20 Open Source Furniture Designs. Top image: Pod, open source stool, by Samuel Javelle. Article cross-posted from MakingSociety. Open source furniture design is popping up these days. Open Design means mainly two things: documentation is shared freely so that users can make their own models, furnitures are made with digital fabrication and can be reproduce in a makerspace or FabLab. In a few words, as smartly said by the Open Design Contest initiative: … designing and sharing products that can be made with digital fabrication.
Take a look at more than 20 inspiring open source furnitures that you can make your own. 1. Pod, open source stool, before and after assembling Pod has been designed by French open designer Samuel Javelle. 2. Never Ending Bench The Never Ending Bench was one of the winning design of Open Design Contest Paris organized during FabLab Squared in 2011. 3. Paraseat, open source urban stool Paraseat is made of pertinax board, a composite material of textile and resin, and foam-rubber. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Electronics Lab. Gridbeam - open source building system for a post carbon future. DIGITAL CRAFT Design and Fabrication Services | Affordable Laser Cutting, CNC Routing & 3D Printing for Artists, Small Businesses and Independant Designers. Tools Ireland | MIG TIG ARC Welders | Carpenty & Mechanics Tools.
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