Personal manufacturing technologies willprofoundly impact how we design, make,transport, and consume physical products.As manufacturing technologies follow thepath from factory to home use, like personalcomputers, “personalised” manufacturingtools will enable consumers, schoolsand businesses to work and play in newways. Emerging manufacturing technologieswill usher in an industrial “evolution”that combines the best of mass and artisanproduction models.
Set in Brisbane 2050, Perfact is a placefor inspiration, creation and fabrication.Boasting a self-replicating structuremanufactured on site, Perfact has becomethe cultural heart of the city, providing anephemeral space that celebrates the pathfrom inspiration to fabrication.Following the democratisation of design inthe early 21st century, and the advent ofuniversal molecular fabrication technologies,Perfact provides fabrication space, innovativespace and public space in a single,ever changing entity.
