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Day 6 building the Figma for hardware. Another study today: transparent shells for transparent tech and windows, and how much the material changes what you can see inside a device. I’m exploring shell thickness, refraction, tint, frosted glass, optical layers and different window shapes, from small openings to convex... show more

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Tykra21 days ago

Runs entirely in real time on the web.

Mathieu21 days ago

i could imagine people having nothing to do with industrial design using this product to 'play with it' because its satisfying haha

Tykra21 days ago

Maybe that is my goal 👀, but also it will have pub and many more features; it’s not just aesthetics.

Mathieu20 days ago

cool bro, really really nice, keep going. as i said in another comment. hmu if you'll need ambassadors for your product in switzerland. i'll connect you🛜

Tykra20 days ago

Thanks! It’s still in development, but I’ll DM you if I need any ambassadors. Right now, I’m looking for angel investors

Mathieu21 days ago

bro you are going to make millions. looking for any product ambassadors in switzerland?

Anton Gridz21 days ago

One of the most interesting projects in my feed. Love seeing the everyday progress 😍

klöss20 days ago

Brilliant

Magpie20 days ago

This is sick, nice work!

Joseph M.21 days ago

this is so sick

Andura20 days ago

Woah, can you disassemble it to see the inside? PCB and all. That must be cool.

Matthew Campbell20 days ago

cool its funny most guys are so technical, no one is thinking about the aesthetics of the hardware. going to usher in a new generation

Kido Dreauw20 days ago

Figma for hardware is just parametric cad with templates? 😅

kiruno20 days ago

看起来好棒啊，我能在哪里尝试它？我需要导入自定义模型么，还是在应用中能够创建和编辑外壳？

Josiah Lau20 days ago

This looks amazing!

Calvin20 days ago

看起来非常的有趣

Carlos Ocasio20 days ago

I love your mission, keep it pushing!

Daniel Song20 days ago

no offense; quick question here - what's the biggest differentiator between Blender, Spline, Womp3D or etc? is it just a easier version of them?

Tykra20 days ago

Sdf it’s more than a 3d model you can do things like this wich is a real working stem player and not just an animation

wosti21 days ago

how would your best functionally aesthetic smart speaker look like?

Joseph West20 days ago

it would helpful to outfit the thickness based on what sizes you can actually achieve with sheet sizes, etc.

Aros20 days ago

You manufacture the boxes, how can they be obtained?

Sahil H20 days ago

This looks like a nice toy to play with, good visual aesthetics but the hardest part of going from CAD to RL is manufacturability. How are you approaching this?

Tykra20 days ago

That’s the biggest challenge, and it’s why I’m building parametric components with emulated electronics and behavior. The idea is to create the entire product inside the software, test how it works, debug the software running on it, and then move toward production. It would be really cool to collaborate with manufacturers and get access to their actual components, so you could choose them directly from the app and build around real parts.

Sahil H20 days ago

Yeah I mean you should talk to component suppliers like digikey mouser etc. And see if you can get component lists from them. No idea if they have an api you can access but theres tonnes of existing library packages. Problem is they aren't always accurate

Content Forge20 days ago

the frosted window makes hardware feel strangely alive

DΣЯƧᄃӨDΣƧ (Mohamed Anders Kitson)20 days ago

Ship it

CALL SAL21 days ago

This is such a thoughtful extension of interface design into the material itself. Treating transparency as a parameter gives the object a kind of editorial control over what it reveals, which makes the hardware feel alive.

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