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Intergalactic Travel Authority — Brothers Dressler
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Crafting furniture; exploring materials, process and purpose. In early 2012 we embarked on designing and building the unconventional interior of a new children’s writing-centre in Bloordale, Toronto. Working with local non-profit Story Planet. The front terminal houses the Black Hole Coffee bar offering travellers high octane fuel. There is also a gift and book store to make sure you have everything for your journey including planetary samples. We’re longtime fans of Dave Eggers’ writing and McSweeneys.
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Up, not North - Pianocade post-mortem: lessons learned starting a maker business
http://upnotnorth.net/2013/03/06/pianocade-post-mortem-lessons-learned-starting-a-maker-business
Up, not North. Up, not North. Amateur engineering and design dabbling. Pianocade post-mortem: lessons learned starting a maker business. March 6th, 2013. Six months ago I launched. My first commercial project: the Pianocade. Synthesizer. Several months behind schedule and significantly above budget, I’ve finally managed to ship all the preorders. Needless to say, things did not go as planned. The problem is supply, not demand. Things that was hard. It’s not that I thought manufacturing would be eas...