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If Only This 3D Printed Skateboard Could Handle a Double Set 26 Aug 2013 | 09:01 pm
For as long as the human race has had access to 3D printers, they’ve dreamt of creating a 3D printed skateboard… Well, maybe not the entire human race, but a few imaginative persons have dreamt of pri...
Everyday Objects Re-Imagined With an Injection of Sir Jony Ive’s iOS 7 Design Language DNA 23 Aug 2013 | 11:40 pm
BMW just announced that their new i3 electric car was heavily inspired by the latest in tablet and smartphone designs. Given that the automotive industry is usually on the forefront of trends that tri...
Power Surfacing 101 for SolidWorks: Create an Organic Pitcher Design 23 Aug 2013 | 10:08 pm
For those of you who have implemented the new Power Surfacing plug in for SolidWorks into your toolset, your work has no doubt taken a more organic route. For those unfamiliar with the plug in, Power ...
‘Unuseful Slingshot’ is Entirely Useful and Packs Nicely in Your Back Pocket 23 Aug 2013 | 09:08 pm
For his ‘about’ section on his Behance profile page, designer Francois Xavier Saint Georges of Montreal describes his work as “low tech, bare hands, and experimental”. With that in mind, it’s not surp...
Craighton Berman’s Sketchnotes Capture Best of Design at IDSA International 23 Aug 2013 | 08:12 pm
If you’ve not heard of Craighton Berman, you’ve seen his work (or work inspired by his). He’s an industrial designer/illustrator based in Chicago and it just so happens that this year’s IDSA Internati...
Friday Smackdown: DooMaGoo 23 Aug 2013 | 07:26 pm
The slaps came fast as if the bears paws were on a mechanical device geared to inflict all sorts of pain. They were in fact on a mechanical device. Paws attached to such a contraption as to make the h...
National Endowment for the Arts Releases Report on Industrial Design Job Sector in 2013 23 Aug 2013 | 06:03 pm
For the first time ever, the National Endowment of the Arts took an in-depth look at the field of Industrial Design and yesterday released their report Valuing the Art of Industrial Design: A Profile ...
OpenDesk: Could This Open Source Micro-Factory Replace IKEA? 23 Aug 2013 | 04:14 am
File this under your ‘reasons to get a CNC machine in the near future’ if you don’t already have access to one. OpenDesk is the new open source furniture design resource from the team behind FabHub th...
Cool Tools of Doom n’ Stuff: Episode 33 23 Aug 2013 | 03:33 am
Brought to you by six apple Jolly Ranchers dissolved in stomach acid, a deep fried butter stick and three chili chimichangas, be sure to check out the all new episode of Cool Tools of Doom n’ Stuff! B...
“Blaze a Trail Into the Future”: Bre Pettis Formally Announces the $1400 MakerBot Digitizer 3D Scanner 23 Aug 2013 | 03:25 am
As reported by SolidSmack last week, MakerBot has announced that the MakerBot Digitizer 3D scanner is ready for pre-order. In the announcement video released today, MakerBot Founder and CEO Bre Pettis...
