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Supplyframe Design Lab

Supplyframe has opened a Design + Technology center in Pasadena, CA!

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We've started a place to build awesome, ambitious projects in Pasadena!

The Lab exists for a number of reasons, we're hackers, designers and builders and we love to build stuff. The area also has a good concentration of engineers and artists from Caltech, JPL and Art Center.

So: enter the Supplyframe Design Lab! We invite teams of engineers, designers, hackers, makers and tinkerers to come build the project they have a burning passion to create. The invitation takes the form of a four month long residency where you and your team have exclusive access to all the facilities of the lab to turn concept into reality.

Apply now with a project idea! http://goo.gl/forms/XhsCHea7as

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  • Local Info - Parking & Public Transport

    Jasmine Brackett05/24/2016 at 22:44 0 comments

    There is a little on-street parking nearby, but your best bet is to park in one of the parking structures that serves the Metro Station or Old Town Pasadena.

    View a Google map showing the Design Lab location and parking.

    All locations are open 24/7, and the rates are:
    First 90 minutes free, $2/hour, $6 daily max, $5 flat rate after 10pm


    Del Mar Station Parking Structure

    (2 min walk)

    198 South Raymond Avenue.

    626.817.0827


    Schoolhouse Park & Walk Structure

    (7 min walk)

    33 East Green Street.

    626.577.8963


    De Lacey Park & Walk Structure

    (10 min walk)

    45 South De Lacey Avenue.

    (626) 577-8963

    Public Transport

    Using the Metro Goldline trains is quick and easy. It takes about 20 mins from Union Station in downtown LA to Del Mar Station, which is less than 2 minutes walk from our front door. Trains run about every 10 mins during the day, and 20 mins at night from 11pm-2am.

    There are also buses that serve Old Town Pasadena. The nearest intersection is FAIR OAKS/DEL MAR BLVD, PASADENA, CA 91105. You can find timetables or use the Metro Trip Planner at Metro.net

  • Nasa SpaceApps Event

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  • Jan update

    Jasmine Brackett02/02/2016 at 22:46 0 comments

    Tools are being installed and the furniture is starting to arrive.

  • Sneak peek Meetup at the Supplyframe Design Lab

    Jasmine Brackett01/12/2016 at 20:27 1 comment

    Come to a pre-launch meetup at the Design Lab Thursday 21 Jan.

    More info & RSVP at Hackaday LA Meetup!

  • December Update

    Tom Mix12/11/2015 at 22:19 0 comments

    We are getting close!

  • Framing & Drywalling Complete, Now Electrical

    technolomaniac10/07/2015 at 22:28 0 comments

    These are the latest images from the Supplyframe Design Lab. There has been a long road to this point, but the major construction in almost completed. We have outfitted the space with a massive new power budget to run big equipment like a large format CNC (ShopBot) and as you can see in the images, this requires quite a bit of new conduit and all new electrical panels. At this point, we have overhead for anything we might want to add now or anytime in the future! Checkout the latest images below!

    Entry Way

    Entry Way (opp wall)...that's the conf area and laser cutting room floating in the middle there.

    Laser Cutting and Conf rooms respectively

    Power!!!

    More power!!

    Main Workshop (CNC) area

    Presentation and Public-Events Space

    Kitchen area looking out towards bathrooms and floating room (ok, that doesn't look like a kitchen, but it will)

  • Innovate Pasadena's article about the Design Lab

    Jasmine Brackett08/19/2015 at 23:27 1 comment

    Michelle Garrett from Innovate Pasadena speaks with Supplyframe's CEO Steve Flagg (@FLAGG).

    Read the full post, and see some more renders of the designed space here: http://www.innovatepasadena.org/innovator-spotlight-supplyframe-lab-designers-on-view-in-their-native-habitat/

  • Empty, but now what?

    technolomaniac08/04/2015 at 19:07 1 comment

    Love the look of being lost in a big empty space about to be kitted out. The space is rocking and construction is happening every day! Going to be amazing!

  • Breaking a few eggs - demo work begins...

    technolomaniac08/04/2015 at 19:03 0 comments

    So over the last week or so we *finally* began construction to build out the new Supplyframe Design Lab in Pasadena! Woo hoo!! Below are some pics that show the early demo work. Clearly we had to break a few eggs to make room for awesome.

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Victor Frost wrote 03/02/2014 at 11:31 point
Deezmaker does monthly hackerspace stuff. I'm actually going there tomorrow.

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Ben Delarre wrote 03/02/2014 at 20:24 point
Yes they have a cool little space...but once a month isn't enough time in a hackerspace for me!

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Mike Szczys wrote 02/18/2014 at 20:10 point
Yeah, a hackerspace in Pasadena is a great idea. I thought that clearing out a cube space to make room for the power mitre saw was not the best of ideas ;-) You need a dedicated space where you can make a real mess!

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Ben Delarre wrote 02/18/2014 at 20:16 point
Haha yeah, you should see the looks of sheer horror staff in the office have when you power up a mitre saw in an office environment!

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