Reproduction means accessibility for the many; reproduction of production even more so. In contrast to the increasingly specialized machinery of industrial production at large, nowadays peer and open workshops equip themselves with ‘self-replicating’ 3D printers like RepRap and MakerBot. Do these machines have the potential to pose a challenge to industrial production? Will the peers pair that challenge and change the global production landscape as Gutenberg and the steam engine once did? Can digitization really affect the physical?
REPRAP PARTS, PRINTED OUT BY… A REPRAP 3D PRINTER
PHOTO: TONY BUSER ➝ WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/TBUSER
THE REPRAP
PHOTO: ZACH HOEKEN ➝ WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/HOEKEN
THE REPRAP
PHOTO: CHRIS HELENIUS ➝ WWW.FLICKR.COM/PEOPLE/ORANSE-/
L’ARTISAN ELECTRONIQUE: DIGITAL CERAMIC PRINTING BY UNFOLD
DESIGN: UNFOLD ➝ WWW.UNFOLD.BE, PHOTO: KRISTOF VRANCKEN FOR Z33 ➝ WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/Z33BE
ENDLESS CHAIR, DIRK VAN DER KOOIJ, 2010
PHOTO: DIRK VANDER KOOIJ ➝ DIRKVANDERKOOIJ.NL
A BABY REPRAP’S PARENT. THE CHILD MADE ITS FIRST GRANDCHILD PART IMMEDIATELY…! ➝ REPRAP / ERIK DE BRUIJN
THE MAKERBOT, AN AFFORDABLE, OPEN SOURCE 3D PRINTER ➝ MADE IN MY BACKYARD / BRE PETTIS
MAKERBOT ➝ WWW.MAKERBOT.COM