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Open-hardware studio

Built to open.
Meant to last.

unmesa · उन्मेष · an opening; a blossoming

We're designing home devices you can open, fix and keep for years.

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How we build

Open it up.

Vayu, an air-quality monitor, opening up: the lid lifts, the four bolts come out and the circuit board rises out of the frosted body.

  1. 01 Open

    See inside. Every file published when it ships.

  2. 02 Repair

    Designed to open with one Allen key.

  3. 03 Local

    Designed to work offline. No account.

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  4. 04 If we disappear

    Your device shouldn't.

    Firmware and files go public as each device ships.

Devices

What's growing.

  • Kosha, a compact home server, shown as an exploded specimen render.

    Kosha

    Micro home server

    Sketch

  • Vayu, an air quality monitor, shown as an exploded specimen render.

    Vayu

    Air quality monitor

    Sketch

  • Patra, an e-ink display, shown as an exploded specimen render.

    Patra

    Multipurpose e-ink display

    Sketch

  • Ankura, a self-watering desk planter, shown as an exploded specimen render.

    Ankura

    Self-watering desk planter

    Sketch

Out of the lab

Shape the top plate yourself.

Caddy, our browser CAD app, is in early access.

See Caddy

Parameters

plate96 mm

boltsM3

From the bench

Printed, painted, made to order.

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  • Goofball, a black hand-painted cat figure with oversized googly eyes.

    Goofball

    More eyes than sense.

  • Tommm, a bright-green hand-painted lizard balanced on its tail.

    Tommm

    Three m's, one expression.

  • A white ribbed 3D-printed bud vase with a hand-drawn flower bouquet.

    Flower Pot

    For one good stem.

  • The Flower Keeper press beside a pressed orchid keepsake.

    Flower Keeper

    Press the ones you keep.

  • White 3D-printed Skadis attachments organizing tools on a pegboard.

    Skadis attachments

    Hooks and trays for the pegboard.

  • A hand-painted olive scale-model tank, up close.

    Scale Model Tank

    Hand-painted, hatch to track.

  • Round black soot magnets with googly eyes holding a photo.

    Soot magnets

    Wide-eyed, for the fridge.

  • A hand-painted cat-and-mouse figure pair, posed mid-chase.

    The Frenemies

    A famous chase, in miniature.

    Homage · not for sale

A note

I love making things: sketching a part, printing it, getting it wrong, opening it up, trying again. Few things in my home let me do that.

So we're designing ones that do: made to open with ordinary tools, keep your data at home, and last for years. It's early. Come watch them grow.

Kartike, Bengaluru