Digital Fabrication

From the idea to the prototype with the help of open design

At the end of July I spent a week at Supsi with Massimo Banzi and around 20 participants at the Physical & Wearable computing with Arduino summer school. The focus of the course was on the design and prototyping of digitally fabricated interactive objects. It was the first time I was working with Massimo and some weeks before I shared with him the approach I had in mind. Usually, wearable technology workshops start from ready-made garments or accessories. Old gloves and t-shirts, cheap belts or jackets are “decorated” with technology. I wanted to experiment a different point of view. I would have brought some rough prototypes of wearable accessories made of felt and produced with a lasercut. I prepared the files during the previous months with the help of professional tailor Nadia – who knows much about measures and fit, and Vectorealism, my partners at Wefab – who gave me direct access to the lasercut to prepare the first drafts.

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Geometrie di corpi lasercut

Ho incontrato il lavoro di Federica Braghieri seguendo il blog The Laser Cutter. Mi ha subito colpito il gioco di forme e tagli dei suoi modelli e l’ho contattata per approfondire la sua metodologia di lavoro. Dopo uno scambio di mail e avendo capito che le nostre agende non ci avrebbero fatte ncontrare a breve abbiamo fissato un incontro in Skype e questo è il risultato della chiacchierata. Qual’è stato il tuo percorso di studi? Ho frequentato il politecnico in Bovisa per 3 anni laureandomi nel 2007 in design e moda. E’ stata una formazione con un focus principalmente sul progetto e troppo poco sul “making” delle cose. Molta ricerca e molta teoria e di pratico praticamente nulla. Solo il primo anno abbiamo lavorato su 3 gonne, ci hanno fornito dei cartamodelli base da cui trarre il capo che volevamo realizzare. Sono poi passata a una laurea specialistica post-graduate a Londra in Creative Fashion dove invece è stato praticamente tutto

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Two workshops at Innovation Festival in Milan

While we are organizing the second edition of Wefab (date is still to be defined) we accepted the invitation of Phyco Lab to take part with two workshops to their two-day jam session on Physical Computing during Innovation Festival on the weekend of 12th and 13th of November 2011 in Milan. Once again Openwear collaborates with Vectorealism for an event dedicated to introduce creatives and designers to Open Design and Digital Fabrication. On saturday the workshop is all about lasercut fashion accessories. On sunday we’ll focus on the first steps to 3d printing with open-source tools. It’s not all about theory: you’ll be able to use directly a Makerbot 3d printer and a professional laser cut. If you are interested book your ticket here or at the bottom of this page (max. 20 participants each) Event registration for Jam Session – Makers Workshops powered by Eventbrite