Category
Tech
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Trend cluster
Category
Printed
Portrait
3D-printed products turn to personalized facial features for consumer allure.
4.1
Trend score
Trend
What is the Printed Portrait trend?
Printed Portrait: Allowing for customization, 3D-printed products are allowing for hyper-personalization. Personalizing toys like dolls to replicate selfies and portraits, 3D merchandise is adapting to provide consumers with not only tailor-made products, but designs that consumers can visually identify with.
Trend themes
Themes within the Printed Portrait trend
Three behaviours holding the trend together01
Hyper-Personalization
3D-printed products are allowing for hyper-personalization with customized merchandise.
02
3D Printing Technology
3D printing technology is utilized in creating personalized figurines and toys.
03
Customized Toys and Figurines
Personalization of toys and figurines have become a current trend for consumers.
Industry implications
What the Printed Portrait trend means for industry
Where the trend changes the playbookFor
Toy Industry
The toy industry can benefit from incorporating 3D printing technology and hyper-personalization to create customized toys.
For
Technology Industry
Technology industries can utilize 3D printing technology for the creation of customizable merchandise.
For
Gift and Souvenir Industry
Gift and Souvenir industries can benefit from offering personalized and customizable merchandise.
Trend signals
Trend signals for Printed Portrait
Trend score 4.1 out of 10, from popularity 59%, activity 55%, freshness 8%.
Popularity59%
Activity55%
Freshness8%
Audience
50%Men
50%Women
- Gen Alpha
- Gen Z
- Millennial
- Gen X (not a primary audience)
- Boomer (not a primary audience)
Market
North America
Europe
Asia-Pacific
Evidence
Examples of the Printed Portrait trend
5 featured examples from Jun 13, 2013 to Dec 31, 2014CategoryLife-Stages
3D-Printed Selfies
Using 3D Printing Technology, Shapify Lets You Print Yourself
Disruptive innovation opportunity: Incorporate 3D printing technology into traditional toy manufacturing processes to enable the production of highly personalized and customized t…
CategoryLife-Stages
Personalized Superhero Toys
Hasbro and 3DPlusMe Team Up for Super Awesome Me Project
Disruptive innovation opportunity: Incorporate 3D printing and personalized features in the production of toys.
CategoryLife-Stages
3D-Printed Dolls
The Makies Have Cross the Pond into the United States of America
The toy manufacturing industry can explore adopting 3D printing and customizable options to capitalize on the trend of personalized toys.
CategoryArt & Design
3D Printing Toy Apps
Modio Enables Children to Design and Create Their Own Custom Action Figures
Disruptive innovation opportunity: Implement 3D printing technology in toy manufacturing processes to enable mass customization, reducing costs and waste while offering more perso…
CategoryLife-Stages
Personalized Superhero Figurines
These Superman Figurines are Made to Look Exactly Like You
The personalized figurines trend creates opportunities for companies to offer a personalized touch to their products, providing customers with a unique and sentimental experience.
