lasern.

I put together this organisation that holds design-slams, where designers do a product-design charette in the middle of a party. The idea is that over a 4 hour period, you smash out a laser-cut product, that will be produced on-the-spot along-side a whole bunch of other designers.

If you like to hold your own event then you can link live to our website. You will also be able to upload the files so we can print them during our events and present them to the audience. See http://design-smash.com/

The idea is to come up with a product concept on the spot…

After the event, we can develop the concept and produce it without going through a long boring process. The idea is to have the product ready for sale before December which can then be shipped in the post.

… So what I would like to do is invite you to participate in our first round of events. On the 20th of November, we are having ‘DesignSmash’ parties in London and Berlin. (possibly also Amsterdam)

I would love it if you found friends or students that would like to participate. Take a look at our website under ‘design something’ and sign up for an event. In the comments section just say that you want to link up remotely, and how many teams are likely to participate.

Please let your friends know – especially the smart architects, students and geometry junkies that you would like to see produce some cool products.

Best wishes from Berlin,

Martin

3…2…1… The horn blows and a group of designers throw back a stiff drink before plunging into work.
They are producing a laser-cut object… a design that will hit the shelves in under a week.
They have 4 hours to accomplish what most do in a month, but armed with liquid bravery, a bit of training
and all the materials they need, they smash out a design as you party around them.
At the end of the night, you decide who gets the biggest prize and the pieces are produced in front of you… on-the-spot.

Welcome to DesignSmash!

Website http://design-smash.com/
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/DesignSmash/173623575984759
Twitter @DesignSmash_
http://twitter.com/designsmash_
Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/designsmash

… so really, what is DesignSmash?

DesignSmash is a company for designers, producers and all-round smart people who support ‘creative commons’ and the freedom of creative collaboration. DesignSmash has a web-store where you can purchase work and look up the designer who made it. We also offer an open-source file-sharing platform for the exchange of design work.

Design something:

Visit the register page of our website and sign up… http://design-smash.com/register/

…and why would I design for DesignSmash?

Here are some reasons why you would work with us:
We offer 12.5 percent of our company profits to the designer

We try to promote the designers of our products as much as possible. The designer gets their own page linked to their product(s), and can upload their CVs, website link etc.

We save another 12.5 percent of profits for future open-design investments, free education and training. (we want to contribute to the free education community and invest in other projects like our own)

We try to produce as locally as possible (always looking for producers near you) this means that the profits for manufacture stay local and there is less embodied energy in distribution.

We aim to develop a community through skill sharing. This means that we are developing part of the site to allow designers to post ‘How to’s’, videos, design files, links to other skills sites etc. To stitch people together in the design community.

If your design is produced by us, we send you a free unit.

Open design is something we find valuable.

Our intention is to build a more connected community that has the ability to evolve design collaboratively. People are encouraged to publish designs, add to and modify the work of others, all of the time attributing each change to its creator. Each object can then be traced to its originator. Each object has a lineage and the ability to grow and evolve into many things.

Berlin, London, Amsterdam…

So far, we will be running simultaneous events in Berlin and London on Saturday the 20th of November. Events will be linked live to each other during the course of the evening.

Main Event location:

betahaus Berlin

Prinzessinnenstr. 19-20
10969 Berlin

time: Saturday the 20th of November 6pm – 3am

Other event holders (London, Amsterdam etc.) will be streamed live to the Berlin site.