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Japanese Object Makers

Megathread covering Japanese object makers covering architecture, industrial design, and product design.

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Seiki Ishii Credentials: Lahti University of Applied Sciences (Finland), Stanford ME310, Kyoto Institute of Technology (Master’s Program of Design Science) From: Kyoto, Japan Based: Kyoto, Japan Discipline: Lighting, Industrial Design SEIKI DESIGN STUDIO: https://ishiiseiki.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/seikidesignstudio/ Bell [image: project_bell_01.54a8c0a.png] BBQ & Co Grill [image: project_bbq-co-grill_01.fc405cc.png] Chikaku [image: project_chikaku_05.86dfe8c.png]
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American Object Makers

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

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Neri Oxman Credentials: PhD in Design Computation, MIT; diploma in architecture, Architectural Association; architecture studies, Technion Israel Institute of Technology From: Haifa, Israel Based: New York, New York, USA Discipline: Industrial Design, Architecture Website: https://www.media.mit.edu/people/neri/overview/ Studio/Company: https://www.oxman.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerioxmanreal/ X: https://x.com/NeriOxman Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NeriOxmanArt/ OXMAN Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oxmanofficial/ OXMAN YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA9MwbHMrutAzyLBYhs9KQ OXMAN LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/oxman/ Vespers I [image: 69739551ca71b0f39dbd5812_imgi_10_67d84fed87a3514f02972d0b_vespersi-web-04.avif] EDEN [image: 691c9a84ea9a003145c89ff3_67d1d553e60777f9c60b1f13_eden-exterior-view-01-fn-2.avif] O° [image: 696e8c986eea5f1eaba3da38_67d1bedb13c44a959af779e6_heel-melt.avif]
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Advanced Materials

Megathread covering advanced and novel materials for making physical objects, across biomaterials, composites, and engineered surfaces.

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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]
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Robotics & Machines

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

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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]
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Text to CAD

Category for apps and open source projects working on generating CAD and 3D models from text.

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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.
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Swiss Object Makers

Megathread covering Swiss object makers covering architecture, industrial design, and product design.

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Charles O. Job Credentials: Diploma in architecture and master’s in urban design, Oxford Brookes University; professor of architectural design theory, Bern University of Applied Sciences (2008–2026); former research associate, ETH Zurich; RIBA From: Lagos, Nigeria Based: Zurich, Switzerland Discipline: Industrial Design, Furniture, Lighting, Architecture Website: https://www.charlesjob.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charles.o.job/ SKETCH armchair (prototype, 2020) [image: SKETCH4_hu_7ef0a27e98bd1b1.jpg] Flip Desk for Vij5, 2022 [image: Vij5-Flip-Desk-by-Charles-O-Job-image-by-Vij5-during-OBJECT-Rotterdam-2022-IMG_2395.jpg] pablo shelving unit for Tossa [image: image.jpg] Flex Ply Pavilion, Design Preis Schweiz nominee, 2013 [image: 2013_FlexPlyPavilion_.jpg]
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Local Foundation Models

Megathread for local, open source, and small foundation models, including language, multimodal, and physics models.

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TUM Tadpole Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/thuerey-group/Tadpole GitHub: https://github.com/tum-pbs/Tadpole Website: https://ge.in.tum.de/2026/05/18/tadpole-flexible-scientific-foundation-models/ Technical report: https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.15284 Developer: Thuerey Group, Technical University of Munich Released: May 2026 Variants: S, B, L; only B weights released Parameters: S: 8.8M / B: 38.1M / L: 152.1M Resolution: pre-trained at 64, 128, 256 and 384 cubed, evaluated to 1024 cubed Architecture: 3D PDE autoencoder pre-trained on single-channel 64x64x64 crops, P3D hybrid backbone with convolutional stages and a transformer bottleneck, adversarial reconstruction loss; latent compression 16 (S) / 8 (B) / 4 (L); Tadpole-DFT adds LoRA, a latent dynamics sub-network, and zero-initialized skip connections for rollout License: Apache 2.0 Modalities: 3D PDE fields in, 3D PDE fields out Runs on: Autoencoding: Laptop / Dynamics: Desktop GPU, NVIDIA only Formats: safetensors, separate encoder and decoder On disk: B: 60.4MB encoder, 92.6MB decoder
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South American Object Makers

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

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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]
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Scandinavian Object Makers

Megathread covering Scandinavian object makers covering architecture, industrial design, and product design.

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Simo Heikkilä Credentials: Interior architect, SIO (Finnish Association of interior architects); Diploma in Interior Architecture, Ateneum School of Applied Arts (1967); former professor of furniture design at the University of Art and Design in Helsinki From: Jyväskylä, Finland Based: Korpilahti, Finland Discipline: Furniture, Architecture Website: https://www.periferiadesign.fi/simo-heikkila/ Periferia Design: https://www.periferiadesign.fi/ May, chair for Nikari, 2013 [image: 1_-may--chair-for-nikari--2013.2400x0.jpg] Adam, chair together with Yrjö Wiherheimo, 1997 [image: 4__adam-_chair_together_with_y_wiherheimo__1997-_still_in_production_by_materia.0x1600.jpg]
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CAD Kernels

Megathread for existing and emerging CAD kernels.

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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
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Central American Object Makers

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

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Italian Object Makers

Megathread covering Italian object makers covering architecture, industrial design, and product design.

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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 [image: Lampe_Titania.jpg] Lola [image: Paolo_rizzato_e_alberto_meda%2C_lampadario_e_applique_lola%2C_1987.JPG]
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Germane Barnes

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

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On Demand Fabrication Companies

Megathread to share and discuss on-demand fabrication and manufacturing companies

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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/
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AI Hardware Companies

Megathread on companies making AI native devices

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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/ [image: original_1d1790e53c7a55293513ec73f495c13a.png?1783115428?bc=0]
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PrismML

Covering language models from PrismML

Website: https://prismml.com/
X: https://x.com/PrismML
Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/prism-ml
GitHub: https://github.com/PrismML-Eng
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/prismml

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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
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Karim Rashid

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
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Facebook: karimrashiddesign

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