All industrial designers know how valuable it is to hold a prototype/mock-up in your hands. Most of us know the joy of holding a highly detailed, ‘fresh from the oven’ SLA part.  Trading hours in the workshop with sandpaper for cans of jolt in front of the computer. Most of us know as well the [...]

IDSA is organizing a conference with the theme of DIY. http://idsadiy2010.org/ While having an interesting mix of speakers, it’ll cover 6 themes: ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES DIY AS AN INNOVATION ENGINE SLOW CRAFT CONSUMER CUSTOMIZATION CROWDSOURCING INDEPENDENT DESIGN & CREATION While I am all for DIY design, and empowering the masses to -think before doing- (my definition [...]