Design insights, product updates & community stories

Learn the 5 stages of the iterative design process and how repeated cycles of prototyping, testing, and refinement lead to better products.

Educator Claas Kuhnen documented an experimental workflow using Vizcom to transform a basic chair into dozens of variations, treating it like a character with different emotions and forms. Using multi-view 3D, Live Render, and Modify features, he moved from photos to expressive forms to 3D-printed prototypes entirely within Vizcom.

Vizcom partnered with Decibel for a global design challenge at Milan Design Week, bringing winning chair concepts to life through robotic 3D printing from over 200 submissions. The winners included Deniz Aktay's "Crystal," Go Kul's "REVERIE," and Sascha Sartory's "Kokoko," showcased at the Alcova SNIA installation.

Vizcom's major update includes Enhance, updated Palettes, Color Match, Color Transfer, Magic Erase, Remove Background, Layer Groups, and Sections. These features unlock new workflows including in-context rendering, tech pack visualization, presentation-ready visuals, and better organization.

Palettes allow designers to train a private AI model on their unique style, ensuring every concept reflects their aesthetic and creative identity. By curating 4-30 images and training the model in minutes, designers can render sketches with consistent brand-accurate outputs.

Vizcom hosted Viztober, a month-long design challenge with 31 unique prompts that inspired incredible creativity from the community. The article highlights favorite submissions across various categories including automotive, footwear, interiors, and medieval themes, thanking participants for their passion.

Rapid prototyping is the practice of quickly creating models to test and validate design decisions through iterative build-test-refine cycles before committing to production. Visual prototyping (sketches to renderings) and physical prototyping (3D prints to working models) work together to answer different questions at different stages of development.

Learn how text-to-image AI speeds design iteration, turning 200 early concepts into 20 refined directions.

Choose the right automotive materials with our comprehensive guide covering CMF decisions, sustainability requirements, and digital workflows for interior and exterior design.

Vizcom offers custom AI models trained exclusively on a company's design data, capturing their unique aesthetic and brand identity. These tailored models enable faster ideation while maintaining brand accuracy, demonstrated through a hypothetical Dyson example using publicly available images.

Vizcom has raised $20 million in Series A funding led by Index Ventures to expand its AI-powered design platform. The funding will accelerate product development from sketch to 3D printing while growing the team and enterprise offerings.

Vizcom partnered with Cycle to sponsor a Creative Camp workshop at Rubika design school in France, connecting with students to understand their workflows. Students praised Vizcom as "way better compared to other AI tools" for being genuinely connected to the design world rather than purely artistic.

Vizcom secured $5 million in seed funding led by Unusual Ventures to develop its AI-powered design tool. The funding will make the platform more intuitive and powerful while introducing features for greater control, speed, and creativity in the design ideation phase.

Vizcom demonstrates comprehensive commitment to responsible AI through robust security measures including AWS hosting, SOC 2 Type 1 certification, and multi-layered data protection. The company ensures clients maintain ownership of designs while implementing strict privacy controls, ethical AI development practices, and transparent risk management.

Vizcom believes AI should empower designers as a tool rather than replace them, with designers maintaining authorship and ownership over generated designs. The company is committed to responsibly and ethically harnessing AI power while prioritizing security, privacy, and listening to the design community's needs.