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Shemar Coombs took an entrepeneurship class in his senior year of high school. This brought him through the doors at NextFab and eventually to New York City for the national 2015 Network for Teaching Entrepeneurship Challenge semi-finals. The entrepeneurship class was supported by The Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE). The NFTE was established to “inspire […]
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Most people think of Corian, a DuPont product, as a solid surface countertop solution – intended for kitchens and office desktops. But Corian is an amazingly versatile material that can be used for a broad range of applications. Our pro fabricators at NextFab have been innovating with Corian for quite some time now, and they’re […]
Theatrical Debut September 16th marked the opening of a solo exhibit of my photography in Santa Fe, NM. The photography on display was photographed between 2009 and 2015 and representative of my travels to Haiti, Africa, India, Nepal, Tibet and throughout the United States during that time period. While my cinematic work had been shown […]
In the Summer of 2015, an intern named Wei Zhen Li joined the young team of engineers and project managers working at a little startup called ConnectDER. It’s unusual for a summer intern to have a lasting impact on a company, particularly one that’s working at a break-neck speed to affect the course of America’s […]
“I knew the minute I held this award that it wasn’t going to be just a piece of decoration for my room (although, it does look awesome with the lights and all). It would demand responsibility.” – Ather Sharif, 2015 Geek of the Year The 2015 Geekadelphia Geek Awards mark the fifth year that NextFab […]
NextFab member Itzik Lorant’s complex, three-dimensional sculptural luminaires utilize wood, metal, plastic, textiles, and light to create dynamic visual patterns. Playing with light, shadow, shape, and material, they are a unique blend of mechanical detail and artistic expression. Lorant’s striking pieces get noticed; Lorant was recently chosen as an exhibitor in the 2015 Bridges Math Art International […]
Designer/Builder Jesse Frome uses mechanical engineering to build unique, one-of-a-kind furniture pieces with organic, biomorphic forms. Getting his business off of the ground has involved building mechanical jigs for NextFab’s tools in order to rapidly prototype his designs. And Frome has accelerated his iterations by receiving feedback from the vast network of expertise in the […]
Simone Spicer is a Philadelphia-based painter and sculptor, who, after twenty years of working as a paint contractor, saw a problem that was ready for a solution. “I have always wanted someone to invent a stand for a wet paint roller, just so I could free up my hands on the job. Finally, it was […]
If you’ve passed by Paine’s Park recently you have likely noticed the two large gray structures that have taken residence there. The City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program’s outdoor exhibition Open Source: Engaging Audiences in Public Space, commissioned British artist Jonathan Monk to create the two skateable sculptures. The sculptures reference artist Sol Lewitt’s installations in the nearby Anne d’Harnoncourt Sculpture […]
Artist Maury Superfine builds beautiful wooden tables. In fact, his tables are so good-looking that we asked him to build a series of tables for our second-floor common area at the Washington Avenue location. Here’s a look at his process Maury starts by sketching patterns in his shop journal. He then collects wood in complementary […]