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Crowdsourced customization lets customers collaborate for tangible results

Implications - While crowdsourcing allows companies to gain the ideas of the “crowd,” crowdsourced customization is going one step further. This tactic asks customers to collaborate and apply their own creativity for a specific, tangible result they can call their own. Users get more than a chance to give their idea or interact—they can express themselves and unite with others in an artistic way that also garners them a product or a tangible creation.
Trend Themes
1. Crowdsourced Customization - Customers are collaborating more with brands and applying their creativity for a specific, tangible result they can call their own, generating new products related opportunities for businesses.
2. Crowdsourced Art - Artists are taking advantage of popular trends or communal web spaces to create unique and innovative art pieces. This trend offers opportunities for traditional art mediums to explore new creative outlets.
3. Crowdsourcing Publishing - Companies are investing in amateur writers and providing new opportunities for them to publish their work in digital platforms, generating new opportunities and cost-efficient ways to discover new talents for the publishing industry.
Industry Implications
1. Art and Design - Art and design industries can experiment and embrace crowdsourcing to create unique and innovative products with the collaboration of customers.
2. Food and Beverage - The food and beverage industry can use crowdsourcing to create innovative marketing or customer experiences that keep their businesses fresh and different from competitors.
3. Literary and Publishing - The publishing industry can benefit from crowdsourcing to connect with new talented writers that can bring diversity and innovative ideas into the world of literature.
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Customizable Shoe Toys
The Delroy Dennisur Stance Project Brings DIY Artistry to Sneaker Culture
The Delroy Dennisur Stance project melds together sneaker culture with DIY designer toy concepts. It provides a blank slate shoe that can be artistically customized any way a person wants. Made out of… MORE
Crowdsourced Highway Art
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'Read Between the Signs' Infuses Culture into Pennsylvanian Highways
My next road trip might have to include a detour through Pennsylvania to check out 'Read Between the Signs.' RBTS is a collaborative art initiative between the town of Meadville and the Pennsylvania Department… MORE
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'What Happens When' is a bold and exciting new restaurant project wherein a team comprised of interior decorators, a chef, a composer and a graphic designer will completely change the menu and design of… MORE
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Chatroulette Artwork
The Liubo Borissov 'Crowdsource' Video is a Chatroulette Masterpiece
The Liubo Borissov 'Crowdsource' video is an artistic homage to the Internet sensation of Chatroulette. The video features dozens of images of members of the Chatroulette community who have come across… MORE
DIY Luxury Auto Designs
DIY Luxury Auto Designs
The BMW EDIZONE Contest is to be Hosted on Facebook
The BMW EDIZONE contest in Italy is definitely one that fans of the luxury auto brand should participate in. Allowing individuals to go on Facebook to create a potential design for a BMW vehicle, this… MORE
Crowdsourced Love Novels
Crowdsourced Love Novels
Avon Impulse Gives Amateur Romance Writers a Chance at Publishing
Amateur romance writers now have a chance to show their stuff with Avon Impulse. Avon Impulse is a new service that lets amateur authors submit their romance novels to Avon for publishing in the form of… MORE

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