Archive for the ‘online configurators’ Category
Michal’s new article on mass customization and the paradox of choice is published in 2+3d. The text features the works of Nervous System, Studio Ludens and Fluid Forms and touches on Michal’s PhD research subject – developing configurators which prevent the occurence of the paradox of choice. Michal is working on tools which enable intuitive […]
Filed under: 07 texts, mass customization, online configurators | 6 Comments
Tags: 2+3d, Fluid Forms, mass customization, Michal Piasecki, Nervous System, Paradox of Choice, Studio Ludens
Michal Piasecki’s recent design – Weaving Bowl – was selected for the final of Young Design 2010 competition organized by Warsaw’s Institute of Industrial Design (IWP). During the project presentation at IWP, taking place on June 2nd this year, Michal emphasized how mass customization paradigm shifts designers and users roles. Designers’ focus moves away from […]
Filed under: 01 design, 05 programming, scripting, parametric modeling, 06 talks, Breeding Objects, configurators, digital fabrication, generative design, mass customization, online configurators, printing in 3d | Leave a Comment
Tags: Institute of Industrial Design, Instytut Wzornictwa Przemysłowego, IWP, Michal Piasecki, Young Design, Young Design 2010
Breeding Objects Experiment 01
Breeding Objects Experiment 01 is my first experiment with configurators for mass customization of products over the Internet, conducted as part of PhD research at the Bartlett School of Graduate Studies. The experiment is a comparison of two types of configurators: “parametric” configurators and genetic algorithms configurators. In parametric configurators users have to specify the […]
Filed under: 03 research, 05 programming, scripting, parametric modeling, Breeding Objects, breeding objects experiment 01, evolutionary algorithms, generative design, genetic algorithms, mass customization, online configurators | Leave a Comment
There where three sessions on MCPC devoted entirely to configurators. Before moving on to discuss them, let’s answer a question: “what is a configurator?”. The definition provided by Configurators Database is a good answer: “Simply put, a configurator is a software application for designing products exactly matching customers’ individual needs.” B2C online product configurators are […]
Filed under: 03 research, 06 talks, conferences, configurators, mass customization, online configurators | Leave a Comment
Tags: B2C Online Product Configurators, MCPC 2009
Together with Sean Hanna, I have co-authored a paper: “Review of B2C Online Product Configurators”. The work was accepted for 5th World Conference on Mass Customization & Personalization (MCPC 2009), which is about to take place between 4th and 8th of October 2009 in Helsinki. I will discuss some of the issues mentioned in the […]
Filed under: 03 research, 07 texts, conferences, mass customization, online configurators | 2 Comments
Tags: MCPC 2009
After finishing of the taught part of the Msc AAC I have now begun part-time work on PhD research. During the research I will be dealing with questions on how to facilitate user’s interaction with online configurators for mass customization (MC) of products through computation. First problem which I have encountered is what is referred […]
Filed under: 03 research, mass customization, online configurators | Leave a Comment
PhotoShaper is a new tool available at shapeways.com. Users can upload JPG, PNG or GIF images. They are then turned into 3d-printed objects based on their contrast. A clear advantage of this approach is that users without any knowledge of 3d CAD packages and without nearly none interaction with online parameters can create personalized pieces.
Filed under: digital fabrication, online configurators, printing in 3d | 1 Comment
Tags: Michal Piasecki
