Join us for the creator meetup party on April 6th, 2013! -East Meets West-
Celebrate the winner of the T-shirts design contest, and connect with your local creators!Sorry, no spots left… The application was closed (March 28th, 2013). We are thrilled to announce that Loftwork.com will be holding an offline meeting for all creators. Please join us for a social gathering on…
Amazing 360-degree book is available at FabCafe online store!
Yusuke Oono’s 360°Book “snow white” is now on sale as data! “You Fab 2012” is a design contest for works using laser cutters, held last summer. Yusuke Oono’s <<360° Book snow white>>, which won a prize (Free Fab section), has finally been released for data sale on the FabCafe official on…
360 Degree Book Release Party
You Fab 2012 Award Celebration Talk Event: The Secret of the 360°Book“You Fab 2012,” was a contest, held in summer 2012 by FabCafe and Loftwork.com, for design ideas created by the laser cutter. Out of 359 entries from around the world, the winner of the Free Fab category was the “360° Book,” by Yus…
2013 Schedule maintenance notification
Scheduled maintenance of Loftwork.com will occur in the afternoon of every first Saturday except for January (The schedule maintenance in January will be taking place in the afternoon of 19th).All systems are unable to use during the maintenance. We appreciate your patience and apologize for any inc…
You Fab 2012 winners designs are available at FabCafe online store!
The results of the YouFab 2012 laser cutter design contest were announced in October. Hundreds of entries were solicited worldwide, and the winning designs of this hugely influential contest went on sale on FabCafe Deals, FabCafe’s newly opened online store, on December 13, 2012!The four winning des…
Fab Christmas Ornament Exchange
Why don’t you take part in a new form of exchange of present in which physical objects do not move?Christmas tree has just come to the FabCafe in Shibuya, Tokyo. When the tree comes, it’s time to decorate it with ornaments! In FabCafe, we make ornaments in a slightly different way, together with the…
Share your work and make original books through “ReClip”!
We are thrilled to announce that Loftwork.Inc has started a new web service “Reclip” on November 29th, 2012.With ReClip you can collect your favorite original images to create your very own collection. When creators publish a work, people that like it “Clip!” it, and become fans by adding the work t…
Loftwork.com News Letter Language Settings
(日本語は英語の後に続きます）We’re so happy to announce that we started sending our news letter in English!We’ll be sending one to you every month filled with the latest news, announcements, and competition details from Loftwork.com. Sometimes when we have hot topics, such as announcements of competition winners,…
Four Loftwork.com Creators Take Part in the Hachiko Charity Tote Bag Initiative
Get your own Hachiko tote bag online or check them out on display at Shibuya Hikarie 8 from October 6-10thThe Hachiko Charity Project is an initiative designed to support those affected in the Great East Japan Earthquake and is comprised of 40 Shibuya-based creators; four of which are from the Loftw…
FabCafe’s New Opening Hours
FabCafe, the Japan’s first cafe centering on digital fabrication with a laser cutter, is announcing its new opening hours!We are thrilled to announce that FabCafe opens on Sundays, too!Opening hours:Mon- Fri 10:00-20:00Sat – Sun 11:00-20:00Closed on public holidays.Address:1F 1-22-7 Dogenzaka Shibuy…
August 25 – Etsy Tokyo Crafts Party 2012
This year, Tokyo Etsy’s annual craft party will be held at FabCafe, the digital fabrication cafe in Shibuya.It’s a great chance to meet up with crafters from around the world! DetailsEvent name: Tokyo Craft PartyWhat: Enjoy craft projects, including sashiko tissue case with Saké Puppets,…
10 Aug – SOMEN Party!!!
Watching HANABI, let’s have excellent noodle “SOMEN” made at Shodo-shima!SOMEN are very thin–less than 1.3 mm in diameter–white Japanese noodles made of wheat flour. The noodles are usually served cold. In the summer, sōmen chilled with ice is a popular meal to help stay cool.At SOMEN party, we’ll…
Schedule maintenance notification– Sep 1st 12:00-15:00 Japan time (UTC+9:00)
We scheduled Loftwork.com maintenance in the afternoon of September 1st Japan time (UTC+9:00).All systems are unable to use during the maintenance.We appreciate your patience and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.Schedule maintenance will occur in the afternoon of every first Saturday.…
Upload error: how to solve
We are currently experiencing a technical issue with its image file upload functionality whereby users are shown a blank screen and are unable to upload their images.WorkaroundThis problem tends to occur when uploading high resolution images (higher than 200 to 300dpi) during times of concentrated a…
Call for entries: ASIAGRAPH 2012
The “ASIAGRAPH2012 CG Art Gallery Public Exhibition”, sponsored by “ASIAGRAPH”, is calling for entries. ASIAGRAPH is an international CG event that brings Asia’s CG art together under one roof. The entries are accepted through Loftwork.com.Artwork will be vigorously evaluated emphasizing “originalit…
Digital Fabrication Cafe “FabCafe” Opens on March 7, 2012
On March 7, 2012, Loftwork Inc (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Mitsuhiro Suwa, CEO) and Toshiya Fukuda (CEO, 777 Interactive) opened FabCafe, Japan’s first cafe centering on digital fabrication with a laser cutter.*1◆What is FabCafe?“Fab”, the “fabrication revolution” movement has been spreading around the worl…
Just launched ‘Roooots Redesign Project’
In Echigo-Tsumai, a Collaboration between Creative Designers and Local Specialty Products Manufacturers October 12, with the sponsorship of the Oochi Arts Festival Committee (Niigata Prefecture, Tookamachi City, Tsunamachi), the Roooots local specialty redesign project 2012 was launched on loftwork.…
Let’s get cool T-shirts by using CC lisence on your work
[caption id="attachment_5615" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Creative Commons Polska | CC-BY"][/caption]There is a marketing campaign in place offering a chance to win T-shirts with the „Wkręć Się i Zacznij Tworzyć” logo (a remix of the Get Excited and Make Things graphic by Matt Jones, a…
Tohoku-Kanto Earthquake and Site operation
We would like to express our sincere condolences to the victims of the Great Tohoku Kanto Earthquake and their families.All loftwork.com creators, we know that some of you are probably very worried about friends, relatives and acquaintances that have not yet been accounted for.We also think that you…
loftwork.com is now in open beta!
The time has finally come! Creator Portal “Loftwork.com Beta” is finally in open beta!After 3 years, this 7th redesign brings the bilingualization of the website into reality with the theme “Challenge with Your Creative”, challenging you to take on the world with your creativity. Additionally, the p…
An important announcement about the beta website
Thank you for using loftwork. What follows is an important announcement concerning the opening of the beta website.About moving accountsThe new site will start as a beta website, and operate parallel to the current site. In order to allow all creators to get used to the new site, we have set up a 2…
