Lapel Pin

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The MakerBot can showcase its advantages by producing pins for a future conference. Upon registration, designers could choose their preferred filament color and participating MakerBot owners could agree to print a set number of pins, potentially receiving a discount on filament. At the conference, attendees would receive their personalized pin in their chosen color. Designers with access to 3D printers can download the model and add custom textures. This initiative fosters connections within the design community and aligns with the theme "Design it, Build it, Fund it," while incorporating an 'Open Source' element. The main objectives include highlighting MakerBot's advantages, addressing safety concerns with traditional pins, ensuring a single-piece design for faster printing and eliminating assembly, avoiding support material issues, and exploring the potential of the pin beyond its basic function. These goals are effectively achieved through intricate curves and symmetry, a flexible design that doesn't puncture clothes, celebrating the central clip mechanism, and eliminating the need for support material. The result is a versatile pin with mirrored symmetry, allowing designers to attach it to their clothes while also clipping on additional accessories.