[FabLab Toulouse Conference 2012] The FoldaRap

Open-Design & FabLabs / The FoldaRap

FabLab Toulouse Conference 2012 – Emmanuel Gilloz

From – Now - Then

DesignerGeek

Idealist

Skills, commitmentPassion, learningHope, vision

DesignerGeek

Idealist

Design = weapon →Do Good

V. Papanek

“...design has become the most powerful tool with which man shapes his tools and environments (and by extension, society and himself. This demands high social and moral responsibility from the designer…“

Design for the Real World, Human Ecology and Social Change (1971)

Why : How :

What :

Improve the world. ok...??

Embrace changeSmall+Connected+Local+Open

E. Manzini

Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability - https://vimeo.com/9660466

“La prochaine économie n'est pas une utopie...Elle est déjà là aujourd'hui, grandissant dans la trame de l'ancienne. Il nous faut simplement la reconnaître, et choisir de faire ce que l'on peut pour la favoriser.“

From – Now - Then

Why : How :

What :

Improve the world.Meta-design, EmpowermentDIY, FabLabs/Makerspaces

FabLabs (Nybicc, GsiLab)

https://www.facebook.com/GSILab

Workshops and mobility

Not convenient : heavy, big,...

„Release early, release often“

With lot of pics (it's easy)

Open result, open process (wiki, forum, blog, github, etc.)

Bill Of Materials (with suppliers)

Documentation is key

FoldaRap Build Manual

Business model ?

FoldaRap – Batch 1 (Ulule)

From – Now - Then

http://www.alephobjects.com/photos/printers/prusa/2012Q2/fleet/

http://reprap.org/wiki/FoldaRap_Distributed_Manufacturing

Distributed Manufacturing

- leverage the community- scaling up with agility- another way to give back

http://www.ouishare.net/fr/2012/08/commandements-entreprise-du-futur/

FoldaRap 2Inflatable LaserMicroLab (a 46kg fablab)

http://reprap.org/wiki/RepRapPro_Dual_Hotend

Factory@home (Lipson et al., 2010)

→ Créer un laboratoire de fabrication personnelle dans chaque école

Regional FabLab Network (Lorraine)

reprap.org/wiki/FoldaRap

@[email protected]

Merci ;-)