Physical Design Co. Blog http://www.physicaldesignco.com/blog Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:33:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 en hourly 1 What it means to GET PHYSICAL! http://www.physicaldesignco.com/blog/2009/06/09/what-it-means-to-get-physical/% http://www.physicaldesignco.com/blog/2009/06/09/what-it-means-to-get-physical/%#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:33:18 +0000 admin http://www.physicaldesignco.com/blog/?p=112 Dan Smithwick, Co-founder and CEO of Physical Design Co., recently wrote an article on ShopBot Tool’s website explaining what it means to GET PHYSICAL! He also explains how ShopBot and ShopBotters can participate in the Beta Fabricator Network. Here’s the link to the ShopBot article.

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]]> http://www.physicaldesignco.com/blog/2009/06/09/what-it-means-to-get-physical/%/feed 0 Maker Faire 2009 http://www.physicaldesignco.com/blog/2009/06/01/maker-faire-2009/% http://www.physicaldesignco.com/blog/2009/06/01/maker-faire-2009/%#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:38:02 +0000 admin http://www.physicaldesignco.com/blog/?p=71 We had a great time at the Maker Faire in San Mateo, CA this year. Instead of exhibiting the Artist’s Studio, we decided to build and demonstrate 2 backyard structures! Here are some photos of the Kid’s Play House and Dog House that we exhibited and raffled off to two lucky families, who got to take them home after the fair!

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]]> http://www.physicaldesignco.com/blog/2009/06/01/maker-faire-2009/%/feed 0 Interview with Physical Design Co CEO, Daniel Smithwick http://www.physicaldesignco.com/blog/2009/03/28/interview-with-physical-design-co-ceo-daniel-smithwick/% http://www.physicaldesignco.com/blog/2009/03/28/interview-with-physical-design-co-ceo-daniel-smithwick/%#comments Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:03:14 +0000 admin http://www.physicaldesignco.com/blog/?p=46 This interview, “The Next Generation of Architectural Design: Daniel Smithwick from Physical Design Co on a great way to build the garden house of your dream … and much more,” was conducted on Frank Piller’s Blog, Mass Customization & Open Innovation News – “Notes and ideas on mass customization, personalization, customer integration, and open innovation — strategies of value co-creation between suppliers and customers. This blog continues a long running newsletter, published and edited by Frank Piller, RWTH / MIT, since 1997.”

In the interview, Daniel discuss the concepts behind Physical Design Co and talks about the future of user innovation and engagement in architectural design: “We’re interested in offering consumers more than just personalization; our web platform engages the consumer in the design, manufacturing and delivery process – giving them the tools to make smarter decisions about how they impact the built and natural environment.”

Interview URL:

http://mass-customization.blogs.com/mass_customization_open_i/2009/03/interview-the-next-generation-of-architectural-design-daniel-smithwick-from-physical-design-co-on-a-.html

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]]> http://www.physicaldesignco.com/blog/2009/03/09/download-these-customizable-3d-design-templates/%/feed 1 The Austin Shed Project at the 2008 Maker Faire, Austin, TX http://www.physicaldesignco.com/blog/2009/02/15/the-austin-shed-project-at-the-2008-maker-faire-austin-tx/% http://www.physicaldesignco.com/blog/2009/02/15/the-austin-shed-project-at-the-2008-maker-faire-austin-tx/%#comments Mon, 16 Feb 2009 01:38:53 +0000 admin http://www.physicaldesignco.com/blog/?p=17

]]> http://www.physicaldesignco.com/blog/2009/02/15/the-austin-shed-project-at-the-2008-maker-faire-austin-tx/%/feed 1 Welcome to the Physical Design Co. Blog! http://www.physicaldesignco.com/blog/2009/02/15/welcome-to-the-physical-design-co-blog/% http://www.physicaldesignco.com/blog/2009/02/15/welcome-to-the-physical-design-co-blog/%#comments Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:41:00 +0000 admin http://www.physicaldesignco.com/blog/?p=3 Welcome to the launch of the Physical Design Co. Blog!

On our blog you’ll find:

  • Updates on our company, including website features and new product and service offerings
  • Cool events and design/build competitions that we are hosting
  • News in mass customization and user-generated design developments

We’d like to invite you to check out our new website, www.physicaldesignco.com.  The site is still in beta version and we’d greatly appreciate your honest feedback on what you think. We hope you’ll share with us your comments-good, bad and ugly, right here on the blog.

As a young company we greatly depend on innovative lead users like yourselves to let us know what you think of our products and services and how we can improve them.

Thanks again for checking us out!

Physical Design Co.

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