shapeways 2013 3d printing year in review
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Each year at Shapeways, we like to do a roundup of amazing accomplishments in the rapidly evolving 3D Printing world — often powered by the innovations and creativity of our community. We’ve been digging in and must admit, 2013 was quite the year! To date, we’ve 3D Printed 2.2 million products — that’s 61,000 boxes worth of Tic Tacs! We are so proud to have 13,500 Shapeways shops...and counting (a growth of 75% from 2012). And the number of people creating products on Shapeways has doubled in the past year. The 3D printing industry as a whole has also experienced incredible growth. We’re seeing more retailers, like our friends at UPS, offer in-store 3D printing. The price of 3D printers for the home and office continues to drop. And 3D printing is constantly making stock market headlines. Basically, this incredible technology is shaping industries far and wide—from healthcare and electronics to aerospace and home construction. And we’ll continue to see this impact in the coming years. The industry couldn’t make such strides without wildly imaginative, creative, thoughtful, and fearless people like the ones in our community, who continue to upload nearly 100,000 new products per month. Our community helps us push the limits of what’s possible to 3D Print, creating products from gorgeous to quirky to functional, and continue to wow us with how they use new materials. It’s a beautiful world when anyone can create and get what they want, not just what’s available in stores. Check out our Slideshare for 3D printing trends, stats & more of our exciting year in review.TRANSCRIPT
20133D PRINTINGYEAR IN REVIEW
S H A P I N G T H E F U T U R E
3D Printing for Everyone
Now more than ever, 3D printing enables anyone to take an idea and turn it into a physical reality.
It’s changing how products are made and by whom. Here’s how...
Anyone Can CreateFree Tools + Access to Dozens of Materials= Creativity Unlocked
Shapeways Shop Owners areself-taught 3D modelers
Growth in number of people creating products
50%+ 100%
...Even a 12 Year Old!
“I had many ideas of what I would do if I could make anything. Who wouldn’t want a life size toy giraffe? As I thought about it, I realized, I don’t. I wanted something I would use every day. Something that would be helpful and useful in my everyday life. I thought, What do I use every day?
Then I realized: Who doesn’t use their iPhone every day? How about their iPod? At that point, I had my mind set.”
“Proof that @shapeways is for everyone: I’m a 12 yr old designer, and made my own iPod case with #3DPrinters” - @iPhonical
- BRENDAN CHANG, 12-YEAR-OLD SHAPIE
But You Don’t Have to Know How to3D Model
Because of growing apps and businesses that help people turn ideas into 3D designs into reality.
Here are some examples...
Collaborations Help Dreams Come True
Shapeways member, Alexander worked with designer and 3D modeler Glenn Slingsby to make his daughter’s birthday wish come true:
Building an interactive, 1/12 scale, true-to-life Nautilus ship from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
Say Hello to the Future “Garage Entrepreneur”
More and more, individuals are starting businesses on Shapeways
Shapeways Shop Owners want selling on Shapeways to be their full-time job
84%
Shapeways shops, a 75% growth from 2012— one for every yellow cab in NYC
13.5k
It costs us no more than a few bad dates to bring a product to market.
- GOTHAMSMITH
ORNAMENTSby Maundy
RINGSby Azzodesign
3D JEWELRYby sorhain
CHESS SETby Collective 3D
They’re as Diverse as Queens, NYC*
Shop Owners range from teenage hobbyists to engineers with 25+ years modeling expertise.
* Queens, NYC is known as one of the most diverse places in the world + we have a factory there!
TAIWAN
152%
TUNISIA
220%
LUXEMBOURG
170%
CHINA
196%
And Have Access to an Even More Global Marketplace
Shapeways has amazing customers in 113 countries.
Top Growth Countries(2012 vs 2013)
Top Countries
United States, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Canada, France, Australia, and Italy
With 3D Printing, Niche is the New Normal
Shapeways products span a wide range of interests.
Home 15%
Parts & Gadgets 17%
Miniatures 23%
Games & Toys 11%
Other 4%
Jewelry 13%
Art 17%
From the Long Tail, to the Infinite Tail...
Limitless possibilities of 3D printing means every passion can be served.
JEBEDIAH KERMAN OF THE KERBAL SPACE PROGRAM
MODEL TRAINS
EDUCATIONAL ART
DRONE ACCESSORIES
ANCIENT FLUTES
Including Wade’s Wish to Be a SuperheroJuly 2013
Fearless 6-year-old Wade Sharp, who has brittle bone disease, wanted to see how video games are made and to become a video game character. The Make-A-Wish Foundation responded.
After spending an afternoon at Robot Entertainment, Wade received a 3D Printed figurine of himself, Wade the Super-Master!
3D printing has given him freedom to
• Iterate design and materials quickly.
• Produce high quality details at small scale.
• 3D print in steel, the material used for both his prototype and final product.
3D Printing is Helping People Go from Proto-type to Market — Fast
BitWise’s KeyBit, a key ring Mac adapter holder, “would not exist without 3D printing.”
Entrepreneurs like Jonathan use 3D printing to quickly prototype (and Shapeways to open up shops).
“The product went from idea to the printer in a single morning before work, and 3 weeks later I had a product for myself and to share around the world.”
- JONATHAN BOBROW, FOUNDER, BITWISE
The Technology is Shaping Countless Industries
ELECTRONICS
Working Loudspeaker by Cornell University Lab’s Fab@Homes 3D printers
AEROSPACE
GE Aviation to use 3D printing to produce a fuel nozzle
CONSTRUCTION
Contour Crafting entire 2500 square foot homes
HEALTHCARE
First Steps Takenby Researchers to 3D Print Human Organs
Even in High FashionAll Printed by Shapeways
Dita Von Teese’s Custom 3D Printed Dress
Designed by Michael Schmidt & Francis Bitonti
Victoria’s Secret Snow Angel Lindsay Ellingson in 3D Printed Lingerie
Designed by Bradley Rothenberg
Kimberly Ovitz Jewelry
Designed by Kimberly Ovitz
Material Innovation >> Unlimited Creation.
No way! You can 3D print in steel and coat it in polished gold? And in ceramic!?
Materials and finishes available as of 2013
40ANDROMEDA NECKLACEby Summerized
KLEIN BOTTLE OPENERby Bathsheba
UNSTOPPABLE T-REXby Ryan Kittleson
Better Quality, Lower Costs
Compare the cost of a Shapeways 3D Printed iPhone case:
In 2008
Today
$70
$20
Complexity is Free
The “unmakeable” is now possible
Espresso Cupsby KSpaho
Have you tried weaving ceramic before? It’s hard. Real hard.
Nautilus Mobiusby jaobaldwin
A mobius, especially an interlocking one, cannot be manufactured any other way.
Mobileby Marco Mahler and Henry Segerman
Made of 1,365 pieces, this would take a lot of time and patience to assemble.
A “memingful” Year
Memes continue to become reality.
Dogeby Ryan Kittleson
Jesus Memeby LincolnK
Grumpy Catby edrice
Twerking Einsteinby Ryan Kittleson
Unstoppable T-Rexby Ryan Kittleson
Cat Gaspby pc_gamedev_rules
Obama Riding Raptorby kspaho
Feel Like a Sirby Ewoud
Ornamant: Twerkby Kimotion
Success Kidby Ryan Kittleson
Shapeways 2013 Numbers
* According to Gartner’s “Forecast: 3D Printers, Worldwide, 2013”
2,200,000 total products printed to date = 61,000 boxes of Tic Tacs.
45 football fields of floor space squeegeed annually to clean up powder at our factories.
13,500 Shapeways shops — one for every yellow cab in NYC.
204,000 yards of tape/year to ship boxes to 113 countries, enough to circle the earth 5 times.
100,000 new products uploaded per month (> total consumer 3D printers sold in all of 2013*)
10: the number of times every model is handled by Shapeways staff.
Thank you to the Shapeways community that’s made this all possible so far.
We can’t wait to spend 2014 with you!
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