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Ponoko + Kickstarter = Designer’s Dream<\/p>\n

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We covered this<\/a> briefly before, but it’s going bananas! So we thought it was a good idea to introduce how designers are using Ponoko and Kickstarter to make and sell their products.<\/p>\n

Jeremy Williams is a San Francisco based engineer and video game enthusiast with a passion for pixel art. His latest project, the Game Frame, is a fully-programmable grid of LEDs designed to make it easy to display animated pixel art anywhere. Jeremy’s product on Kickstarter<\/a> just passed $100,000, and is trending to hit over $150,000 before closing.<\/p>\n

The Game Frame was initially just a fun personal project – Jeremy loves 8-bit pixel art and wanted to find a way to display it on his walls – but after his prototype was\u00a0demonstrated for Tested<\/a> in June, the positive feedback inspired him to see if he could turn the Game Frame into a real product.<\/p>\n

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Using laser cut parts from Ponoko<\/a>, Jeremy went through several iterations to refine his design. After months of prototyping, and multiple prototypes, Jeremy arrived at a Game Frame that was sleeker looking, cheaper to build, and easier to use.<\/p>\n

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With a new Game Frame in hand Jeremy set out to test the market viability of his new product. \u00a0There’s many ways to do this, like setting up a website, an ETSY store, or selling at a local event. But he decided to use\u00a0Kickstarter<\/a> to put his product directly in front of potential customers to gauge interest in the Game Frame, and to gain pre-orders to fund his first production run.<\/p>\n

The enthusiasm was overwhelming. Within 4.5 hours the Game Frame had met it’s initial goal of $15,000. Within a week, he had over $50,000 in backing. As at press time, Jeremy has already sold 448 Game Frames = $107,123 and counting!<\/p>\n

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Now comes the fun part: Jeremy will spend the coming months fulfilling the orders for his Kickstarter backers, wiring the PCBs, soldering LEDs, & assembling laser cut frames using his Personal Factory at Ponoko. The first orders are scheduled to ship in June.<\/p>\n

Jeremy’s story is an inspiring example of how you can take a cool idea, make it real at low cost with Ponoko, and discover a whole market you never knew you had.<\/p>\n

We’ll be following this and letting you know more about how to use Ponoko and Kickstarter as the story unfolds.<\/p>\n

If you’re interested in starting your own product line too, you can\u00a0signup for free here<\/a> to make and sell your own products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ponoko + Kickstarter = Designer’s Dream<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

We covered this briefly before, but it’s going bananas! So we thought it was a good idea to introduce how designers are using Ponoko and Kickstarter to make and sell their products.<\/p>\n

Jeremy Williams is a San Francisco based engineer and video game enthusiast with a passion for pixel art. 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