3D Printed Face Shields
Covid Maker Response
About a week ago we learned that a local New Jersey design company called Tangible Creative was part of a massive volunteer effort to provide face shields to NYC hospitals. We were even more intrigued to learn that they had been pulled into the action by a group of Columbia Read more…
covid-19 response
Design Challenge: Extending the Useful Life of Surgical & N95 Masks
Medical staff members are being asked to make their surgical and N95 masks last for as long as possible. We are hearing nurses report that masks are being reused for periods of a week or longer, if they are lucky enough to have surgical masks at all! A local hospital Read more…
3d printing
COVID-19 Status Update
It is difficult to know how to act or how to prepare for the near future when so much is uncertain. We’ve heard this pandemic described by some as “The Apollo mission of our time”. It took the coordinated efforts of an estimated 400,000 American workers nearly a decade to Read more…
Design
The Challenges of Enclosure Design
Recently a talented designer friend of ours lamented that he has “spent years just designing boxes for things”. As simple and mundane as that sounds, each enclosure project poses unique challenges for product designers. Teams developing benchtop instruments or electronic appliances of course want something that will set them apart Read more…
Artists
Portrait of an Artist: Claudia Strepp
The year is 2006. A tall blond woman stands on top of her pickup truck as 300 wild mustangs gallop toward her. The horses can smell water from miles away, and her truck is filled with water. The dust cloud was thick, the sound was deafening, and the woman stood Read more…
Artists
Masters: The Woodworker
How often do we find work that we love? Few people end up doing what they love for their entire career. Sometimes, through a combination of interest, determination and circumstance, these happy few achieve mastery in their craft. At Zaic Design, we love meeting these people. We believe that the pursuit Read more…