RYAN HARC the role of the designer will still be important.
Where do you see the industry going? Everything changes. That’s what histoEverything changes and that’s what history teaches us. These days there are slight changes in typical mass production processes that, for a long time, didn’t change. Simplifying the manufacturing process allows more people to participate in it, especially when we see the success of crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter. Plus, more bespoke products and services that reflect individual consumer tastes have become easier to produce. Someday, we might begin to print out homemade products from our own 3D printers, which sounds like going back to the age before industrialisation. However, even if those 3D printers start to become commonplace household items, 65