Zach Kaplan is founder and CEO of InventablesTM, the hardware store for desktop manufacturing. The company is bringing manufacturing from the factory to the desktop, making it as accessible as desktop publishing. Invetables sells over 31,000 products, most of which, if ordered by 3 p.m., are shipped same day. He has spoken on product development and innovation to audiences at conferences that include the Technology Entertainment and Design Conference (TED), Industrial Designers Society of America National Conference, National Plastics Exposition, Sensors Expo & Conference and the International Housewares Show. BusinessWeek, Fortune, Forbes, CNN, NPR and other leading media outlets have covered his work. The Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry honored Kaplan as a Modern Leonardo da Vinci in 2006. He currently sits on the advisory committee for the Fast Forward exhibit.
Session Title:
Bringing the Factory to the Desktop
