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We’re Kickstarter’s Design & Tech team. We work with designers, engineers, and inventors to help them bring their ideas to life.
If you’re looking for some inspiration, there’s so much here to discover: music-tech projects like Artiphon and Nura, pioneering 3D technology like Looking Glass Factory’s holographic display, elegant environmental design like the Nebia water-saving shower and Genusee’s upcycled eyeglasses, and citizen science projects like Bento Lab’s biotech toolkit. And that’s just scratching the surface.
As a first step, we recommend checking out our Creator Handbook.
These design creators share their tips on setting your funding goal, planning rewards, telling your story, building your community, and anticipating obstacles and delays.
And these technology creators share their tips on building a community, planning your rewards, establishing vendor relationships, and displaying your product.
Looking to extend your practice beyond the gallery and sharing your thoughts in a practical context? Here are 5 product design and manufacturing tips — for artists.
Simone Giertz, well-known for her dysfunctional robot videos on YouTube, took to Kickstarter to make an electronic device that actually works.
Granby Workshop is an architectural ceramics studio in England that grew out of a larger effort to revitalize Liverpool’s Granby neighborhood.
Studio Neat have nine successful Kickstarter campaigns under their belt, here they share everything they’ve learnt.
Actor and woodworker, Nick Offerman, talks about creativity as a design for life.
Shawn Frayne and Looking Glass Factory are working to prevent a dystopian headset-only future.
Beeline was created following a frustrating bike ride, and over 3,000 backers helped to bring it to life.
Two furniture designers (who have also run Kickstarter campaigns) talk about opportunities and challenges in the realm of reinventing furniture.
Jesse Genet of Lumi shares 3 tips for planning packaging and shipping before launch.
Beryl’s Laserlight was born on Kickstarter, read more about how it was made here.
Check out this list of pointers from our team, for how best to share your prototype. The creators of Blubel, also share their experience with prototyping.
A team of Apple, Tesla, and NASA alumni are working to turn the stigma of the “low flow” shower on its head.
Bento Lab co-founder Bethan Wolfenden talks about how her project got started, what she learned, and how beta testers have used it for some surprising projects.
And lastly, make sure that your project is honestly and clearly presented.
If you’re looking for some inspiration, take a look at the Design Explore page and Technology Explore page. We’ve also shared some of our favorite projects below:
Designed by and for 3D creators, The Looking Glass is the first desktop holographic display with no headgear required.
Nebia’s mission is to fundamentally change the way that we interact with water. Started on Kickstarter, they just successfully ran their third project.
Play any instrument on just one instrument? Artiphon has come up with an intuitive way to create music and play any sound.
Using recycled plastic bottles that are a result of the Flint Water Crisis, Genusee used Kickstarter to create sustainable eyewear.
Bento Lab is a DNA lab that allows you to take a biological sample, extract its DNA, and conduct a simple genetic analysis, anywhere you go.
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