Behind & beyond everyday objects.
Design without Borders aims at enabling local manufacture of high quality and affordable trailers for Ugandan farmers. DwB intend to involve 3WM as well as producer in the design process in order to transfer design skills and knowledge on the production of trailers and plows.
Read MoreCheck out Huge design, process for the oregon manifest submission, Evo bike. From paper sketches to full on metal printed prototypes parts. From paper sketches to full on metal printed prototypes parts.
Read MoreThe ‘The Soft Side of Steel’ project is a research into fabrication processes and a study of material properties. The project transforms an existing material, steel fibres into flexible sheets, which are explored within the traditional fields of textiles and metalwork. The process started from a unconventional and immediate engagement with materials and tools, cumulating in a refined process involving and partnering up with diverse parties within the industry of manufacturing and production. The project explores alternative processes of making and challenges existing manufacturers in the industry to work in…
Read Morethe mexican artist has created a set of 50 fully functioning musical instruments including a flute, guitar and drum kit fabricated out of a variety of firearms such as revolvers, shot-guns, machine guns… this video documents the production of the weapons into musical instruments, a process which was done over the course of two weeks. see designboom’s original article at: designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/24291/an-orchestra-of-musical-instruments-made-from-weapons-by-pedro-reyes.html
Read MoreThe documented journey of my custom bike build. Filmed and edited by Jon Chew Music by The Black Keys – Tighten Up Thanks to Marcus & Tom for a great frame building experience and Stephen for all things painting.
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aluminium assembly car coating cutting finishes fusing handmade material metal process Product welding La Petite Méca est un atelier de custom moto qui se trouve au coeur de Paris, dans une rue souvent ensoleillée entre Bastille et République, juste à côté du magasin de fixed gear Cyclope. Pendant quelques mois, c’est autour d’une vieille Harley que vont s’affairer Bige, mécano solitaire de son état, et Louis-David, photographe, auteur de ce documentaire et peintre à ses heures. D’abord désossé, l’engin va subir une transformation radicale à laquelle on assiste ici, étape par étape. En guise de touche finale, le réservoir sera repeint selon la…
Read MoreSteel bicycles, handmade in the United Kingdom.
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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 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…
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