Press Release
Genometri Launches World's First 3D Design & Print Portal
For immediate release
Singapore, December 2007 — JuJups.com is a new generation 3-D design creation portal that will allow consumers to create their own 3D content.
Rapid 3-D printing and Rapid Manufacturing methods are now maturing into affordable and reliable technologies which are increasingly accessible to companies. Combined with online design tools, this is opening up a whole new dimension of product possibilities where products can be designed, personalized and customized by customers themselves. Through JuJups, a worldwide community of users will come together to co-create, share, and co-produce designs, designs that can be realized as real-world products.
The designs created in JuJups.com are currently printed out by ZCorp, a company manufacturing 3D color printing machines based in Boston, Massachusetts. JuJups will launch for Christmas this year as the world's first design portal allowing internet users to create their own 3-D picture frames. These picture frames are ZPrinted? using ZCorp's rapid 3D flexible printing technology. A wider range of products will follow in the near future.
JuJups is planning in association with ZCorp to expand 3D printing capacity to support the growing demand for customized objects. Customized giftware, memorabilia, toys, etc will soon be added to the list of items that can be custom designed. Many companies have now created opportunities for custom-made products, such as custom printed T-shirts, mugs, magnets etc. however, the customization is mostly in 2D.
Genometri plans to move this possibility in the realm of 3D products. Genometri has developed proprietary genetic design technology which encodes intelligence into design files allowing customers to enjoy great creative freedom while ensuring that they do not exceed the limits set by technology, manufacturing processes and cost. This allows non-designers to design. Blog formats and web templates are good examples of this, where the compositional logic is embedded into to template allowing non designs to create hi-quality well designed blogs without being expert designers.
Bianca Zen, Marketing and Business Development Manager, former Editor of TAXI Design Network comments, 'Innovative creative and design site JuJups looks to propagate waves in online purchasing by incorporating modern 3D techniques as well as allowing end users to take the driving seat in product customization. JuJups is also ideal for that last minute gift shopping dilemma many might face or for those who would like to inject individualism into their gift selection for any occasion or festive seasons.'
Not long ago, people would have had difficulties imagining that given the chance everyone would want to be a newscaster. The proliferation of 'blogsphere' has proven this to be true. Self-expression is both the liberating and motivational force that drives much of the web activities today. What better means for self-expression than Design?
Leading the way in fulfilling every person's secret desire to be a designer, JuJups is about to make this happen.
For more information, please contact us at info@jujups.com
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ABOUT GENOMETRI PTE LTD Genometri is a Design R&D company based in Singapore. It is a spin off from the National University of Singapore and is funded by NVS (NUS Venture Support) SEEDS (Govt. of Singapore) and private investors.
ABOUT JUJUPS JuJups is the 3-D design creation portal from Genometri connecting with backend fulfillment companies that together empower customers to create and produce their own personalized 3-D products, at the right cost and quality.
In the News
10-12 Jun 2008 : JuJups attends Licensing International Expo at New York
05 Apr 2008 : Danish News: Showcase of the Future (video in danish)
03 Apr 2008 : mediamac.comon.dk: Print your own Stuff (article in danish)
02 Apr 2008 : Go' Morgen DK (Onsdag): New Technological Invention (video in danish)
12 Dec 2007 : The Wall Street Journal: How 3-D Printing Figures To Turn Web Worlds Real
07 Dec 2007 : Singapore Entrepreneurs: News Flash: JuJups.com, World's First 3D printing portal launched
In the Blogs
08 Jan 2008 brettallen: Design your own 3D photo frame
28 Dec 2007 Killer Startups: JuJups.com – The Power To Create
18 Dec 2007 xataka: JuJups prints your designs in 3D (article in spanish)
17 Dec 2007 Core77: JuJups 3D design and print portal
17 Dec 2007 instructables: 3D printing for all
13 Dec 2007 3D Printers: Another 3D Printer Application – JuJups
07 Dec 2007 Fabbaloo: JuJups launches
