Is there a way to gift these? I'd buy two right now if so. Also, when is the touch version going to be available?
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#12Dang... I wish I had seen this two weeks ago. I would love to have purchased something as a Christmas gift for my wife. It's cutting it a bit too close at this point, though.
If you place an order today, it'll be printed and shipped today. Ground shipping should be okay depending on your location (they will be shipped from Louisville, KY), but 3-Day might not be a bad idea.
Feel free to drop me an e-mail if you have any questions: scott@weareinstrument.com
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#14I just went through the ordering process and from a designers standpoint, this is a really solid execution. I'll probably order a case soon but I need to spend some time designing something worthwhile. Bookmarked! Great job fellas.
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#15Really slick. And that's saying a lot since I typically dislike iPhone cases (they look clunky and makes the iPhone look big and ugly) - I love the designs you have on the site. Good job folks!
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#16Matt King (op), myself, and the rest of our team at Instrument have been building out the site and backend infrastructure for this manufacturing process for the past five months. It's been one heck of a ride...we're web guys and don't exactly have a lot of experience in building factories or making, um, real physical objects. The frontend is powered by Interface ( http://www.getinterface.com ), with the backend order…
I'd be interested in hearing more about how you went from idea to production, finding a manufacturer, etc. I think this is a big stumbling point for a lot of people in the same position as you were — interested in manufacturing a physical product, but only familiar with the web.
Seconded. A few years back for a school project I had designed and digitally modeled a chess set in 3D. After showing the renders to people, some folks claimed they'd buy an actual physical version. I pursued it for a bit, but all the places I emailed required orders too large for me to afford, or made the one-off prohibitively expensive on a per-set basis. It would be interesting to hear more about how you folks pursued this.
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#17I usually _hate_ Flash intros, but this one was just right. Quick intro, and the animation leads the eye nicely to the products. The shifted perspective on that spinning product animation gives it a bit more impact. Really well done.
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#18I don't know if it's just me, but this page isn't loading:
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Is there a picture of a real case in someone's hand? I want to see what they actually look like, but all I see are shiny renderings. They look really good though.
Of course! Sorry for all the renders; they look nice, but it's good to see the real thing. Here are some of the cases coming off the line now: http://u.phoreo.com/pa.JPG And here is a hand shot (the original art was a bit messy; the printing is correct): http://u.phoreo.com/en.JPG
Could you add a couple from multiple angles (including front)? It's not clear to me what the whole case looks like.