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May 12, 2011
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- Website: SketchChair.cc
Pledge $8 or more
39 backers
Receive a printed Postcard SketchChair that you can cut out and assemble, with a big ‘thank you’ from us! More on SketchChair.cc/postcard.
Pledge $20 or more
248 backers
Become a collaborator! If you would love to already start using the prototype software, this will give you access to downloads of the work in progress and updates, as well as our development blog where we will post and discuss features of the program and look for suggestions. You will be credited on SketchChair.cc, and will keep a special ‘collaborator’ status in the online SketchChair community!
Pledge $25 or more
155 backers
Choose one from our series of collectable laser-cut SketchChair Miniatures. Each chair will be numbered and your contribution recognised on SketchChair.cc! Visit SketchChair.cc/minis for more images and details on these miniatures.
Pledge $50 or more
62 backers
We will design you your own unique original laser-cut miniature! Each chair will be presented on SketchChair.cc and accredited to your contribution!
Pledge $160 or more
16 backers
Receive our Educators Kit! We would love to see SketchChair used in classrooms, so we will send you the complete series of SketchChair Miniatures as well as a promotional poster. Once the program is released, we will also provide support to help you use it as an educational tool.
Pledge $300 or more
33 backers
We will send you an Antler Chair, our flagship SketchChair design! See more details on this chair and other designs at SketchChair.cc. Includes shipping within the USA or UK. Shipping elsewhere is additional, so please have a look at our estimates listed on SketchChair.cc/shipping
Pledge $300 or more
5 backers
We will send you the Rocking Stool! See more details on this design at SketchChair.cc. Includes shipping within the USA, UK, New Zealand, or Australia. Shipping elsewhere is additional, so please have a look at our estimates listed on SketchChair.cc/shipping
Pledge $1,000 or more
3 backers All gone!
We will collaborate with you to design you a custom personalised SketchChair! These will be recognised as important steps in the development of the software, and you will get a one-of-a-kind original. This will include miniatures and development sketches, and coffee with us if you live nearby!
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Show older commentsCreator Mark Guidarelli on September 22, 2011
Did anyone get their $300 pledge chair? The FedEx tracking number says it was delivered but I did not receive anything.
Creator Diatom on June 8, 2011
Hey guys thanks for all your support, please have a look at Update #12 for info on how to restore your pledge to the project.
Creator Maria Goncalves on June 8, 2011
Great to see things have been sorted and thanks for the explanation. I just repledged through paypal and had no problems.
Creator TimelessPens on June 7, 2011
Any ETA on word from amazon as to what they can do to fix this? Do we need to resubmit our pledges when its time or will it be automatic?
Creator Alain Albert on June 3, 2011
you can count on my continuing support. please let me know when i can renew my pledge
Creator Nader Assemi on May 31, 2011
I am participating at the $300 level and was wondering if that qualifies me as a collaborator. I would love to start tinkering with the program.
Creator TimelessPens on May 31, 2011
Do we need to do anything or will Amazon reprocess the pledges automatically?
Creator Mark Abraham on May 31, 2011
Hey guys, hope you've sorted things out with Amazon, any word on when we get some software to play with? Beta is fine with me! Good Luck ~ mark429
Creator Eduardo Acklas on May 30, 2011
I was refunded to. Is there another way to pay for my pledge, I would be glad to, maybe my Visa?
Creator Derek Kean on May 27, 2011
Refunded.
Creator Richard Hall on May 27, 2011
Me too
Creator Ciaran Welch on May 27, 2011
Me too
Creator Mark Guidarelli on May 27, 2011
I got an email regarding a refund as well.
Creator NerdKraft on May 27, 2011
I just got a refund with the amazon comment of "Refunding Kickstarter project funds of international creator -"
I am in the US. Is the issue that you are in the UK?
Creator Donna Hawk on May 27, 2011
I'm fourth in line...got a refund and don't know why.
I know there were problems with the software and some of us were getting a little white box o doom...but I figured I'd be patient and see what they worked out. That's what this was all about after all!
Creator Mistiny Burdeinei on May 27, 2011
Me three. I also received a refund.
Creator Ressie Fry on May 27, 2011
Why did I get a refund??
Creator mpechner on May 27, 2011
Why did I get a refund?
Creator Diatom on May 23, 2011
Hey guys, thanks so much for the support! The login's have been sent out to all our collaborators, so you should access to the downloads now!
Creator Matthew Relf on May 20, 2011
Just wondering when we are going to see the software. Any idea when we are going to get access to it? Really want to get playing.
Creator Richard Garsthagen on May 16, 2011
Yeah, waiting for beta software :-) my cnc can't wait to print me a chair :-) Really looking forward designing some wicked chairs.
Creator TimelessPens on May 15, 2011
Hi,
Any update when the program will be available for download?
Creator Greg Militello on May 12, 2011
Its already a great product, I can't wait to see what you guys do with it.
Creator steven outland on May 12, 2011
Wow! what a finish and a jump start for your project. Thank you for allowing me to share in your journey and excitment. thanks for sharing
Creator FurnLab on May 12, 2011
I'm really excited fo you guys. Can't wait to see how things shape up. Congratulations!
Creator Paul Clement on May 12, 2011
Amazing. I can't wait until I can get my students' hands on this! They will learn so much.
Thanks for your high quality idea and supporting work.
Creator Ressie Fry on May 12, 2011
1 hour to go!! Wow you guys rock!!
Creator steven outland on May 11, 2011
Wow! seeing all the support is super. And you guys have done good keeping us updated and working throught the early kickstarter flub. This shows all believe the project is sure to be a Great one. Looking forward to seeing the design tank fill up by creative collaborators. I am on the edge of my Chair ( SketchChair) to see the finish. Wow! way to go guys
Creator Diatom on May 11, 2011
Hi Donna. To pledge for an additional chair for your friend. You will need to increase your existing pledge to the correct amount for both pledges, then send us a message or email with your friends reward choice and address. We'll make sure that we send the additional chair to your friend. Thank you for the support!
Creator Donna Hawk on May 11, 2011
I want to pledge for a friend who doesn't have a credit card. How do I make sure it's in her name but I pay for it?
Creator Diatom on May 9, 2011
Thanks guys! Jacob - the antler chair design will be freely available on to our collaborators on SketchChair.cc, then will be available for anyone to download once SketchChair has been publicly released.
Scott - If you would like more than one pledge reward, just pledge the correct total amount and send us a message, we will make sure you get all your rewards!
Creator Jacob Rosenthal on May 8, 2011
Are you releasing/selling the antler or other design files?
Great project!
Thanks
Creator Lucas E Szymanowski on May 7, 2011
Just wanted to say that this is probably the most exciting project I have seen. This really does open the idea to OPEN SOURCE furniture. I can say that we're going to be using a ton of sketchChair furniture in our Brewery, and Im making one for the day job as well!
Creator Scott Hickey on May 4, 2011
Hi guys - so excited about seeing this come to life.
Question has sort of been asked before: is it possible to request multiple Reward Selections with the same KickStarter account? I am already a collaborator, but want the Antler Chair as well and the minis!! Hell - I want them all :o)
Creator Diatom on May 3, 2011
Hi Donna, thanks for your question. A few days after the campaign finishes we'll be contacting collaborators with a username and password to login to the SketchChair.cc collaborator space. This is where you will have access to the latest version of SketchChair and other collaborator features.
Creator Donna Hawk on May 3, 2011
Can you give us some idea of how the collaborators will be notified and able to access the software when the project funds next week?
So exciting!
Creator TimelessPens on April 30, 2011
What format will be used for the exporting? Any chance there will be a way to export to DFX for editing in other programs? (IE: export the cut paths to a DFX so we can import into another cnc program like vcarve/aspire for further editing.. kids chair, be able to add a name in aspire, etc) Thanks!
Creator Diatom on April 29, 2011
Hi Simone, thanks for your question. Our pledge rewards are not accumulative, so early access to the software is only available to those who opt to be collaborators with the $20 pledge reward. Phil, our collaborators will also become early members of the online community, which will launch shortly after the campaign finishes. Once the public release of SketchChair is finished, the community will also go public and anybody will be able to sign up.
Emily, yes definately! Services like TechShop will be a great resource for SketchChair users, and we hope that we will be able to build connections with these within the SketchChair community.
Alejandro, thank you for your interest in a personalised SketchChair collaboration, but unfortunately we do not have the resources to offer any more of these for the time being. We hope that we might be able to offer some more of these in the future, so keep an eye on SketchChair.cc for news about this.
Creator Alejandro on April 28, 2011
You can open another commitment of over $ 1.000
Thanks!
Creator Simone D. on April 28, 2011
Hi, I really like your project!
I have a small question, if I pledge 25$ I will get a miniature and also I will able to try your software? Or I must to pledge 20$ to try the software?
Thanks a lot!
Creator Emily Winston on April 27, 2011
Do you know about TechShop in the States? It's like a gym membership for stuff like laser cutters and shopbots. Perfect fit!
www.techshop.ws
Creator Phil Hanson on April 19, 2011
Perhaps determine the overall cost in time and effort to port it to iOS, the create a another campaign since this one was successful. I'd contribute again for that--I'm sure most iPad owners who supported this would as well.
Now ... where is the SketchChair online community, hehe. Is this being created after the campaign?
Creator Diatom on April 19, 2011
Hello Phil, excited to have you on board!
Thanks for the suggestion, we have considered putting SketchChair on the iPad, in exhibitions we've displayed the software on a Wacom Cintiq and on other touch screens and this works great! however since the software is written in Java it's more likely that you will see SketchChair on a Android tablet before the iPad.
Hi Nick and Valya thank you for your words of support, can't wait to get the software out to you two.
Valya, thank you for the nice comments!
Creator Nick Masso on April 19, 2011
I need the funding process to finish so I can get my spiffy SketchChair software! :-) Can't wait!
Creator Phil Hanson on April 18, 2011
Say hello to your newest backer, though you reached your goal already. This is such an outstanding idea, I'm glad to be a part of it. It seems as if the program in your mock-ups is Mac. That works for me but have you considered an iPad app. I think something like this would be ideally suited for a touch based interface. I'd be willing to beta it. Anyway great project, good luck in all things. I plan on joining your online community shortly.
Creator Valya Coole on April 16, 2011
I'm excited to be a backer on this project, and very excited to see you've already exceeded your goal.
As this project begins to flesh out, I see potential in ultimately customizable "chairing"/"furnituring" for craftsmen, artists, people with disabilities,and more, in the ability to make exact body shape and form "furnituring," even for a given situational use or area.
This is a perfect example of how using innovative technologies, visionary thinking, and leadership skills take a flagship idea into quick, sensitive, and sensible action.
Creator Diatom on April 16, 2011
Hi Aaron, sorry but we are offering the SketchChair miniatures and the option of becoming a collaborator seperately. However, collaborators will also have access to the patterns for the miniatures, allowing them to cut their own if they like.
Creator Diatom on April 16, 2011
Hey everybody thanks for the complements! Great idea with the kinect Jim, we knew right away that SketchChair would be very suited to this. We have focussed on making a tool that is accessible to anybody, and so have avoided making a kinect specific tool, but we hope to look at this in the future!
Rina, thanks for the feedback. In an earlier version of sketchChair we were doing some structural testing which would allow for testing different user weights in the program. This has been taken out for the time being as it was a little cumbersome but we hope to put it back in later. SketchChairs can already quite robust in ply, but it would be possible to easily make it stronger by using thicker ply or stronger materials. We realise that SketchChair could be a great tool for providing specialised chairs and stronger/larger than normal chairs would be a good example of this!
Creator JK on April 14, 2011
have you considered body scanning with kinects for better testing of the body in the chair?
Creator Damjan on April 14, 2011
Congratulation!!!