Formsfield

3d printing boutique

Monday, October 5, 2015

Formsfield, a new 3D printing boutique, has launched to provide consumers with a curated selection of home-office products. To enhance their home offices, customers visiting the online boutique can buy items from three categories: Organize, Accessories, and Art. The launch of Formsfield is significant for what it will sell—selections of high-quality items with an emphasis on sophisticated design—and equally significant for what it won’t sell. No Yoda figurines. No kitchen tools. No drone parts. In other words, none of the usual mishmash of knickknacks that shoppers usually encounter upon visiting other 3D printing outlets. “The problem with existing marketplaces is that they peddle lots of poor-quality designs and lack any sort of focus,” explains Formsfield Founder & CEO Oskar Lis. “We want to give our customers an elegant, friendly, specialized boutique experience to make it easy and fun to find terrific home-office designs.” To meet quality, presentation, and compatibility standards, each design must pass through a 48- hour verification process, which benefits designers (via quick turnaround) and provides customers with superior products (through rigorous screening). Currently, Formsfield showcases more than 200 designs by an assortment of talented designers from around the world. Shoppers have two simple options to purchase items: (1) streaming a design onto their own 3D printer to print an object or (2) using Formsfield partners to print and deliver the product. The secure streaming option is an especially convenient and useful feature for designers, with whom Formsfield works to ensure fair and transparent collaboration. (Designers receive 80% of royalties, along with further potential to leverage special, exclusive arrangements with Formsfield.) The company expects to launch more specialized shops later this year.