open-design

Makers, stampa 3d e copyright

(originally created and posted on Doppiozero) Todd Blatt è un ingegnere meccanico di Baltimora appassionato di fantascienza e fantasy. Da un paio di anni passa il suo tempo a ricreare oggetti presenti nei film di genere di cui è appassionato. Todd frequenta anche la comunità online theRPF, i cui i membri condividono trucchi e istruzioni per realizzare i complementi di costumi accessoriati. Fin dagli anni ’90, gli utenti di theRPF sono una sorta di makers ante litteram che per dimostrare il proprio amore per un particolare film o serie tv si divertono a travestirsi come i personaggi, ricostruendo i materiali di scena, magari facendo crescere la propria reputazione online fino a riuscire a partecipare da protagonisti a una convention di Star Trek. E’ la principale “Prop community”, dall’inglese “Theatrical property”, materiali di scena. Todd Blatt Todd però è un prop diverso dagli altri. Perché i suoi accessori non sono realizzati con tecniche di artigianato classico, come la maggior parte degli altri; sono progettati

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A documentary on Making, living and sharing by Jens Dyvik

For two years Jens Dyvik travelled around the globe visiting more than 25 fablabs, makerspaces, hackerspaces looking for answers to crucial questions like: How can I support people in creating their own products? If I share my design with the world, how can I still make a living? How can we achieve global collaboration and local manufacturing? One of my fav sentences of the movie:  “simply put: personal manufacturing is a way of filling your world with more meaningful things.” (Il video è corredato di sottotitoli in italiano grazie al supporto di Massimo Menichinelli)

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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