1. Open-Design & FabLabs / The FoldaRap
FabLab Toulouse Conference 2012 – Emmanuel Gilloz

2. From – Now - Then

3. Designer
Geek
Idealist

4. Designer Skills, commitment
Geek Passion, learning
Idealist Hope, vision

5. “...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 = weapon
→ Do Good
V. Papanek
Design for the Real World, Human Ecology and Social Change (1971)

6. Why : Improve the world. ok...
How : ?
What : ?

7. “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.“
Embrace change
Small+Connected+Local+Open
E. Manzini
Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability - https://vimeo.com/9660466

8. From – Now - Then

9. Why : Improve the world.
How : Meta-design, Empowerment
What : DIY, FabLabs/Makerspaces

13. FabLabs (Nybicc, GsiLab)

20. https://www.facebook.com/GSILab

21. Workshops
and
mobility

27. Not convenient : heavy, big,...

34. „Release early, release often“

35. With lot of pics (it's easy)

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

37. Bill Of Materials (with suppliers)

38. Documentation is key

39. FoldaRap Build Manual

42. Business model ?

45. FoldaRap – Batch 1 (Ulule)

46. From – Now - Then

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

49. Distributed Manufacturing
- leverage the community
- scaling up with agility
- another way to give back
http://reprap.org/wiki/FoldaRap_Distributed_Manufacturing

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

51. FoldaRap 2
Inflatable Laser
MicroLab (a 46kg fablab)

52. http://reprap.org/wiki/RepRapPro_Dual_Hotend

53. Factory@home (Lipson et al., 2010)
→ Créer un laboratoire de fabrication personnelle dans chaque école
Regional FabLab Network (Lorraine)

56. Merci ;-)
reprap.org/wiki/FoldaRap
@watsdesign
emmanuel.gilloz@gmail.com