Sell your Wares, Maybe Even With a Ponoko Makers Grant?????
The Melbourne Design Market is accepting applications for their December market. The market is held twice a year in July and December and features the latest in fashion, homewares, furniture, lighting and product.
The event regularly attracts over 10,000 visitors to its carpark location at
Level 3
Federation Square Carpark
Cnr Flinders Street & Swanston Street
Melbourne, Australia
As well as featuring established designers it operates as a launching pad for new enterprises.
There is a selection procedure for prospective stallholders to ensure the quality and diversity of the products on offer. Given that its track record as a successful forum to launch new products, the market receives many more applications than can possibly be accepted.
Apply now, and if your application is successful prepare yourself for a big day of sales, orders, and most of all, meeting new clients and receiving valuable feedback on your business.
The next Melbourne Design Market will be held Sunday 6 December from 10:00am to 5:00pm.
Stallholder applications are due 30 October 2009.
Also check out Bowerbird Bazaar in Adelaide, last one was so successful you better hurry to secure a space
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Some advice from the Shapeways blog
There is a great entry on the Shapeways blog for anyone interested in getting some parts printed in 3D. It goes through some things to consider about the shape and wall thickness of the part in relation to the size. Really helpful stuff..
I recently used Shapeways to print some furniture hardware out of stainless steel and am very happy with the results. I will write more on this in a future post, with my personal successes and failures.. of which there were a few..
but the shapeways post is worth reading before you start modeling..
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Make your own stuff using: 3D Printing, Laser Cutting, CNC Routing
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Dutch designer gets protective
This stand alone Armour sideboard is designed to offer shelter for ones valuables. Revealing its insides by sliding open its doors in a flowing move it is fully dedicated to its content. The oak wood parts show clear respect to the tradition of ancient wooden chests, enclosing and protecting precious items. The angular shapes refer to the modern way of protection and defendance.
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by Rochus Jacob
A fantastic concept, beautifully executed with refined aesthetics and winner of the Incheon International Design Awards (iida 2009) green life. The chair uses the rocking motion of the sitter to generate power to run a reading lamp. I do hope Rochus Jacob intends the reader to delve into my favorite author Haruki Murakami the master of post modern, magical realism.
I was looking for opportunities to generate energy through activities we naturally do. The final result is a rocking chair that enables the user to experience production and consumption of electricity in a gentle and rewarding way. An abstract process becomes tangible and eventually cultivates natural awareness. Complexity is covered by simplicity. Advanced nano-dynamo technology which is built in to the skids of the chair and more efficient light sources such as the newly developed OLED generation makes it possible to build a rocking chair with a reading lamp running on electricity generated from the rocking motion. During daylight the energy gets stored in a battery pack. The construction of the flat and bendable organic light emitting diodes allows new form factors such as using the traditional shape of a lamp but instead of having a light bulb the lampshade himself turns out to be the light source. To have a drastic reduction of consumption the big challenge will be to make consuming less feel like getting more.
Congratulations on a fantastic concept
“This is the extent of his knowledge of the sea: it was very big, it was salty, and fish lived there.”
:: Haruki Murakami (Kafka on the Shore)
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indie trunk show in Savannah
Junk in the Trunk is an independent maker and musician fair being held on Halloween in one of my favorite cities: Savannah, Georgia. The trunk show is sponsored by local gallery Desotorow.
Vendor applications must be received by 24 October. There are no application fees, and selected vendors only have to pay $25 for a 10 foot selling space. Best of all, vendors keep what they earn! The gallery is not taking commission.
SCAD students and Savannah community designers don’t forget, there’s plenty of time to apply for a Ponoko Maker Grant. And be sure to check out the recent post on the success of grant recipient Isette.
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Saturday workshops at the Science Museum of Minnesota
Midwestern fans of fashion and technology can learn to integrate LED lights into fabric. The Textile Center and Science Museum of Minnesota are holding three workshops to create your own techno-textile. The $125 fee includes a “Lillypad” computer/battery pack, computer programming instruction, and guidance in constructing a conductive cloth. For more information, hop over to the class catalog.
Saturdays October 31, November 7, 14 & 21
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
And if you like this kind of thing, defnitely check out fashioningtech.com — a blog devoted to the crossroads of fashion and technology.
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Exploring mechanical movement, elastic tension and CNC/Laser cutting technology.
Currently part of the One Off undergraduate show at Kingston University in London is Pedro Mealha’s Rhizome Task Lamp.
The project emerged from his interest in wooden dinosaur kits and the way in which the various components are pieced together to gain a three-dimensional shape from a flat wooden panel.
made from two A3 aeroply boards, rhizome uses an LED ring as a source of light. The lamp was initially intended to be for self-assembly for DIY enthusiasts, however, the project has now evolved into a ready assembled product made from 3mm bamboo ply and is fully extendible and can rotate.
To see more of his work check out his portfolio on Coroflot.
via Bre’s Tweet via Designboom
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Make your own stuff using: 3D Printing, Laser Cutting, CNC Routing
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Sweet outdoor seating concept by Teun Fleskens
Waiting in public spaces always could be more fun with CHITCHAT.
A swinging seat from multiplex or polyester for one to seven people. If you take a seat, you bring the furniture and everyone who is sitting on it in motion. This almost always leads to interaction. It has something surprising and you get to talk about it to your neighbour. Strangers are searching together for the best balance. The ice breaks, the atmosphere improves and the waiting is less boring. The “rocking trees” in the middle provide a playful effect, especially with more CHITCHATS in one space.
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Energy Aware Architecture Plug-in fro SketchUp
OpenStudio is a free plugin for the Google SketchUp 3D drawing program. The plugin makes it easy to create and edit the building geometry in your EnergyPlus input files. The plugin also allows you to launch EnergyPlus simulations and view the results without leaving SketchUp.
Download OpenStudio here, created by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy.
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Make your own stuff using: App Gateway
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FreeCAD is a a general purpose 3D parametric CAD modeler. The development is completely Open Source (GPL & LGPL License). FreeCAD is aimed directly at mechanical engineering and product design but also fits in a wider range of uses around engineering, such as architecture or other engineering specialties.
FreeCAD features tools similar to Catia, SolidWorks or Solid Edge, and therefore also falls into the category of MCAD, PLM, CAx and CAE. It is a feature based parametric modeler with a modular software architecture which makes it easy to provide additional functionality without modifying the core system.
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Make your own stuff using: App Gateway
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