3D Printing: Copyright Nightmare or DIY Heaven?

“It’s incredibly satisfying for people to make their own products,” says Ruth Marshall-Johnson, lifestyle analyst and senior editor of the Think Tank directory at WGSN trend forecasters. “We’ve seen a huge embracing of social platforms that allow people to co-create designs and products, open-source service needs and ‘hack’ existing products,” adds Greene. “Product design has, effectively, been democratized.”