Digitally Fabricated Mosaics

Basics

• Making Artistic Mosaics In a Fast, Repeatable Manner via Digifab
• Uses a PNP device with any square / regular polygonal shape
• THEN it uses a cnc mill to make the shapes more "jagged" if this is desired (more handmade look)
• Will probably need a gimp or krita plugin or even a dedicated software for image/pattern -> tile selection + gcode
• Also may want a construction site for for floors/pools etc
• Adhesion methods also need to be determined
• Not a VERY nearterm need, but could make the OBI Aesthetic VERY Unique (most mosaics are expensive, rare, and not diverse content
  • With digifab they could be in any house, and have infinita variation

Industry Standards

• Artaic
• Uses square tiles and a PNP
• No cnc post processing
• Software and Tile Sourcing seem to be their best acheivements

Internal Links

• PNP

External Links

• The Wikipedia Page on Mosaics
• Some information on petential intresting patterns/styles:
  • The Wikipedia Page on A Video by The Youtube Channel "Veritasium" on Aperiodic Patterns
  • The Wikipedia Page on Aperiodic Tiling
  • The Wikipedia Page on Penrose Tiling
  • The Wikipedia Page on Islamic Geometric Patterns (Similar concept, but not truely aperiodic, and aesthetic driven, not mathematic)