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About UsXYZap3D is a team of experienced 3D design and fabrication enthusiasts. We realized that there is magic in the things we make, and that people enjoy touching, holding and sharing these things.
XYZap3D is all about helping brands and companies engage with their customers by giving them memorable objects that they will treasure and share. We do this by creating opportunities for creation, customization and personalization, and working with our fabrication partners to make real, beautiful and durable objects. |
Who We Are |
Gian Pablo Villamil, Founder & CEO: Experienced 3D designer, passionate about making 3D printing attractive and useful for everyone. With a long history of consulting and managing in the high-tech and telecoms industry, and a highly creative outlook on business problems, he has a great understanding of how to create value for brands and companies in an original and enduring way.
Marius Kintel, Customization platform: Creator of the OpenSCAD 3D design environment, widely used in designing for 3D printing. He is now building the Shapefactory design and customization platform, which XYZap3D will use. Arian Croft, Game design and customization: Founder of Ill Gotten Games, creators of exciting games designed around 3D printing. We can design games with customizable elements. Ronald Rael, Design partner: Founder of Emerging Objects, an independent, creatively driven, MAKE-tank designing and 3D printing environments for the 21st century. Provides valuable design and creative input. SD3D, 3D printing: A full service 3D design and 3D printing bureau, SD3D can deliver high quality, durable objects in volume at reasonable prices. Voodoo Manufacturing, 3D printing: Small batch manufacturing with high volume 3D printing, Voodoo can respond very quickly to volume production orders. |
Our History |
Gian Pablo and his team have been involved with 3D printing for many years. It has been very interesting to see how people react to the things we make: initially with amazement that we could even make things, and soon with excitement and fascination as we made unusual, innovative and one-of-a-kind designs.
In the course of carrying out projects for brands like Lincoln, Porsche, Craftsman Tools, Autodesk and many others, we realized that the interest and fascination of well-crafted 3D objects is an enormously valuable way for brands to connect with their favorite customers. By giving them a memorable object, one that they have been involved in creating, a brand is able to contribute value and joy to their customer's life (and not just add clutter!). XYZap3D is in the business of helping brands through this process, all the way from designing amazing things, providing an interface for customization, and then making it real. |