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Mass customisation really does mean it is all about you
Mass customisation really does mean it is all about you
By Peter Kerr for sticK
(sticK - 15 March 2012 ) It’s difficult to predict where the confluence of trends like 3-D printing, mass customisation and the social web will end up.
But, just as the publishing and music industries got democratised (or destroyed, depending on your point of view) by cheap and easy access to digital tools and information, so too will the way we make things; for ourselves and often by ourselves.
For transplanted Belgian, and now Waitarere Beach (north west of Levin) resident Tom Kluyskens, one of the parts of the puzzle is in finding compelling ways to narrow the divide between designers, manufacturers and end users of products.
For sticK – science, technology, innovation & commercialisation KNOWLEDGE - is a new Wellington based news service concentrating on following the money from ideas to income. Contact editor Peter Kerr at peter.kerr055 @ gmail.com
Peter Kerr
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Versed in the art and science of translating something complicated into an understandable message.
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