Qwen-Image-2.1

Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1, https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo
GitHub: https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen-Image-2.1
Website: https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen-image-2.1

Developer: Alibaba Cloud, Qwen team
Released: September 2026
Variants: Qwen-Image-2.1 (40 default denoising steps) / Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo (8 denoising steps)
Parameters: 7B visual generation component, plus Qwen3-VL 8B text encoder
Resolution: native 2K, 2048x2048 default; recommended sizes include 2752x1536 and 1536x2752
Architecture: single-stream DiT, 32 layers, block-causal attention with prefix KV cache reuse; Qwen3-VL 8B text encoder; 64-channel RGBA VAE with 16x spatial compression; flow matching with Euler scheduler
License: Qwen Research License Agreement
Modalities: Text-to-Image + Image editing (up to 10 reference images), native RGBA transparency
Runs on: Desktop GPU, 24GB+ VRAM with model CPU offload
Formats: BF16 safetensors, Diffusers pipeline
On disk: Qwen-Image-2.1: 33.13GB (14.23GB transformer, 17.53GB text encoder, 1.35GB VAE) / Turbo: 32.49GB (14.23GB transformer, 17.53GB text encoder, 0.68GB VAE)

Metacognition NavGPT3

Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/Metacognition-AI/NavGPT3-8B, https://huggingface.co/Metacognition-AI/NavGPT3-4B
GitHub: https://github.com/metacognitionai/NavGPT-3
Website: https://metacognitionai.github.io/NavGPT3/
Technical report: https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.10787

Developer: Metacognition
Released: October 2026
Variants: 4B, 8B
Parameters: 4.44B (4B checkpoint), 8.77B (8B checkpoint)
Architecture: Qwen3-VL fine-tune with a two-layer MLP action head on the last prompt token’s hidden state; one 3,072-token visual budget shared across a four-view, up to 16-step image history
License: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
Modalities: Text + Four-view RGB image history in / 8 waypoints (x, y, theta) out
Runs on: NVIDIA GPU (Linux)
Formats: safetensors
On disk: 9.66GB (4B checkpoint), 17.54GB (8B checkpoint)

JeongsLee MOTION

GitHub: https://github.com/JeongsLee/MOTION
Docs: https://github.com/JeongsLee/MOTION/blob/main/WEIGHTS.md

Developer: Jeongsu Lee, Kyung Hee University
Released: August 2026
Variants: MOTION, MOTION-S, 6-family joint-benchmark model, Poseidon-corpus IVP pretrain, six few-shot fine-tuned arms
Parameters: MOTION: 156.9M / MOTION-S: 20.7M / joint-benchmark: 114M / IVP pretrain and fine-tuned: 161.9M
Architecture: Per-step tendency as a gated sum of explicit physical-mechanism heads (transport, diffusion, pressure and density coupling, reaction, wave, curvature) plus an ungated state head; mechanism knockout and physical-equivalence tests; TensorFlow
License: Code: MIT / weights: CC-BY-4.0
Modalities: 2D and 3D PDE fields in, 2D and 3D PDE fields out; nineteen equation families across nine governing systems
Runs on: Inference from a released checkpoint: 1 GPU with 24GB or more, Linux
Formats: TensorFlow 2.15 named-array .npz in tar archives
On disk: MOTION: 580MB / MOTION-S: 152MB / joint-benchmark: 456MB / IVP pretrain: 648MB / IVP fine-tuned: 3.89GB tar

Tim Frei

Credentials: Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Design, Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), 2026; Product Manager & Industrial Designer at roboa AG
Based: Zurich, Switzerland
Discipline: Industrial Design, Product Design, Graphic Design, Hardware

Website: https://tim-frei.ch
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/timfrei_/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-frei-105382238/

Notlicht

pocket clamp

Valerio Sommella

Credentials: Design Department, Politecnico di Milano
From: Cortona, Tuscany, Italy
Based: Milan, Italy
Discipline: Industrial Design, Furniture, Lighting, Hardware

Website: https://www.sommella.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valerio.sommella/

Arata

Jasmine

Octave

Hallgeir Homstvedt

Credentials: BA of Industrial Design with Honours, University of Newcastle, Australia (2002-2006)
Based: Oslo, Norway
Discipline: Furniture, Lighting, Industrial Design

Website: https://hallgeirhomstvedt.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hallgeirhomstvedt/

Mame

Ori

Knut

Sung Jang

Credentials: BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; M.Des, Domus Academy
Based: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Discipline: Industrial Design, Furniture

Website: https://www.sungjang.com/

Shape of Land

Given

Atsushi Kitagawara

Credentials: Tokyo University of the Arts; Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University of the Arts
From: Nagano, Japan
Based: Tokyo, Japan
Discipline: Architecture, Industrial Design, Furniture, Lighting

Atsushi Kitagawara Architects: kitagawara.co.jp

Hosho Gakuen Learning Center Building n.6

Kobuchizawa Station and Plaza

Sandbar

Website: https://www.sandbar.com/
Based in: New York City, USA
Founders: Mina Fahmi and Kirak Hong

Stream is their product. It’s a private voice ring with a mic, touchpad, and haptic feedback.

Smile Plastics

Smile Plastics is Smile Materials’ collection of recycled plastic panels in named PET, HIPS, and HDPE designs.

Website: https://smile-materials.com/material-brand/smile-plastics/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smile.materials/

Maker: Smile Materials Ltd
Composition: 100% recycled and recyclable plastic from a mix of pre- and post-consumer waste, including yoghurt pots and white goods; panels are sorted into PET, HIPS, or HDPE types, but a panel is not guaranteed to contain only one type.
Process: Recycled plastic is hand-selected, hand-arranged, and pressed into panels at the Wales factory; panels leave the press complete and can be CNC-routed or hand-finished.
Properties: Indicative data sheets list densities of 1.28 g/cm³ for rPET, 1.06 g/cm³ for rHIPS, and 0.95 g/cm³ for rHDPE; fabrication guidance gives about 2 mm per metre of thermal expansion over a 10°C change and rapid rigidity loss above 85°C for unsupported sheets.
Applications: Smile Plastics x ACAD Ocean Modular Seating installation (2021, reimagined 2022); Jean Paul Brkovic Heron UTO series low chair, coffee table, and stacking benches (2024); Ocean More Than Just a Bench public bench (2025); GOODSHEET Orca Statement Bench (2025)
Made in: Swansea, Wales, UK
Availability: Samples and Inquiries

Sharpa Wave

Five-finger dexterous robotic hand

Website: https://www.sharpa.com/pages/wave
Announcement: https://www.sharpa.com/blogs/news/ai-robotmaker-sharpa-reaches-key-milestone-of-mass-production

Maker: Sharpa
Origin: Singapore
Released: December 2025
Degrees of freedom: 22 active
Payload: 40 kg per hand
Dimensions: 208 × 90 × 50 mm
Connection: Gigabit Ethernet, updates 500 times per second

Raven from Moritz Rietschel, Philipp Hölzenbein, and Maximilian Rietschel

An agent inside Rhino 8 that turns a text prompt or a reference image into native, editable Grasshopper definitions.

Website: https://raven.build/
X: https://x.com/ravencad
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ravencad/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RavenCAD
Discord: https://discord.com/invite/nXbkvwXwBh

Formats: 3DM, STEP, IGES, DWG, DXF, OBJ, STL, 3MF, SVG, PDF
Kernel: openNURBS (Grasshopper definitions based)

Moritz, Philipp, and Maximilian are the co-founders of Raven.

Isay Weinfeld

Credentials: School of Architecture, Mackenzie University (São Paulo)
From: São Paulo, Brazil
Based: São Paulo, Brazil
Discipline: Architecture, Furniture

Isay Weinfeld: https://www.isayweinfeld.com/

Sideboard (2006)

Lounge Chair (2006)

vcad

Type: b-Rep based
Website: https://vcad.io
GitHub: https://github.com/ecto/vcad

Created: 2026
License: Apache 2.0
Language: Rust
Formats: STEP, STL, GLB, DXF
Bindings: WASM

Megathread covering Central American object makers covering architecture, industrial design, and product design. Central America includes: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and Mexico

Format should follow

Name

Credentials:
From:
Based:
Discipline:

Website:
Instagram:
X:
Other Links:

At least 1 image

Germane Barnes is an American architect and director of Studio Barnes by way of the West Side of Chicago, IL and based in Miami, FL.

Studio Barnes has been featured in international venues and publications most notably, The Art Institute of Chicago, Venice Biennale, The Museum of Modern Art NY, SF MoMA, MAS Context, The Graham Foundation, The New York Times, DesignMIAMI/ Art Basel, Metropolis Magazine, Domus, LACMA, Denver Art Museum and The National Museum of African American History where he was identified as one of the future designers on the rise.

Website: germanebarnes.com
Instagram: @germane.barnes
University profile: University of Miami
Vimeo search: Germane Barnes lectures
YouTube search: Germane Barnes videos

Joy Riding in Columbus, IL USA

Griot in Venice, Italy

A Spectrum of Blackness in Chicago, IL USA

Protolabs

Protolabs is a digital manufacturing service for custom prototypes and low-volume production parts.

Formats: STEP, IGES, SolidWorks (.sldprt), STL (3D printing)
Materials: Metals, plastics, elastomers, liquid silicone rubber
Processes: CNC machining (milling, turning), injection molding, sheet metal fabrication, 3D printing (SLA, SLS, MJF, DMLS, PolyJet, HPS)
Lead time: As fast as 1 day

Website: https://www.protolabs.com/

Bonsai 1 Bit

Announcement: https://prismml.com/news/bonsai-8b
Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/prism-ml/Bonsai-8B-mlx-1bit

Bonsai 1 Bit is a 1 bit language model that comes in 8B, 4B, and 1.7B parameter sizes. The 8B model is 1/16 the size of comparable 16 bit 8B open models with similar performance. At 1.15gb, this model can fit on many kinds of devices with 4-5x better energy efficiency

Karim Rashid is an Egyptian-Canadian industrial designer, born in Cairo in 1960, raised in Canada, and based in New York since 1993. He is one of the most prolific designers of his generation, with over 4,000 designs in production, from the Garbo waste can for Umbra and the bobble water bottle to furniture, lighting, and hotel interiors. His work is in the permanent collections of MoMA, Centre Pompidou, and SFMOMA.

Website: karimrashid.com
Instagram: @karim_rashid_official
X/Twitter: @karim_design
Facebook: karimrashiddesign