bangalore · est. 2026 · two people, one studio

made in front of you.

thingness is a two-person print studio in HSR Layout. every tag and tap bar we sell is printed, sealed and packed on this desk — and we'd rather show you than tell you.

studio cliplooping timelapse — A1 mid-print, name plate taking shape

a note from the maker

Lego-style portrait of Praveen, founder of thingness

hi, i'm praveen.

by day i work with data. by night, the printer runs. thingness started in february 2026 when a bambu lab A1 landed on my dining table — by sunday afternoon the table was a print farm, and within a month friends were asking for name plates, pet tags, a desk dummy of someone's manager.

i started this because the considered version of these objects didn't exist in india. it was generic gadgets or single-colour trinkets. i'd rather make a few things that genuinely do their job — lately, whole branded kits for cafés, breweries and showrooms.

if you order something, i print it. if you message us, i reply.

— praveenfounder · maker  ·  with raja manickam on design

the open studio

no factory. no middleman.
just this room.

slot 01printer running — multi-colour PLA, layer by layer
01 printing — your name plate, in up to ten colours
slot 02sealing — NFC chip inside waterproof PETG
02 sealing — the chip lives inside UV-stable PETG, built for monsoons
slot 03finishing — sanded, then tap-tested by hand
03 finishing — every single piece is tap-tested before it leaves
slot 04packing — labeled and shipped from HSR Layout
04 packing — from this desk to chennai, kochi, hyderabad & beyond

the thing-ness principle

most things are stuff.
a few are things.

01

made to order

nothing sits on a shelf. you ask, we print, we ship.

02

one smart trick

every object does one thing better than the boring version of it.

03

made by hand

printed, sanded, packed by us. no factory, no middleman.

04

no shelf, no waste

PLA + PETG only. no mystery plastics, no boxed inventory.

05

lifetime fixes

cracks, fades, or stops tapping? send it back — we fix or reprint it.

our only warranty policy

fixed for life.

if your thingness object ever cracks, fades, or stops tapping — send it back. we repair it or reprint it, free, for as long as we exist. no receipt hunting, no fine print. that's the whole deal.

the honest numbers

2people. that's the whole team.
1studio corner in HSR Layout
2printers — bambu A1 + P2S
0warehouses. everything printed to order.

message the person
who prints your tag.

no support queue, no ticket number. a real human — usually me — replies within a few hours.

chat on whatsapp studio visits by appointment — DM @thingness.studio first · HSR Layout, bangalore