DD08 Update

Thank you to everyone who has participated this far in the Design Democracy. Our industry professionals were impressed with the designs and we started with a pool of over 100 entries. We narrowed them down to a final group of 18, and then got into some serious design debates. We finally landed on 5 designs that we’re in the process of reviewing and fabricating to showcase at the ICFF. We chose designs that we believe embody the main principles of mass customization. We’ll post images of these designs on the site once they’re done.

Every design submitted on this site will be visually represented in our booth at the ICFF. This website will continue to live on and we’d like to make more designs from the site. We believe there is a demand for this type of forum and manufacturing. It’s challenging sometimes to find a balance between design and ideology, and this experience has shown us they can co exist beautifully. We want the 2008 effort to continue into Design Democracy 09, with added interaction features.

To all of our citizens, please continue to submit designs and participate in DD08. And if you’re in New York, May 17-20 come visit us in person at the ICFF, booth 1733.