# @thehubbengaluru on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DY7Mi0goPgv
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66080740-thehubbengaluru-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-05-29T13:55:12.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Hub Bengaluru (@thehubbengaluru) — https://gondola.cc/thehubbengaluru

## Caption

Manya D’Souza walked into THB with a 3D printer and a product that makes people cry. 🥹

Not sad cry.
The kind of cry when someone hands you a tiny figurine of your late grandfather, done in his exact posture, holding his exact chai cup. And you realise someone spent hours getting it right. ☕️

She calls it Dot Designs Studio. Custom 3D-printed figurines - Chibi Pops - built to look like real people. Not the generic bobblehead you’d buy at an airport. The one someone commissions because they want to give a gift that actually means something. 🧡

She’s 20-something, building alone until she wasn’t. Co-building with Pranav on production. Leading content, distribution, and the full customer journey herself.
No brand deal. No investor backing. No team of five.
Just a printer, a vision, and the belief that every person has a story worth turning into something you can hold.🚀

She pitched at Night School in her first week. The room went quiet in the best way.
That’s what happens when the product does the talking.🌟

#residencies #fyp #explorepage✨ #thehubbengaluru

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