Megathread covering physical robotics across manufacturing arms, humanoids, and other machines to assist with object design and engineering

Megathread covering South American object makers covering architecture, industrial design, and product design.

Format should follow

Name

Credentials:
From:
Based:
Discipline:

Website:
Instagram:
X:
Other Links:

At least 1 image

Google Gemma 4

Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/collections/google/gemma-4
GitHub: https://github.com/google-gemma
Website: https://ai.google.dev/gemma/docs/core
Announcement: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/developers-tools/gemma-4/, https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/developers-tools/introducing-gemma-4-12B/

Developer: Google DeepMind
Released: 26B A4B and 31B: April 2026 / 12B Unified: June 2026
Variants: 12B Unified, 26B A4B, 31B
Parameters: 12B Unified: 11.95B / 26B A4B: 25.2B total, 3.8B active / 31B: 30.7B
Context: 256,000 tokens
Architecture: 31B: Dense / 26B A4B: MoE, 8 active of 128 experts plus 1 shared / 12B: Unified encoder-free dense, multimodal input projected directly into the decoder
License: Apache 2.0
Modalities: 12B: Text + Image + Audio / 26B A4B and 31B: Text + Image
Runs on: Laptop, consumer GPU/workstation class
Formats: GGUF via Ollama/LM Studio, safetensors via Hugging Face, Docker
On disk: 12B: 7GB Q4, estimated / 26B A4B: 15GB Q4, estimated / 31B: 18GB Q4, estimated

Sarah Jang

Credentials: Pratt Institute; Carnegie Mellon University
From: New York State
Based: Brooklyn, NY
Discipline: Industrial Design, Furniture

Website: https://sarahjang.me
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sjang_studio/

Youri

Myre Chair

Minhwa Chair

Toshiya Hayashi

Credentials: Hitotsubashi University
From: Toyama Prefecture, Japan
Based: Tokyo, Japan
Discipline: Industrial Design, Furniture

we+: https://weplus.jp
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/toshiya__hayashi/

Unseen Objects / Overflow

In-Between Matter

libfive

Type: Implicit field based
Created: 2017
Website: https://libfive.com/
GitHub: https://github.com/libfive/libfive

Jesper Kouthoofd

Credentials: Studied graphic design (institution unspecified)
From: Gothenburg, Sweden
Based: Stockholm, Sweden
Discipline: Industrial Design, Hardware

teenage engineering: https://teenage.engineering
acne: https://www.acnestudios.com
instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kouthoofd70/

OP–XY

CM–15

OB–4

Paolo Rizzatto

Credentials: Laurea in Architecture, Politecnico di Milano (1965)
From: Milan, Italy
Based: Milan, Italy
Discipline: Lighting, Industrial Design

Website: https://paolorizzatto.it
Luceplan: https://www.luceplan.com

Titania

Lola

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/

Era

Website: era.world
Founders: Liz Durman, Alex Ollman, and Megan Gole

AI gadget platform. Started with a AI enabled gadget dev kit for designers allowing them to add intelligence to everyday objects. Called it Primavera: https://primavera.era.world/

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

Text-to-CAD from Jake Fitzgerald

A collection of agent skills for CAD, robotics and hardware design

Website: https://www.cadskills.xyz/
GitHub: https://github.com/earthtojake/text-to-cad/blob/main/skills/cad/SKILL.md
X: https://x.com/earthtojake

Formats: STEP, DXF
Kernel: OpenCASCADE (build123d based)

Jake is a software engineer at South Park Commons.