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Update #6: OPEN FOR REGISTRATION!!
DIA Phase 1 Workshop in Rio de Janeiro is now OPEN FOR REGISTRATION! To learn more, please visit the site at www.diaworkshop.net.
Best Wishes,
Dia Team
Update #5: A bit of research...
Some of the team has headed down to S. America for the week to do some research ahead of the workshop. DIA Rio de Janeiro will most likely take place toward the end of April. We will have more information about the details, including registration, specific dates, etc. within the next few weeks. Thanks again for your interest and support!
Update #4: Funding Complete!
The past few weeks have been absolutely amazing in terms of people and organizations spreading the word about the DIA project and backers stepping forward to pledge their support in any way they could! Thanks to bloggers, tweeters, facebookers, and backers of all sizes, we have made tremendous progress.
Well, the verdict is in folks, and thanks to all of your effort, we can happily announce that the project is 100% funded! This means that we now have the resource base needed to plan and execute phase 1 of our workshop series. Thank you again for all of your interest and support!
DIA team
Update #3: Final Push
Hi Everyone! We are now down to the last 6 days of funding. Our current standing is 32%, and we want to send another HUGE thanks to everyone who has pledged and to everyone who has helped to get the word out.
There has been so much interest in this project, and now that we have hit the new year, we are hoping that many of our fans will take this opportunity to pledge a symbolic amount to really make the workshop happen. We realize that times are tough for a lot of people, and if you are able to pledge, it would be greatly appreciated - even a few dollars pledge can make all the difference! If you are unable to pledge but still want to help out, just keep on spreading the word!
Best wishes for the new year!
DIA team
Update #2: 10 days to go + looking forward
We have 10 days left to reach our goal, which will bring us into 2010 :) Thank you to everyone who has pledged and all of you out there who have expressed so much interest in the project!
We have recently started a very promising relationship with an organization / studio in Istanbul (Tuspa - www.tuspa.net) to hold a phase 2 student workshop there in Spring / Summer of 2010. There is already a potentially significant funding and participant base for this Istanbul workshop. We are planning ahead in order to test resulting research material from Rio de Janeiro in other parts of the world within different contexts. Recent workshops with Tupsa include "Fibrous Structures" and "Interscalar Systemic Operations".
We are now 21% of the way to kickstarting a very exciting chain of events!
Thanks again for your support and interest :)
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Marian Barnes on December 30, 2009
PLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR PROJECT IN MORE DETAIL TO THOSE OF US WHO DO NOT GRASP ARCHITECTURAL TERMS AND ESPECIALLY WHO BENEFITS FROM THESE "WORKSHOPS" IN ISTANBUL AND RIO DE JANEIRO?ARE THESE STUDENTS FROM LONDON? WHAT DO THE PROJECTS HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH?
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FABberz on January 1, 2010
The workshops as a whole will benefit those students and other people who participate in them. There are many goals in a sense that work towards the common hope to spread knowledge about new ways of digital design and production in the field of architecture. By bringing these new processes into the hands of students in countries like Brazil or Turkey, we believe that ultimately, we are helping to bring about a new wave of innovation in architecture which goes beyond traditional appraches to design. Students will be local and/or international - really, anyone is welcome to participate. Does this help at all? Thanks for your interest!
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Update #1: $1,000 milestone!
It is pretty amazing to have raised $1,000 over the course of a few days!! We are now at 14% of our goal with 28 days remaining. Thanks again to everyone who has contributed both by donating and spreading the word - your interest and support is greatly appreciated!
LaN + FABberz
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Funding Successful
This project successfully raised its funding goal on January 9, 2010.
Pledge $1 or more
Receive daily e-mail updates with progress photos throughout the 10 day workshop.
Pledge $15 or more
All of the above AND Your name will be included as a patron in the publication and exhibition credits.
Pledge $35 or more
All of the above AND Receive your choice of 4 laser cut felt place mats OR a laser cut wooden fruit bowl designed by student workshop participants.
Pledge $75 or more
All of the above AND Use the FABberz iPhone app to fabricate any customizable wooden laser cut storage box for free.
Pledge $150 or more
All of the above AND Receive a customizable, laser cut lamp designed by student workshop participants.
Pledge $500 or more
All of the above AND Receive a free 1-Year Membership to the Architectural Association (AA) in London.
Pledge $1,000 or more
All of the above AND Your name will be mentioned alongside ours as a founding patron on all presentation, publication, and exhibition titles.
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FABberz is a community whose principle objective is to spread knowledge about the fabrication and customization of designs. FABberz allows students and creative minds alike to test, commercialize, and share their design ideas. A fabber is literally a person who fabricates things using digital fabrication technologies. The goal of the FABberz project is to allow the ENTIRE world to become a fabber by bringing the creative processes of design and fabrication directly into the hands of the public.
