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Vanessa Chan’s Creative Innovation Wipes Out Gripes

Vanessa Chan’s Creative Innovation Wipes Out Gripes

Member Stories

December 18, 2015

What brought corporate executive Vanessa Chan out of the corporate world and into NextFab? She claims that it was her inner tinkerer and love for jewelry design, but this highly creative maker with a Ph.D. in Material Sciences and Engineering takes tinkering to another level. Chan’s ability to fuse her tech engineering chops with her […]

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Building Outdoor Game Tables for U.C. Science Center

Building Outdoor Game Tables for U.C. Science Center

NextFab Stories

December 3, 2015

NextFab recently completed a project for the University City Science Center for their renovation of the 37th St. Walkway between Chestnut and Market Streets. The project consisted of multi-use game tables, with tops suitable for chess or backgammon. As a year round fixture of the outdoor parklet, the tables had to be robust enough to […]

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Intro to Jewelry at North Fourth Supports PAWS

Intro to Jewelry at North Fourth Supports PAWS

NextFab Stories

November 25, 2015

The Introduction to Jewelry Making class at NextFab’s North Fourth location teaches the fundamentals of jewelry making and supports the Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society. Sign up for a class and see why the Jewelry shop at North Fourth is such a gem! Class Fundamentals Working at a small scale presents a unique set of challenges. […]

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Open Studio Night Series at NextFab North 4th!

Open Studio Night Series at NextFab North 4th!

NextFab Stories

November 17, 2015

If you haven’t been in to NextFab or if you haven’t been to NextFab’s North 4th Street location or if you are just looking for something fun to do in the fall and winter months, check out the Open Studio Night series at North Fourth! NextFab North Fourth is NextFab’s newest location, a 4,000 square […]

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NextFab Supports Budding Young Entrepeneur

NextFab Supports Budding Young Entrepeneur

Member Stories

November 11, 2015

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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From Our Labs: Creating with Corian

From Our Labs: Creating with Corian

NextFab Stories

November 2, 2015

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 […]

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2D: Photo Scanning and Printing at NextFab

2D: Photo Scanning and Printing at NextFab

NextFab Stories

October 5, 2015

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 […]

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The Jig is Up: Creating 3D-printable Jigs for Startup

The Jig is Up: Creating 3D-printable Jigs for Startup

NextFab Stories

September 29, 2015

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 […]

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Geeking Out: How We Made the 2015 Geekadelphia Trophies

Geeking Out: How We Made the 2015 Geekadelphia Trophies

Contract Projects

September 10, 2015

“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 […]

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Itzik Lorant’s Work Chosen for Math Art Show

Itzik Lorant’s Work Chosen for Math Art Show

Member Stories

August 25, 2015

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 […]

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