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Posts tagged "design"
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The WTFosphere
Whatever The Function you need - the platform for anything
Partnering with Tropologic
Strategic partnership on IP strategy and biological integration
Launching the Store
store.thios.co is live - handbooks, templates, and tools
Homage to Whole Earth Catalog
How Stewart Brand's 1968 vision shapes everything we build
Moving to OnShape CAD
Why we migrated from Plasticity to OnShape, and what it means for open-source hardware
Be More Like Mondragon
Why Thios is structured as a cooperative, and what that means for everyone who builds with us
Flat Packable Modules
How IKEA's shipping insight became a design principle for buildable structures
First Principles Solutioning
Why copying best practices keeps you average, and solving from fundamentals can make you exceptional
Website Up
Launching thios.co — reflections on building a platform for open-source hardware
The Initial Plan
A roadmap from concept to community — and why plans need to be flexible
Not Asking Permission
Why I build in public, share everything, and don't wait for gatekeepers
Introducing Saunosphere
Build your own wood-fired sauna for under $5,000
Proto 2: The Immosphere
Testing the platform with an entertainment pod — same structure, completely different use
The Lessons in Teardown
What I learned about design by taking existing products apart
Proto 1: The Saunosphere
Building the first prototype and learning what works
First CAD: Plasticity.xyz
Why I started with Plasticity, what it did well, and why I eventually moved on
Not Your Buckys Dome
Why the Thiosphere isn't a geodesic dome (and why that matters for your build)
AI as Cofounder
How a solo founder uses AI to build what would normally require a team
Why I Am Not Patenting the Thiosphere
The economics of open source hardware and why I chose a different path
Welcome to the Thios Blog
Building in public — the real story of creating open-source shelter