http://platformdesign.org Dedicated to broaden an undertanding for the platform design method to give artists and designers the ability to provide mass customized products. Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:12:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 en http://platformdesign.org/the-knitted-voice/ http://platformdesign.org/the-knitted-voice/#comments Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:12:22 +0000 Ellen http://platformdesign.org/?p=148 Take a voice recording, digitize it and push it through a 1970's knitting machine. Not the first thing I'd think to use a voice recording with but it's just such a beautiful idea...]]> http://platformdesign.org/the-knitted-voice/feed/ http://platformdesign.org/youbar-customized-health-food/ http://platformdesign.org/youbar-customized-health-food/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:21:12 +0000 kenblaue http://platformdesign.org/?p=229 Just ran across this new product Youbar, a energybar that you can completely customize to your hearts desire. It's so beautiful... ]]> http://platformdesign.org/youbar-customized-health-food/feed/ http://platformdesign.org/the-new-shape-of-manufacturing-1-smart-tools/ http://platformdesign.org/the-new-shape-of-manufacturing-1-smart-tools/#comments Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:48:49 +0000 kenblaue http://platformdesign.org/?p=180 This is the first in a series of posts concerning technologies that have and will enable mass customization on a large scale...]]> http://platformdesign.org/the-new-shape-of-manufacturing-1-smart-tools/feed/ http://platformdesign.org/the-chaboo-are-coming/ http://platformdesign.org/the-chaboo-are-coming/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:12:21 +0000 kenblaue http://platformdesign.org/?p=137 Project Chaboo is the brainchild of Ken Tomita. He wanted to create tighter bonds between the creative community...]]> http://platformdesign.org/the-chaboo-are-coming/feed/ http://platformdesign.org/keep-calm-and-make-things/ http://platformdesign.org/keep-calm-and-make-things/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:11:48 +0000 kenblaue http://platformdesign.org/?p=128 A wave of sullen irony brooding in the UK at the moment, or is it genuine british stiff optimism. My guess is that depends on where you stand socially...]]> http://platformdesign.org/keep-calm-and-make-things/feed/ http://platformdesign.org/knitting-with-a-vision/ http://platformdesign.org/knitting-with-a-vision/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:49:56 +0000 kenblaue http://platformdesign.org/?p=156 I can't think of a project that has got me this fired up in many years. Take an RSS feed and port it to a knitting machine. And it's not just the idea that's brilliant... ]]> http://platformdesign.org/knitting-with-a-vision/feed/ http://platformdesign.org/sauerkids/ http://platformdesign.org/sauerkids/#comments Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:04:09 +0000 kenblaue http://platformdesign.org/sauerkids/ The days are few when I see work by designers that stop me in my tracks. Sauerkids is one (actually two) of those designers. Yes, they're based... ]]> http://platformdesign.org/sauerkids/feed/ http://platformdesign.org/timbuk2-the-bag-builder/ http://platformdesign.org/timbuk2-the-bag-builder/#comments Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:02:58 +0000 Ellen http://platformdesign.org/timbuk2-the-bag-builder/ Timbuk2 Bags have been doing the customization thing now for a long time. Probably one of the first interesting product... ]]> http://platformdesign.org/timbuk2-the-bag-builder/feed/ http://platformdesign.org/engrave-your-tech/ http://platformdesign.org/engrave-your-tech/#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:27:46 +0000 kenblaue http://platformdesign.org/engrave-your-tech/ Engrave your tech is a company committed to customizing the world, or at least your electronic gadget world... ]]> http://platformdesign.org/engrave-your-tech/feed/ http://platformdesign.org/the-medium-is-the-service/ http://platformdesign.org/the-medium-is-the-service/#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:06:33 +0000 kenblaue http://platformdesign.org/the-medium-is-the-service/ Marshall McLuhan just keeps on giving and giving. I was so moved by this sentence because it was exactly the phenomenon I'm seeing these days... ]]> http://platformdesign.org/the-medium-is-the-service/feed/ http://platformdesign.org/neil-gershenfeld-personal-manufacturing-and-markets-of-one/ http://platformdesign.org/neil-gershenfeld-personal-manufacturing-and-markets-of-one/#comments Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:19:17 +0000 alan http://platformdesign.org/neil-gershenfeld-personal-manufacturing-and-markets-of-one/ Neil Gershenfeld is the leading expert in the field of digital manufacturing and personal manufacturing. He heads the Center for bits and atoms at MIT and does research in physics, quantum...]]> http://platformdesign.org/neil-gershenfeld-personal-manufacturing-and-markets-of-one/feed/ http://platformdesign.org/john-maeda-and-mass-customized-reebok-customs/ http://platformdesign.org/john-maeda-and-mass-customized-reebok-customs/#comments Sun, 06 Jan 2008 17:16:23 +0000 kenblaue http://platformdesign.org/john-maeda-and-mass-customized-reebok-customs/ John Maeda, renown media artist, professor and theorist from MIT Medialab has teamed up with Reebok custom for a shoe. It's a pretty shoe, a nice shoe...]]> http://platformdesign.org/john-maeda-and-mass-customized-reebok-customs/feed/ http://platformdesign.org/rbk-customs/ http://platformdesign.org/rbk-customs/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:54:55 +0000 alan http://platformdesign.org/rbk-customs/ But last week I ran across RBK Customs, Reebok's turn to weigh in against Nike, Adidas and Puma. I have to say RBK is by far better that all the others to date...]]> http://platformdesign.org/rbk-customs/feed/ http://platformdesign.org/create-a-converse/ http://platformdesign.org/create-a-converse/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:35:35 +0000 kenblaue http://platformdesign.org/create-a-converse/ Converse has gone custom, all the way. Customizing your Chucks are now a main part of what Converse has to offer from their website. IT's pretty comprehensive...]]> http://platformdesign.org/create-a-converse/feed/ http://platformdesign.org/zeloot/ http://platformdesign.org/zeloot/#comments Wed, 07 Nov 2007 23:35:13 +0000 kenblaue http://platformdesign.org/zeloot/ There is something about zeloots work that is very familiar, like a rock poster or 50's US newspaper comic but then there is always something really bent going on...]]> http://platformdesign.org/zeloot/feed/ http://platformdesign.org/graffiti-safe-chair-the-more-the-better/ http://platformdesign.org/graffiti-safe-chair-the-more-the-better/#comments Wed, 07 Nov 2007 22:32:00 +0000 kenblaue http://platformdesign.org/graffiti-safe-chair-the-more-the-better/ Factum has a line of Chairs made of paper. Recycled paper, and what they did with these chairs is make them flexible. Or in other words create a platform chair. The Factum line of furniture...]]> http://platformdesign.org/graffiti-safe-chair-the-more-the-better/feed/ http://platformdesign.org/domesticate-your-life/ http://platformdesign.org/domesticate-your-life/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:59:11 +0000 Ellen http://platformdesign.org/domesticate-your-life/ Domestic a French company is leading the way in personalizable, customizable vinyl decorations. Decorations seem a bit too trite a word of these...]]> http://platformdesign.org/domesticate-your-life/feed/ http://platformdesign.org/eboy/ http://platformdesign.org/eboy/#comments Sun, 04 Nov 2007 23:20:11 +0000 Ellen http://platformdesign.org/eboy/ If you don't know who eBoy by now, then you've been living a cultural cave. Anyone that is interested in art, fashion, design or print has seen the wonder of a pixel in the hands of these three unassuming Berliners...]]> http://platformdesign.org/eboy/feed/ http://platformdesign.org/skwak/ http://platformdesign.org/skwak/#comments Sat, 03 Nov 2007 22:52:38 +0000 kenblaue http://platformdesign.org/skwak/ Skwak personifies the revenge of all the kids that drew their way through school. My first experience with Skwak's work in persons with at the ADDICT Galerie Paris where...]]> http://platformdesign.org/skwak/feed/ http://platformdesign.org/bordbar-recycled-airline-chic/ http://platformdesign.org/bordbar-recycled-airline-chic/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:00:09 +0000 kenblaue http://platformdesign.org/bordbar-recycled-airline-chic/ Yes this time used airline trollies into chic home bar trollies. Who would have guessed? Well it's actually a bit more than that...]]> http://platformdesign.org/bordbar-recycled-airline-chic/feed/ http://platformdesign.org/jeremyville/ http://platformdesign.org/jeremyville/#comments Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:54:17 +0000 kenblaue http://platformdesign.org/en/joe-designer/ Jeremyville a very obvious first choice, not just because of his talent and fame, but because he does what many designers avoid; business. Jeremyville is responsible for the beloved Sketchel bags and...]]> http://platformdesign.org/jeremyville/feed/ http://platformdesign.org/customized-sneakers/ http://platformdesign.org/customized-sneakers/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:10:19 +0000 kenblaue http://platformdesign.org/en/customized-sneakers/ Shoe fetish has been around for a long time, since well before the 1970's. But in the past three or four years the bespoke approach to sneakers has taken off...]]> http://platformdesign.org/customized-sneakers/feed/ http://platformdesign.org/the-freaky-usb-yes-its-mimobot/ http://platformdesign.org/the-freaky-usb-yes-its-mimobot/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:09:25 +0000 kenblaue http://platformdesign.org/en/the-freaky-usb-yes-its-mimobot/ Mimoco is on the attack with light saber in hand. Yes, oh yes they have whipped up a Star Wars series of their lovable USB memory sticks. They come in a variety of sizes...]]> http://platformdesign.org/the-freaky-usb-yes-its-mimobot/feed/ http://platformdesign.org/rockin-the-platform-design-rock-chic/ http://platformdesign.org/rockin-the-platform-design-rock-chic/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:07:33 +0000 kenblaue http://platformdesign.org/en/rockin-the-platform-design-rock-chic/ Finally and rocknroll exhibition with some really interesting takes on the basic Fender Stratocaster...]]> http://platformdesign.org/rockin-the-platform-design-rock-chic/feed/ http://platformdesign.org/1000-journals-inspiration/ http://platformdesign.org/1000-journals-inspiration/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:06:40 +0000 kenblaue http://platformdesign.org/en/1000-journals-inspiration/ 1000 Journals is an ongoing art project started back in 2000 by the artist know as 'Someguy'...]]> http://platformdesign.org/1000-journals-inspiration/feed/ http://platformdesign.org/ready-for-readymech-its-free/ http://platformdesign.org/ready-for-readymech-its-free/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:05:23 +0000 kenblaue http://platformdesign.org/en/ready-for-readymech-its-free/ We would like to make a warm welcome to the second batch of ReadyMech. Another in a now long line of platform toys, which let me say is the impetuous of my/our advocacy toward platform design...]]> http://platformdesign.org/ready-for-readymech-its-free/feed/ http://platformdesign.org/10-commandments-of-platform-design/ http://platformdesign.org/10-commandments-of-platform-design/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:04:28 +0000 kenblaue http://platformdesign.org/en/10-commandments-of-platform-design/ I found a beautiful refection on the process of collaboration, it's many meanings and it's many pitfalls. While the article is frames by collaborative poetry it's very relevant for any creative collaboration...]]> http://platformdesign.org/10-commandments-of-platform-design/feed/ http://platformdesign.org/sketchel-bags/ http://platformdesign.org/sketchel-bags/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:03:04 +0000 kenblaue http://platformdesign.org/en/sketchel-bags/ Sketchel is a bag as a work of art (or design) and a work of art as a bag. Each bags graphic shell are unique while all the bags are identical...]]> http://platformdesign.org/sketchel-bags/feed/ http://platformdesign.org/pd-potential-in-automobiles/ http://platformdesign.org/pd-potential-in-automobiles/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:02:07 +0000 kenblaue http://platformdesign.org/en/pd-potential-in-automobiles/ The car represent the the largest and most universal object of desire in our society today. Even after a 100 years they're still on top, well beyond PC's, mobile phones, fashion handbags and watches. This puts them at the top of the list for potential in platform design...]]> http://platformdesign.org/pd-potential-in-automobiles/feed/ http://platformdesign.org/ode-to-a-threadless/ http://platformdesign.org/ode-to-a-threadless/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2007 20:58:46 +0000 kenblaue http://platformdesign.org/en/ode-to-a-threadless/ If I think of one thing that has moved or better yet proven the benevolence of platform design it's hands down Threadless...]]> http://platformdesign.org/ode-to-a-threadless/feed/