Behind & beyond everyday objects.
aluminium assembly cnc Design process electronic finishes industrial material metal micro arc oxydation plastic process Product Go behind the scenes and take a look at the evolving HTC EVO family, and its latest member – the HTC EVO 4G LTE.
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assembly cnc cutting forming handmade instrument machining material metal process Product steel welding wood New short film “A Strat is Born” takes you on a high-speed ride through the creation of a Fender Stratocaster guitar at Fender’s U.S. manufacturing facility in Corona, Calif., showing you every step from bare wood to onstage and set to a pulse-pounding soundtrack by Wayne Kramer
Read MoreA short vignette of a book being created using traditional printing methods. For the Daily Telegraph. Shot at Smith-Settle Printers, Leeds, England. The book being printed is Suzanne St Albans’ ‘Mango and Mimosa’ published as part of the Slightly Foxed series. Shot, Directed & Edited by Glen Milner
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assembly casting Design process fabric furniture handmade industrial material metal plastic process Product steel “The process is as important as the results: It’s the individual employees on the line that are suggesting these improvements. At Herman Miller, they average 1,200 “plan-do-check acts”–that is, little proposed changes to the assembly process–ever year. “The biggest thing is to empower people to change the work in ways that matter to them,” says Eric VanDam, Herman Miller’s director of operations in seating” from fast co design: http://www.fastcodesign.com/1669397/an-american-made-miracle-how-an-aeron-chair-gets-built-every-17-seconds picture and video by Drew Anthony Smith/Fast Company
Read MoreKashimax recently produced a nice promo piece on their saddles
Read MoreThe 22,000 sq-ft Brompton Bicycle factory is on an industrial site nestled between railway lines and a motorway. The brazing, assembly and engineering areas share one building with the office space, and most of us, from bike builders to the managing director, use a Brompton ourselves, so we have a good feel for how the product should be. We give great attention to training on the shop floor and every operator is always made aware of how every job he or she does contributes to the finished product. from core…
Read MoreOak Street Bootmakers – Designed in Chicago, handmade in Maine. LEGACY The son of a cobbler, Oak Street Bootmakers founder and designer George Vlagos apprenticed at his father’s shop where he learned the craft of shoemaking from an early age. Today, George seeks to preserve the heritage of fine shoemaking through thoughtfully designed and attentively crafted shoes. CRAFTSMANSHIP All Oak Street shoes and boots are handcrafted in the USA by shoemakers with over 20 years of experience. The highest standards of production are employed to yield shoes that are as…
Read Moreawesomely hand made tattoo machines,great music .Pure joy I have been fortunate enough to be passed down the art of building hand made tattoo machines from my mentor – Mr. Dan Dringenberg. Each one-off machine is carefully made to fit the artist. Thanks to Dan, I am able to create machines like this. Every part on my machines is custom made, the coils are hand wound and every piece is hand crafted with precision, care and patience. If you would like to order a custom ‘one of a kind’ tattoo…
Read MoreEverything from the stitching process, which is done by hand, to the leather tanning is a work of real crafstman here . enjoy it .
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