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Sounds like a great place you have! I think this whole comment can be summarised by the line of 'do you trust us?' The answer is currently no which is fine, bu
by jamesmcbennett 14y ago
Sounds like a great place you have!
I think this whole comment can be summarised by the line of 'do you trust us?' The answer is currently no which is fine, but over time, we might just win you over.
On touch, I completely agree.
- Buying something small to test out the system such as our stool we currently have on kickstarter. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jamesmcbennett/this-stool-rocks http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jamesmcbennett/this-stoo...
- Targeting coffee shops to show the furniture
- Pop-ups and so on...
- Also seeing it at a friends house would count too.
- Creating surround sound of postive karma within a city.
Responability is an intersting one for any of these new digtial-to-physical systems. Teaching on 3D printing at General Assembly, we get deep into discussions on the wider aspects of law, quality control and future of quality marks in this new system. Great example you mention Foxconn -> Apple and Apple host reputation on the line. I think Fabsie's reputation is on the line in this case.
At the moment, crowdsourced people = some of the best designers in the best offices in the world who most people don't have access to. When I was working in design offices, most designers (architects in this case) had the problem that we wanted to design a mass product but had no platform to do so.
We are starting in Plywood and will expand into other materials. I am influenced by designers like Marc Newson who can sell the same form at $300, $3,000 and £300,000 depending on what material the chair is made of. We intend to start in Plywood, then offer solid wood and add other digital-to-physical machines.