Archive for June 13th, 2011

New York Notables

We might have started with Stephen Colbert, but we didn’t stop there.  Since last week,  our artist-in-residence Jonathan Monaghan has been busy scanning artists, bloggers, hackers, musicians, comedians and our friends — whoever we find interesting or notable and could visit our offices.

If you want to have a look to see who we’ve been scanning, have a look at the Thingiverse user “Friends.”  We’ll be adding to this over the course of the next few weeks, and then,  June 30th we’ll be having a party to show off what we’ve done.

This is going to be part art show, part party — we’ll be printing busts of our New York Notables for visitors to take home.  So make sure to pencil in a visit to our new workshop for the evening of Thursday June 30th — you won’t want to miss this one.

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Colbert Mashups, 28 and counting

The Head of Stephen Colbert

The Head of Stephen Colbert

As a surprise for the recent Colbert Report interview of Bre Pettis, Bre scanned Stephen’s head and asked some Thingiverse users to create mashups of Stephen Colbert’s head.  Within a day the designs started to pour in.  At last count, there’s 28 models tagged with “Colbert.”

What will you do with Stephen Colbert’s head?

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Twotimes Cardboard Bag Design Challenge Winner!

Emergency Kit Backpack for kids by bryanandaimee

Emergency Kit Backpack for kids by bryanandaimee

Thingiverse citizen Twotimes recently organized a “Cardboard Bag Design Challenge.”  The winner was to receive $50.00 from Twotimes himself with MakerBot kicking in $100.00 in store credit!  Well, you’ve been kept in suspense long enough – the winner is…

The Emergency Kit Backpack for Kids by bryanandaimee!  Twotimes chose bryanandaimee‘s designs because he met all of the requirements for the challenge1 , provided excellent detailed directions, great assembly instructions along with lots of pictures of his assembly. 2 3  Designs for an emergency backpack, as well as a suggestion for contents, are a timely reminder for disaster preparedness given recent natural disasters.  In the spirit of the challenge, bryanandaimee made use of lots of used, found, and/or recycled materials in the construction of these little backpacks.  Obviously, they could be used for any number of purposes.

bryanandaimee, please leave a comment here so that we can get your prizes!

  1. Awesomeness, attention to detail, discussion and comments generated, completeness of entry, and number of likes []
  2. I’m pretty sure photos of cute kids didn’t exactly hurt! []
  3. And, really, those kids’ excitement about impending disaster is almost infectious. []
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