAD Software
We’ll let you vote for your favourite software, but here are a few of the ones we’ve seen on the market. If your favourite isn’t on the list, you can nominate and vote for it here.
Blender
Onshape
Tinkercad
Solidworks
Zbrush
Top 3D News Site
The top 3D news site is the one that always has the scoop on the newest 3D printing technology and stories. Vote for your go-to 3D news source!
3D Printing Industry
All3DP
3Dprint.com
3ders.org
3dprinting.com
Best Slicer Program
Here are some of the most popular slicer programs on the market – vote for your favourite. You can also nominate one that’s not on our list here.
Cura
Makerbot Desktop
Slic3r
Simplify3D
Kisslicer
Top Maker
These nominees are contributing to the Pinshape community by uploading their prints and even putting notes on what settings they used and how they found the experience of printing the design. Vote for your favourite Maker here!
Check out their profiles to see more of their work:
Frew
Dan Steele
Dr. Zeus
Jordan Hackney
Kym Watts
Top Designer
These designers have all impressed us with their designs that are both technical and creative! You’ve seen them on one of our Designer of the Month feature – now you can vote them for Top Designer of the year!
Check out their profiles to see more of their work:
J Wall
PRINTinZ
FORMBYTE
shookdesign
Daniel Noree
Louise Driggers
3DKitBash
Zheng3
Mao
Tanya Wiesner
Silverbeam
Don’t see your favourite here? We’ve also got a People’s Choice where you can vote for someone who wasn’t nominated.
A very special thank-you to every designer and maker on Pinshape who contributes to our community. For those who weren’t nominated, we’d like to add that we love you too! Keep designing, keep printing, and we will have our eyes on you for next year’s Pinshape Awards!
** Voting ends Dec 31st**