Tag: sustainability
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Collecting Botnets, Performing Data, and Social Responsibility: Jer Thorp of Office for Creative Research
The Office for Creative Research (OCR) is building the data visualizations of the future: functional, responsive, beautiful, and human. Their projects challenge conventions and trends within the field, and power and politics more broadly. Jer hopes that by tying their practices together, they can make things that have more of a footprint. They are also…
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Democratizing Production through 3D Printing: Eleanor Whitney of Shapeways
On March 18th, we toured the Shapeways 3D printing factory in Queens, New York. This 24-hour operation allows anyone to upload a 3D model and have it printed in a wide variety of materials (55+): various plastics, rubber, full-colour sandstone, lost wax metals (outsourced): gold, silver, platinum, steel, and porcelain with food-safe glaze. Their scale…