Fried eggs or gummy bears? Cherries or cola bottles? People’s favourite candies often divide opinion. You may never have thought about it, but these tasty little gummy sweets are actually designed that way. You also may never have imagined yourself as designing your own candy, but this latest competition from我的迷你工厂andKatje的魔术糖果工厂is about to change that.
Who are the magicians?
在过去的一年中，Katje的Magic Candy Factory在欧洲和美国爆发了。他们的第一家弹出式商店实际上是今年八月在伯明翰发射, as a celebration of classic children’s author Roald Dahl’s 100th birthday, and their 3D printed gummy candy, comes in all shapes and sizes from portraits, to octopuses.
Also totally sweet, but in a different way is My Mini Factory, growing its online community of 3D designers since 2013. Now the two enterprises are about to announce a magical union.
Magic Candy Factory为一位幸运的3D艺术家或设计师提供了赢得价值超过30,000英镑的糖果打印机套餐的机会。Magic Candy Factory打印机是与美国高分辨率3D打印机公司Printrbot和Uruguayan 3D打印软件开发人员Sur3D合作开发的。比赛的获胜者不仅会成为英国最早的人之一（和世界）拥有Candy-Rinter，但他们也有机会将自己的视野带入魔术糖果工厂的糖果系列。
The specifics
设计的主题是开放的，但是3D对象必须在5分钟或以下打印：适合原本使用机器的要求。其他竞争指南要求设计为1.2毫米层厚度；并且为了代表您小时候想要的东西的有趣设计，or still like now呢今天下午4点将在BST下午4点进行现场直播（21英石2016年10月）神奇的糖果工厂的Facebook页面, and more details can be seen on the official My Mini Factory Design Competition pagehere。
为了灵感，您可能想重新审视1971年的经典电影Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory并在食用草，蟾蜍和毛cup茶壶上做笔记，甚至通过一些我的迷你工厂的3D印刷作品。想想大但设计很小。
特色图片：Magic Candy Factory设计竞赛与我的迷你工厂合作，Via：myminifactory.com
