The Model Shop
With decades of combined experience in CPG and model making, our team crafts solutions that elevate your brand experience.
Our maker culture would not exist without our model shop. Though we utilize cutting-edge technology, we believe in the art of craftsmanship and modeling. Rejecting a cookie-cutter approach, we dedicate ourselves to imaginative problem-solving and bespoke designs, ensuring precision in every detail, graphic, and finish.
Core Capabilities
I need to…
Drive brand engagement with ambitious ideas
Audacious ideas are our favorite kind, and our highly collaborative process includes time spent listening to and learning from clients, then sketching, designing, aligning, sourcing materials, and finally crafting solutions that defy what’s expected in favor of creating something truly special.
Produce samples even more flawless than the real thing
Our model making philosophy blends intuitive handcrafting with precision technology, which means we can create unique, camera-ready product samples for any commercial ask.
Imagine how a unique structure will live in the real world
Sometimes the vision in our heads has implications in real life that we can’t anticipate until we actually touch, hold, and use a model. And when we discover challenges, we can quickly iterate to solve for them.
Gauge early consumer reactions to a product innovation
Do something over the top for an in-person brand experience
Unforgettable experiences activate the senses… and yes, awe and wonder are senses. Let our Model Shop help you imagine and build physical touchpoints that will have everyone talking—and taking photos.
Precision Prototyping
From design to fabrication, our Model Shop deliver intricate, precision-tuned products in addition to crafting and refining components by hand.
Capabilities
- 3D CAD Design & Development (Solidworks)
- Pre-Production Engineering
- CNC Machining
- High Fidelity 3D Printing
- Rubber Molding & Urethane Part Casting
- Thermoforming Plastic Packaging
- Rapid Prototyping
- Visual and Functional Prototypes
Rapid Iteration
In the world of CPG, we are forever moving faster and faster to market. Our rapid iterative prototyping can generate real-time feedback on new formats, features, and packaging designs quickly and affordably, so you can launch with confidence.
Capabilities
- Industrial Design
- Form Study Modeling
- Breadboard Models
- Working Assemblies
- 3D Printed, Machined, and Fabricated Prototypes
Custom Painting and Finishing
We’re humbly proud of the skill and finesse we bring to model making. We are experts at mixing and applying custom paint colors, paying attention to the smallest details others miss.
Capabilities
- Precise Color Matching
- Design Color Exploration
- Proofing / Color Drawdowns across Substrates
- Color Conversion across Technology
- Faux, Effects, and Artistic Paint Finishes
Custom Fabricated Models & Props
From precision-engineered product models, including acrylic Lucite bottles, to artistic, hand-finished hero props for TV, video, and photography, we do it all. Need samples for products that aren’t yet available or camera-ready? Our Model Shop will deliver quick-turn stand-ins so realistic, it’s nearly impossible to tell the difference. Likewise, if your project calls for a human-size piece of pizza…call us.
Capabilities
- Larger-Than-Life Props
- Machined Lucite Bottles
- Signage
- Tradeshow Displays
- Awards
- Sculpting
Complex 3D Brand Kits
Every year, we customize and build hundreds of branded influencer kits (including coolers and advent calendars!) with bespoke 3D components for both national CPG partners as well as small businesses and agencies.
Capabilities
- Unique and Custom Fabricated Shapes and Assemblies
- Special Effects and Finishes
- Lighting
- Kitting
- Fulfillment
AI to Physical Models
Got an idea that AI helped you visualize? We can bring it to life through 3D printing—and all you have to do is show us the image. Our creative process begins with design, and we integrate it into every stage of modeling, so we know how to envision and dimensionalize even the most abstract ideas for manufacturing intent.
Capabilities
- 3D Development from AI
- CNC Machining from AI
- High-Fidelity 3D Printing from AI
Precision Prototyping
Where creativity meets craftsmanship.
From design to fabrication, our Model Shop deliver intricate, precision-tuned products in addition to crafting and refining components by hand.
- 3D CAD Design & Development (Solidworks)
- Pre-Production Engineering
- CNC Machining
- High Fidelity 3D Printing
- Rubber Molding & Urethane Part Casting
- Thermoforming Plastic Packaging
- Rapid Prototyping
- Visual and Functional Prototypes
Custom Fabricated Models & Props
Creativity and customization.
From precision-engineered product models, including acrylic Lucite bottles, to artistic, hand-finished hero props for TV, video, and photography, we do it all. Need samples for products that aren’t yet available or camera-ready? Our Model Shop will deliver quick-turn stand-ins so realistic, it’s nearly impossible to tell the difference. Likewise, if your project calls for a human-size piece of pizza…call us.
- Larger-Than-Life Props
- Machined Lucite Bottles
- Tradeshow Displays
- Awards & Signage
- Sculpting
Rapid Iteration
A prototype is worth a thousand pictures.
In the world of CPG, we are forever moving faster and faster to market. Our rapid iterative prototyping can generate real-time feedback on new formats, features, and packaging designs quickly and affordably, so you can launch with confidence.
- Structural Design
- Form Study Modeling
- Breadboard Models
- Working Assemblies
- 3D Printed, Machined, and Fabricated Prototypes
AI to Physical Models
From Pixels to Prototypes.
Got an idea that AI helped you visualize? We can bring it to life through 3D printing—and all you have to do is show us the image. Our creative process begins with design, and we integrate it into every stage of modeling, so we know how to envision and dimensionalize even the most abstract ideas for manufacturing intent.
- 3D Development from AI
- CNC Machining from AI
- High Fidelity 3D Printing from AI
Complex 3D Brand Kits
Creating one-of-a-kind branded experiences.
Every year, we customize and build hundreds of branded influencer kits (including coolers and advent calendars!) with bespoke 3D components for both national CPG partners as well as small businesses and agencies.
- Unique and Custom Fabricated Shapes and Assemblies
- Special Effects and Finishes
- Lighting
- Kitting
- Fulfillment
Custom Painting and Finishing
Precision across every hue.
We’re proud of the skill and finesse we bring to model making. We are experts at mixing and applying custom paint colors, as well as paying attention to the smallest details others miss.
- Precise Color Matching
- Design Color Exploration
- Proofing / Color Drawdowns across Substrates
- Color Conversion across Technology
- Faux, Effects, and Artistic Paint Finishes
