Bre Pettis' Makerbot
The first stop Thursday evening was the opening of Bits ‘N Pieces at Material ConneXion in Manhattan’s Madison Square neighborhood. According to the poster-size paper handout which was made available to attendees, it’s “an exhibition of work by international designers, architects, computer scientists, and material and technology researchers” that “showcases projects still in their development stage, as well as furniture, architecture, jewelry, graphic design, and products that anticipate the next phase of the digital revolution, focusing on how society is imbued with, shaped by and shapes technology.”
Got all that? Now, since I was once a publicist for architecture, art, design, and real-estate companies, allow me to translate. This was an exhibition of design work inspired by or created using some new technologies. An example might also help. One of the items on display was a Makerbot from Bre Pettis’s Makerbot Industries. Next to the robot, you’ll see examples of the items it created through digital printing. So, there you go.
