Digital Readymades aims to reinvigorate broken or discarded objects, and re-appropriate existing objects, to extend their lives. The traditional readymade with a digital twist. The project utilises digital technologies, including laser cutting and rapid prototyping, which are accessible to the general public through the online resources Ponoko and Shapeways.
The project aims to explore manufacturing on demand (as opposed to mass manufacture), democratic design and hacking as contemporary responses to the subject of sustainable design, as well as raising awareness of the possibilities of these readily accessible resources and the possibilities they present.
