Based on a lasercut chassis made from MDF or plexiglass, the design of the Vertical Plotter has sought to minimize the number of components needed and simplify as much as possible its assembly and use.


The main innovations which distinguish this brand new model from the older ones are: two on-board motors which stabilize the plotter and make its installation fast and simple, requiring no external components; the use of Processing for the generation of content and framework and of the Arduino platform for the hardware side, which make the plotter easily reproducible, user-friendly and less expansive; and the erasing system, allowing us to transform potentially every surface in a low-rate refreshable digital screen.

The Vertical Plotter is a mediator between the digital and the physical dimensions. With it digital technology presents itself as a contents catalyzer, enhancing our life and making our everyday objects and environment smarter, more interactive, more and more sensitive.

Vertical Plotter is an open-source project which during his three years of life featured the development of different prototypes of vertical plotters, all at the core of various installations: from OsArc at Adhocracy exhibition (Istanbul, 2012) to the 5minutSelfie of the Vodafone stand at Berlin IFA, last September.