This document discusses a collaborative project between several Fab Labs to design and 3D print customizable cups. The goals were to experiment with open design, co-creation and local production. Participants modified a parametric cup file, 3D printed it, took a photo, and shared results. Feedback noted interest in the machines over concepts, a child's enjoyment, and ideas to improve openness. Next steps include an online platform to collect variations and try more complex objects while tracking production data.

1. Fab
Teletransportation
Heloisa Neves
University of São Paulo - Brazil
!
a project by Jose Perez de Lama + Heloisa Neves + Fab Lab Sevilla Team with the collaboration of Fab Lab Brazil, Fab Lab Colombia, Merida Lab Venezuela, Fab Lab Barcelona,
Fabrique d´Objets Libres and Ultralab Madrid
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2. the project
Try to implement and analyze the concepts of open design, co-creation and local production by a
practical collaborative project involving the Fab Lab community.
question
How to implement a successful collaborative project inside Fab Lab community?
problems
Which machine we should work with?
How to communicate the project?
The rules should be open or closed?
How many hours should be spent in this project?
Which license we should use?
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3. concepts of the project
open
design
local
produc/on
methodology
horizontal
group
of
coordina/on;
ac/ve
par/cipa/on
of
the
researcher;
no
rules
at
the
beginning
for
the
coordina/on
group;
clear
process
of
par/cipa/on;
really
strict
deadline
for
the
end
of
the
project;
group
interview
at
the
end
with
the
coordinators
made
by
the
researcher.
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4. rules
Instruc/ons
1/
Download
the
“liAle
cup”
parametric
file,
and
modify
it
un/l
you
decide
on
an
instance
that
you
like.
It
is
a
Grasshopper
v
0.08.066
[Jan
2012]
file
2/
3D
print
it
3/
Give
it
a
name
4/
Make
a
short
video
of
the
process
with
your
cell
phone,
and
send
it
to
us,
and/or
upload
it
to
vimeo,
dailymo/on,
youtube
5/
Make
a
picture
of
yourself
drinking
from
the
“cup”
and
send
it
to
us
or
upload
it
somewhere
6/
Send
us
the
data
you
want
to
be
men/oned
in
the
project
credits
7/
Do
whatever
else
comes
to
your
mind
8/
Send
us
all
this
info
and
materials
by
Sunday
23rd.
The
event,
Andalusia
Researchers’
Night,
will
be
happening
on
Friday
28th
and
we
will
be
producing
a
video,
with
all
the
stuff
received.
The
project
license
will
be
Crea/ve
Commons
AAribu/on
Share
Alike
!
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5. participants
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6. presentation of the project -
input n.1
Noche
de
los
Inves-gadores
-­‐
Sevilla
(Spain)
Public:
students,
local
community,
kids,
professors
Ac/on:
presenta/on
and
prac/ce
Inputs:
*
people
more
interested
in
the
machine
than
in
the
concepts
*
interes/ng
interac/on
of
a
child
of
4
years
old
(he
fabricated
a
cup
for
himself,
understood
the
process
but
not
the
/me
of
produc/on)
Fab
Lab
Toulouse
Conference
-­‐
Toulouse
(France)
Public:
mostly
fab
lab
community
Ac/on:
presenta/on
Inputs:
*
the
public
really
understand
the
process
*
many
ideas
to
improve
the
project
*
some
discussion
about
if
it
should
be
an
open
design
process
or
not
*
cri/c
to
the
object
itself
-­‐
the
cup
*
idea:
transform
the
Rhinocerus
file
in
a
open
file
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7. group interview - input n.2
Ques/on
01:
Key
words
of
the
project
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8. group interview - input n.2
Ques/on
02:
What´s
the
big
surprise
of
the
project
for
you?
A
detail,
a
process...
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9. group interview - input n.2
Ques/on
03:
This
is
Open
Design?
Why?
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10. group interview - input n.2
Ques/on
03:
This
is
Open
Design?
Why?
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11. group interview - input n.2
Ques/on
04:
What
could
be
made
in
a
different
way?
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12. group interview - input n.2
Ques/on
05:
What
about
the
par/cipa/on
of
the
other
labs?
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13. group interview - input n.2
Ques/on
06:
How
to
con/nue
this
project?
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14. some answers
Which machine we should work with?
After discussion and answer to some laboratories the group decided to work with 3d printer (easy, fascinating
and available)
How to communicate the project?
Facebook was the most efficient media. Skype was used in some cases.
The rules should be open or closed?
The rules need to be extremely simple and easy to follow. And not open.
How many hours the participate should spend in this project?
The participants should spend no more than 4 hours in the project. Laboratories that spend more than 4 hours
did not finish because they had other projects and work to do.
Which license we should use?
We decided for the Creative Commons license Share Alike because we would like to give credit for all the
participants and allow everyone to continue working with the project.
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15. new steps
TO
DO:
Online
plaiorm
to
collect
all
the
changes
Try
more
complex
objects
Experiment
a
new
version
adding
informa/ons
on
total
hours
of
produc/on,
price
of
produc/on
and
distribu/on
in
each
country
DONE:
Use
open
source
somware
like
a
plaiorm
(first
contribu/on
of
the
network
amer
the
project)
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16. heloisa neves
contactme@heloisaneves.com
www.heloisaneves.com
!
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