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Some time ago a discussion emerged in the blogosphere about the question whether 3d printing will make it to the mainstream (take a look at my post about this debate). Today 3d printers seem to be increasingly taken for granted and rightly so, especially if one looks at the scope of the products currently made [...]
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Tags: peer produced design, peer produced space, peer produced tangibles
I recently took part in the iRealize conference and workshop in Turin. The workshop was indeed an intense brainstorming session about what is refereed to as “post-industrial design”. It was facilitated by Massimo Menichinelli from Open Peer-to-Peer Design and Giorgio Olivero from ToDo. Stephen Williams from Fluid Forms was there as well. What is post-industrial [...]
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Tags: Giorgio Oliviero, iRealize, Massimo Menichinelli, post-industrial design, ToDo
I have just learned that Shapeways will be launching Beta Shops in 2009. The shops will enable designers to sell 3d printed objects directly to the customers. Designers’ responsibility will only be to upload a 3d model, while Shapeways will take care of all the rest (printing, shipping and customer service). Is it one of [...]
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Tags: Michal Piasecki
oDesign – more of design 2.0
The oDesign is a new internet initiative which aims to enable peer to peer design. The website enables you to share .dxf files, licensed under CC. You can find some of the designs by Ronen Kadushin as well as the Fab@Home project, so it’s an interesting blend of hi-end design and grassroots digital fabrication movement, [...]
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Tags: Michal Piasecki