{"id":22507,"date":"2015-10-12T22:21:27","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T22:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/?p=22507"},"modified":"2017-04-17T12:09:19","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T16:09:19","slug":"solving-problems-through-product-design-on-skillshare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/solving-problems-through-product-design-on-skillshare","title":{"rendered":"Solving Problems Through Product Design on Skillshare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">This summer we introduced a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skillshare.com\/\">Skillshare<\/a> class that went over the basics of using Shapeways to create and sell your designs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skillshare.com\/classes\/design\/Selling-Online-Business-Skills-for-Product-Designers\/1117412281?via=browse-popular-shapeways-layout-grid\">Those videos<\/a> focused on the ins and outs of merchandising your shop, creating a product line and using social media to get the most engagement from current and potential customers. Today, we&#8217;re introducing a new class that takes a step back and focuses on the process of actually creating a product.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/skl.sh\/shapeways\">3D Printing: Solving Problems Through Product Design<\/a> delves into the basics of creating a product &#8211; from finding inspiration in everyday things to the importance of prototyping. Lauren takes you through the steps of her own design process in creating a product that can hold her Metrocard and headphones.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skillshare.com\/embed\/video?sessionId=1594495&amp;width=640&amp;height=360&amp;authToken=bc29d187a1bf76ada32ce9e965d7c5aa7db443c3c69104bc10e4a06b983b0e79\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 15px 0 5px; width: 640;\"><a style=\"color: #398fd1; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 15px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skillshare.com\/classes\/design\/3D-Printing-Solving-Problems-Through-Product-Design\/186563653?utm_campaign=186563653&amp;utm_source=EmbeddedIntroVideo&amp;utm_medium=video-embed\">3D Printing: Solving Problems Through Product Design<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 640; color: #999999; font-family: 'Arial', san-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 15px; border-bottom: solid 1px #ddd; margin-bottom: 20px;\">An Online Skillshare Class by Lauren Slowik<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"btn-primary\" href=\"http:\/\/skl.sh\/shapeways\">Enroll For Free<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whether it&#8217;s deciding what software to use to design with, or figuring out the best material for the first print there are a lot of little decisions you have to make when creating a design. These videos will help you plan for those, and hopefully make your process much easier.<\/p>\n<p>Leave a comment below and let us know your product ideas!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This summer we introduced a Skillshare class that went over the basics of using Shapeways to create and sell your&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":22514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[489],"tags":[507,669,583,1107,1256],"class_list":["post-22507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-products-and-design","tag-32-classes","tag-design-iteration","tag-education","tag-prototyping","tag-skillshare"],"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Screen-Shot-2015-10-12-at-6.27.59-PM.png","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.9 (Yoast SEO v23.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Solving Problems Through Product Design on Skillshare - Shapeways Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This summer we introduced a Skillshare class that went over the basics of using Shapeways to create and sell your designs. 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