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- BotStand 1.0. #AtFAB http://t.co/8v44Q5qHvz 4 days ago
- The AtFAB Cat in Bag iii Table download is ready for cutting: eepurl.com/yLvwH 2 weeks ago
- Thanks to all who came out to MIT for Incremental Change. Glad you made it home safely. A surreal night for sure. 3 weeks ago
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Incremental Change
We are finalizing details for Incremental Change – an exhibition that opens at MIT’s Keller Gallery next week. We’ve designed the exhibition as a status report of the increasing global reach of AtFAB CNC Furniture downloads, and to make a case for … Continue reading
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Tagged Cat in Bag, Chair, CNC Router, Full Scale, Open Design, Screen, Storage, Table
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Fabricating AtFAB
Fabricating AtFAB is made from the series of BotCam images that recorded Bill Young in his shop last fall. With the help of his pair of ShopBot CNC Routers, Bill fabricated the 21 AtFAB furniture pieces that we designed for MakerBot Industries’ new … Continue reading
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Just in Time Marquetry
Bill Young of ShopBot just took this video of his CNC router milling recessed pockets into the tabletop of our AtFAB side table. Soon, our MakerBot Replicator will be using the same digital files that drove Bill’s machine to 3D … Continue reading
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2012 World Maker Faire New York
We brought AtFAB prototypes and models to the World Maker Faire in New York, and shared the story of design, parametric customization, and distributed CNC manufacturing. The Faire gave us the chance to field test the 90 Minute Lounge Chair with … Continue reading
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Bay Area Maker Faire 2012
We returned from an incredible weekend in San Mateo where we exhibited AtFAB at the Bay Area Maker Faire that drew over 65,000 visitors. We exhibited luminous acrylic versions of our furniture pieces atop our “Faire editions” of the Cat … Continue reading
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Couched Constructions V – Exhibition Opening
The team returned from the Couched Constructions exhibition at the Herron Gallery in Indianapolis. We went to Indy excited by the exhibit’s provocation and the chance to test new potentials for AtFAB, to prototype new furniture adaptations , and to more … Continue reading
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Tagged 90 Minute Chair, Chair, CNC Router, Couch, Fabbing, Full Scale, Open Design, Prototyping
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Couched Constructions IV
We’ve completed fabrication of two couch prototypes, and assembly is well underway. The Ninety Minute Chair is dimensionally transformed past chair towards couch, while the Silver Lining Bed is adapted away from bed, through chaise, to become Tete a Tete sofa. The latter borrows traits … Continue reading
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Couched Constructions III
The Silver Lining Couch, a chaise based on the Silver Lining Bed, is taking shape. Shown below are early material studies using birch plywood and painted Advantech OSB, as well as our new favorite, repurposed plywood rescued from the University surplus depot. … Continue reading
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Couched Constructions II
The Ninety Minute Couch – a stretch Ninety Minute Chair – is ready for assembly. We milled this version from recycled plywood, rescued from the dumpsters at the University’s surplus depot. The patina and perfect amount of distress rivals the finest … Continue reading
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Couched Constructions I
Carolyn and Joe have been busy prototyping AtFAB pieces for an upcoming exhibition this Spring at the Herron Gallery in Indianapolis. While we have twenty or so AtFAB pieces, we have not yet proposed a couch. To test the system’s … Continue reading
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