Acknowledgments

Makers around the world who took the leap with us by trusting, downloading, and building AtFAB in all corners of the globe. We hoped but never fully imagined how a project hatched in our little studio could connect us so far. Their conversations, pictures, emails, tweets, and posts taught us so much, made us smile, and showed us how connected we all really are.

This book is the product of several AtFAB connections to which we are especially indebted. Most significantly, Anna Kaziunas-France, our talented co-author with whom we’ve had the privilege of knowing since her articles on CNC furniture for Make: Magazine. And, of course Bill Young, our fearless collaborator and teacher in so many adventures, and a benevolent, patient friend. We also owe much to ShopBot’s founder Ted Hall, who has been generous with his mentoring and wisdom. We are grateful to Jerry Davis, whose research and writing, and foreword to this book, furthers understanding in how design for CNC can improve the world. Thanks also to Greg Flanagan for sharing his Queen Anne chair design within these pages. We express our sincerest gratitude to Dale Dougherty and everyone at Make: for creating the space for the maker movement to thrive.

We are also grateful to many others, who fueled the AtFAB experiment. Thank you to John Baucus at SketchUp, as well as OpenDesk’s founders, James Arthur, Ian Bennink, Nick Ierodiaconou, and Joni Steiner, for sharing common ambitions for this new design territory. We also owe thanks to Matthijs Bouw, Michael Kubo, and Nader Tehrani for their significant intellectual support and encouragement, as well as to Bre Pettis and Jenny Lawton for tossing us into the deep end of the pool with a project of a lifetime. We’d be remiss if we didn’t thank our European friends Bertier Luyt, Zoe Romano, Costantino Bongiorno, and Mischa Schaub for the ongoing support, conversations, and collaborations. And, finally, thanks to our research assistants Maggie Clines, Seth Gover, Sydney Kidd, Joe O’Toole, and Carolyn Parrish who enthusiastically drew, coded, cut, and prototyped the first AtFAB pieces alongside us.