I remember seeing a wiki awhile ago (possibly on the r/solarpunk subreddit?) that was dedicated to providing people with open source furniture. Primarily they used a laser cutter and cheap plywood for ease of use. The end goal was to create public spaces that were easy to set up in the communities. For the life of me I can’t find the original wiki! I’d love to rediscover it as I’m moving and will finally be able to work on some of the projects. Does anyone know the website that I am talking about?

  • VenDiagraphein@slrpnk.net
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    2 years ago

    Do you remember how long ago you saw it? Everything I’m aware of for furniture disappeared or went for-profit years ago.

    Someone’s already mentioned Opendesk, which mysteriously cut off access to files with a “we’ll email everyone when they come back!”. Spoilers, they did not come back, its been nearly 5 years. Instead they started selling furniture by request and partnering with fabrication services. There are some others that were similar, AtFab, fabsie, opendesign (which I think was a wiki, so maybe that was the one posted?)… but none are still active and the websites/links are dead or replaced by something different using the name. You can still find designs on github though, and some on Pintrest, of all places.

    Here is one such repository of Opendesk’s designs: https://github.com/timrolls/Opendesk . Go forth and fab freely.

    • GospelofJohnnyOP
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      2 years ago

      It wasn’t opendesk unfortunately. I saw it maybe a year ago and I just remembered it recently.

      I think it was run by a nonprofit (or maybe it was some kind of company, idk) that I think both did planning for communities officially and provided the resources to do it on your own. Their wiki had multiple different sections, such as furniture, bus stops, beergardens, farmers markets, and more.

      I want to say it got started in Portland but that could be a fever dream :/