From rapid prototyping to home fabrication: How 3D printing is changing business model innovation

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From rapid prototyping to home fabrication: How 3D printing is changing business model innovation

There is a growing consensus that 3D printing technologies will be one of the next major technologicalrevolutions. While a lot of work has already been carried out as to what these technologies will bring in termsof product and process innovation, little has been done on their impact on business models and businessmodel innovation. Yet, history has shown that technological revolution without adequate business model evolu-tion is a pitfall for many businesses. In the case of 3D printing, the matter is further complicated by the fact thatadoption of these technologies has occurred in four successive phases (rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, digitalmanufacturing, home fabrication) that correspond to a different level of involvement of 3D printing in theproduction process. This article investigates the effect of each phase on the key business model components.While the impact of rapid prototyping and rapid tooling is found to be limited in extent, direct manufacturingand, even more so, home fabrication have the potential to be highly disruptive. While much more value can becreated, capturing value can become extremely challenging. Hence,finding a suitable business model is http://critical.to/ this respect, this article shows that 3D printing technologies have the potential to change the way businessmodel innovation is carried out, by enabling adaptive business models and by bringing the‘rapid prototyping’paradigm to business model innovation i

https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S0040162515002425?token=087BC22539DF3D79AA599B60FCEDBD2095452FE406A760119202BD5AFB680F51627045F8F7C4303AD9D837B8E97AB438

Small interesting projects. Learn to build and sell. Chances are the next generation of founders that learn through no code Will have a totally different philosophy than the traditional founder

Admin on 30/12/2020

Small interesting projects. Learn to build and sell. Chances are the next generation of founders that learn through no code Will have a totally different philosophy than the traditional founder

Good Design-Driven Innovation

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Good Design-Driven Innovation

Radical innovations are designs that alter the meaning of our life experiences. In order to realize such innovation, a designer needs a vision, a strong personal view on the world. The identity and values of designers however, are often denied in modern design processes. Consequently, (junior) designers have difficulties in connecting with their values and standing for their ideals, especially when designing within a corporate setting. We report a case study that demonstrates how nurturing a designer’s personal understanding of ‘good design’ and integration of this understanding in his work, influences a design-driven innovation project and outcome. Our findings suggest that a designer’s principles for good design, enable him to design more in tune with his identity and related ideals. Personal principles for good design empowered the designer’s creativity, decision making, process planning, and drive to design
and promote the acceptance of a radical idea within a corporate setting. We hope to inspire designers to use personal values and identity for design-driven innovation, and would like to start a discussion with design research and education communities to ponder on how designers can be supported in this journey.

http://pure.tudelft.nl/ws/portalfiles/portal/47894840/Baha_et_al_2018_Good_Design_Driven_Innovation.pdf