March 27, 2020
As a company grounded in “Science for Better” we recognize that the situation created by the COVID-19 pandemic demands swift action. To that end, we have donated several thousands of masks to assist medical professionals and front-line workers during this public health crisis.
And, there’s more to the story…
A few years ago, we started 3D printing clothing -- some even on-site in our Boston store. We learned a lot, both about the nature of fabric design and the beauty of rapid prototyping and agile manufacturing. So when this pandemic began creating shortages in personal protective equipment, we jumped right in and started collaborating with doctors, nurses, engineers, and our partners at Nimbly Made to help develop a solution.
We designed, developed, and shifted capacity and budget - working with our partners to procure thousands of face masks, and working to design and manufacture Masks° using 3D Print-Knit technology and featuring a pocket for a replaceable filtration membrane.
We’re sharing this publicly for two reasons:
We need your help to procedure, produce and deliver masks - this is a challenging time, but we put everything we could into this project, with several thousand masks already donated. The simple act of continuing to shop with us helps to fund our mask initiatives.
If you think you might be able to help more directly - donations, producing masks, anything - just call or email and we’ll fill you in.