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 [image: image-f3c3fbdf-ce4a-4c4b-96e6-1abb1f933b9e.jpg?cX=0&cY=46.353658536585385&cW=1629&cH=993.2926829268292] pocket clamp [image: image-ac2e61c1-dd45-43b7-9c2f-33b5c793a931.jpg?w=1968&cX=0&cY=6.930894308943039&cW=2000&cH=1321.138211382114]

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 [image: valerio-sommella-arata-skld-studio-01.jpg] Jasmine [image: valerio-sommella-jasmine-tidelli-01.jpg] Octave [image: valerio-sommella-octave-ichendorf-01.jpeg]

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 [image: Mame.2.jpg] Ori [image: ORI.Homstvedt.jpg] Knut [image: KNUT_TAUPE_5453_white.jpg]

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 [image: Volume+Website+SJ9a.jpg] Given [image: Volume+Website+SJ+2a.jpg]

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 [image: 220929_hosyo_gakuen_040-1-804x1024.jpg] Kobuchizawa Station and Plaza [image: 01_kobuchizawaeki_055.jpg]

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. [image: 69dccd36d5368aeed54cd91f_1_FULL%20copy.jpg]

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 [image: Smile-Plastics-Material-240-Dark-Blue-2.jpg] [image: DSC3222-scaled-1.jpg]

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 [image: blog-AI_8b470be1-d5c5-41ff-bfac-3a6f56ebaeac.jpg?v=1767701580]

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) [image: Aparador_02RF.jpg] Lounge Chair (2006) [image: Poltrona_09-RF.jpg]

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 [image: 1783720982730-9ab57cc6-6508-4711-a847-4a2e5616cb23-image.jpeg] Griot in Venice, Italy [image: 1783721491986-d7534328-6580-491e-9149-c96799cff5b7-image.jpeg] A Spectrum of Blackness in Chicago, IL USA [image: 1783721609070-d8900c60-cedc-4194-adcc-e78368b751d6-image.jpeg]

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 [image: 3000234665_e1ee05b7a5_b.jpg] [image: 3576000314_37decdaf03_b.jpg] [image: 8859077779_e3884e2b2c_b.jpg] [image: 960px-Sweet_Chill.jpg] [image: 960px-Prizeotel_Bern-City_designed_by_Karim_Rashid_2.jpg] [image: 5775337596_ac94ec9d69_b.jpg]