Article: Nurturing the inner entrepreneur ; Technological advances may soon allow anyone to customize products

Alice Rawsthorn
International Herald Tribune
08-17-2009
Nurturing the inner entrepreneur ; Technological advances may soon allow anyone to customize products
Byline: Alice Rawsthorn
Type: News

Technological advances in manufacturing and software may soon allow anyone with a computer and Internet connection to customize just about anything.

Do you want to be a designer? I'm not talking about signing up for design school, but about having a say in the design of some of the things you use every day. You needn't design them from scratch, though that could be an option; but you might like to choose the colors, or change their size and shape.
Digital Forming, a team of young designers and software ...

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