It sounds like a side project, but if I can get a RepRap (http://reprap.org) built relatively quickly and cheaply, that would be an ideal tool to make cup prototypes. I'm trying to coordinate with someone on the Dorkbot PDX site (http://dorkbotpdx.org) to get this going. Then we could 3D print as many trial designs as we like.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Industrial designers, where you at? Let's build some prototypes.
What we really need now is for some folk with the art, design, engineering skills to flex them. Let's get some beautiful renderings of what you think this cup should look like and how it should function. Use some of my thoughts from my last couple posts, but by no means feel bound by them. Post as comments.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
If we could print something longer than 6 inches with this...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.makerbot.com/
I like this project and wish it luck.
ReplyDeleteI just had a thought. To get around the problem of multiple sizes, perhaps the cup could have markings at different sizes. So say your coffee shop offers to-go coffee in 12, 16 and 20 oz sizes. The Portland Cup only comes in one size, but it has markings every second oz, so the barista knows where to stop filling.
Of course, if you have a set-up where the coffee is in an air-pot and customers fill it themselves, then you have to use the honor system.