Singing Praise for the String Age
An interview with Virginia Postrel on the history of textiles. Virginia Postrel’s The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World tells the interwoven
Hillary Predko
Hillary Predko is an interdisciplinary artist and researcher who works across the boundaries of craft and computation with a penchant for trash.
Standard Issue Fun
An interview with an ASTM volunteer who keeps amusement parks safe. Standards quietly subtend everything in the modern world - the food we eat, the electricity
NYC x MFG
An interview with Neil Padukone While researching our recent piece on Vaclav Smil’s Made in the USA, I reached out to Neil Padukone, Executive
2022-07-11
Hillary Predko on learning from worthless trees, maintenance art, and the varied world of ferry flights.
Manufacturing an Ecosystem
Revisiting Vaclav Smil's Made in the USA Following the 2008 financial crisis, manufacturing output in the United States dropped by 20% and the
2022-06-06
Hillary Predko on computation and the full manufacturing value stream, how to value soft skills in engineering, and projects from the Member community