Author Archives: Morten Lundsby
The Big Mac Index of 3D printing
Quick price study on manufacturing an iPhone case – the Big Mac index of 3D printing. I used a basic case from Thingiverse as the test subject. First contender, Shapeways, representing additive manufacturing on-demand, produced from a polyamide plastic powder (nylon) using laser sintering: Next
The Big Mac Index of 3D printing
Quick price study on manufacturing an iPhone case – the Big Mac index of 3D printing. I used a basic case from Thingiverse as the test subject. First contender, Shapeways, representing additive manufacturing on-demand, produced from a polyamide plastic powder (nylon) using laser sintering: Next
Psychobird is Back!
Working my way through some Blender tutorials under the watchful eye of my 3D printed mascot – Psychobird (PB to friends). PB was my first 3D creation using TinkerCAD and printed and mailed to me by Ponoko a few months ago.
Psychobird is Back!
Working my way through some Blender tutorials under the watchful eye of my 3D printed mascot – Psychobird (PB to friends). PB was my first 3D creation using TinkerCAD and printed and mailed to me by Ponoko a few months ago.
Playpen Labs
$5 job on Fiverr.com – exploring to what extent collateral and odd jobs can efficiently be delegated as gigs. Main concerns are turn-around time on orders and whether the variance in output ends up being too much of a problem.
Playpen Labs
$5 job on Fiverr.com – exploring to what extent collateral and odd jobs can efficiently be delegated as gigs. Main concerns are turn-around time on orders and whether the variance in output ends up being too much of a problem.
Catching up
Hey, it’s been a long time! What have you been up to? Well, Playpen Labs has recently expanded to a remote office. The office is still under renovation. Read: We bought a 1986 Dodge xplorer from craigslist. A month later,
Catching up
Hey, it’s been a long time! What have you been up to? Well, Playpen Labs has recently expanded to a remote office. The office is still under renovation. Read: We bought a 1986 Dodge xplorer from craigslist. A month later,
The hardware revolution is waiting for parts
Been busy at work putting the Printrbot jr 3D printer together and getting it up and running. Only to promptly short-circuit it and jeopardize the desktop manufacturing revolution. Or at least the rapid DIY prototyping design process I’d been looking
The hardware revolution is waiting for parts
Been busy at work putting the Printrbot jr 3D printer together and getting it up and running. Only to promptly short-circuit it and jeopardize the desktop manufacturing revolution. Or at least the rapid DIY prototyping design process I’d been looking
Designing for the extreme
Was feeding my docu addiction watching ‘Objectified’ on Netflix. Lots of good stuff, no attempt at summarizing it here. Did get me thinking about the principle of designing for the extreme. Example: apple peelers suck. Design an apple peeler that works
Designing for the extreme
Was feeding my docu addiction watching ‘Objectified’ on Netflix. Lots of good stuff, no attempt at summarizing it here. Did get me thinking about the principle of designing for the extreme. Example: apple peelers suck. Design an apple peeler that works
SXSWi 2012: Information overload, open bars and a mind-controlled skateboard
Exactly the brilliantly interesting shit-show I had been told it would be – a bit more rainy though. Notes from a few sessions survived… Interfaces use 30 year old metaphor’s This was interesting and something I need to look at
SXSWi 2012: Information overload, open bars and a mind-controlled skateboard
Exactly the brilliantly interesting shit-show I had been told it would be – a bit more rainy though. Notes from a few sessions survived… Interfaces use 30 year old metaphor’s This was interesting and something I need to look at
Book notes: The Innovator’s Dilemma
In the process of reading my way through my Amazon addiction. Nice book – definitely learned some good lessons. Takes a bit of commitment to get through the details of the disk storage industry in the 70’s – but it’s
Book notes: The Innovator’s Dilemma
In the process of reading my way through my Amazon addiction. Nice book – definitely learned some good lessons. Takes a bit of commitment to get through the details of the disk storage industry in the 70’s – but it’s
Skimming and scanning
Observation: A user speeds up as they skim and scroll down a page. Observed in user testing on an information rich website with lots of text and headings. Not a web application. Design patterns: Reduce text density towards bottom of page.
Skimming and scanning
Observation: A user speeds up as they skim and scroll down a page. Observed in user testing on an information rich website with lots of text and headings. Not a web application. Design patterns: Reduce text density towards bottom of page.
Building stuff - product strategy, design and user experience 