Finding the perfect models to bring your projects to life in 3D can be tricky. Often, crowd-sourced furniture models may be outdated, too large, or the actual piece of furniture isn’t professional enough for the clients' requirements. The French home decorating and furnishing company, Maisons du Monde, knows how key it is for their business model to have their latest designs easily available to architects and interior designers. Maisons du Monde revolutionized the industry by modeling their B2B Furniture and Decoration offering on 3D Warehouse and leveraging the UP for SketchUp extension.
SketchUp’s 3D modeling as a mission-critical tool
The business division of Maisons du Monde caters to professionals with larger, more complex interior design and architectural projects (designing and renovating hotels, bars, restaurants, offices, etc). They develop one catalog per year dedicated to quality B2B products, meaning these furnishings must have specific professional standards: they must be fireproof, durable, and functional. With their unique business services, the question turned to how to get their interior design ideas in front of clients and turn sketched-out ideas into reality.
The person who drove Maisons du Monde’s transition into SketchUp’s model warehouse was tech-savvy interior designer Frédéric Tabary. He has over 21 years of experience and more than 8,000 customer success stories to his name. Frédéric started using SketchUp early on in his career and could immediately see the advantage of 3D modeling to accelerate his day-to-day work and sell his ideas to clients. In 2014 he started working with Maisons du Monde, and at the time, the furniture components available in 3D Warehouse didn't showcase the latest, high-quality designs available from Maisons du Monde. Frédéric had the idea of integrating the newest Maisons du Monde catalog into SketchUp’s 3D Warehouse to visualize how Maisons du Monde’s products fit within a design concept.
