Ponoko Gets Treehugger founder and US base

Peter Griffin writes about High flying Ponoko Takes off over at his tech blog on the herald and points to a couple of key accomplishments they’ve made on their journey to the next stage.

Treehugger Founder now a Ponoko Adviser

The hugely popluar treehugger.com site has been built up over the last few years as a portal for new green technology ideas, environmental perspectives and the like, and I’ve popped over there at monthly intervals to checkout some new good stuff going on. Having the founder Graham Hill on your advisory board when you’re in Ponoko’s position is exactly the sort of step you want to be taking.

Sustainibility and Ponoko’s online business model

I’ve always been excited by Dave and Derek’s model for Ponoko where products are made as close to the purhaser as possible, reducing the otherwise energy and resource intensive global freight and using materials local to the purchaser. This is a realy smart use of hi-tech (both the online service and the laser cutting technolgy) to change the way we design, make and buy things. The beginnings of big things.

San Francisco Office and Laser Cutter

Dave and Derek have been darting back and forward to the US over the past 9 months with Ponoko, and have recently set-up their office and local partner which gives them a laster cutter in San Francisco to start making and shipping products in the US from the US, the first node of many to come. Love seeing these guys make it happen.

Checkout the new Ponoko Showroom for what sort of things they have in store made from designers all around the world.