The Interline’s annual examination of the creative and commercial impact, market outlook, and evolving definition of 3D and digital product creation (DPC) is now available to download!
With numbering updated to reflect the long tail of these popular publications, The DPC Report 2026 is the first in the four-year series to feature variant covers: a fashion cover designed by Julian Blockschmidt, with an emphasis on streetwear, storytelling, staging, animation, and ecosystem integration; and a beauty cover designed by multi-makeup artist and British Beauty Council member Jack Oliver, showcasing the role of 3D tools and bleeding-edge digital humans in translating and enhancing manual craft in makeup and cosmetics.
Using the buttons below, pick the cover you like (or grab both if you’re an archivist!) and the filesize you want – we have shareable and quality PDF profiles for each. The contents inside each variant are the same: more than 100 pages of editorial, segment analysis, technology profiles and executive interviews, all representing different perspectives on a technology sector in a state of simultaneous confidence, uncertainty, and AI-driven transformation.
Sponsored, for fourth year running, by our friends and long-term partners at Fashion By Informa, the DPC Report 2026 contains:
- A deep, scene-setting introduction from our Editor-in-Chief, addressing the shifting framing of digital product creation strategies this year, and where they are converging with, and diverging from, AI initiatives.
- All-exclusive editorials and brand case studies – from interviews with our cover designed 3D designers and the technical and creative experts who supported them, to unique insights from world-leading brands like Patagonia, ASOS, and ThruDark, as well as opinions from industry thinkers and innovators.
- Technology vendor profiles and executive interviews, containing in-depth profiles of some of the key technology, content, and service companies that continue to shape the landscape of DPC in fashion and beauty – as well as exclusive interviews with their senior executives.
- A new format and approach for our DPC market analysis, where our Editor-in-Chief blends The Interline’s insights with adoption and diffusion data, to look at the challenges and opportunities facing the sector over the coming year.
To understand these stories, case studies, interviews, technology profiles, and analysis in long-term context, we encourage readers to cross-reference this year’s DPC Report with: The DPC Report 2022, which was our very first deep-dive into the topic; The DPC Report 2023, which started our philosophy of commissioning 3D designers; and The DPC Report 2024, which scaled everything about those two prior reports to new heights.
For more detailed coverage on 3D for beauty and fashion, along with regular headline analysis, news coverage, podcasts, and more, follow The Interline throughout 2026. And look for our next deep-dive, downloadable report (The AI Report 2026) in the springtime, with potentially significant crossover with the themes, thoughts, and findings of this year’s report.
