New Designs Are Brewing in New Britain

The signage at the new Busy Bean cafe in New Britain was made in the MakerspaceCT wood shop on our Techno CNC Systems router by member Loren Brandenberg.

Loren is not only a member but also the instructor for our Additive Badging program. He is the founder and owner of Olepi Labs, a design, research, education, and manufacturing business based in Stafford Springs, CT. Loren is a mechanical engineer by trade and has several years of experience as a CAD designer and process engineer for aerospace manufacturing and other industries.

See his work for the signage below, as well as a video profile of the Busy Bean from CT LIVE.

The signage at the new Busy Bean cafe in New Britain was made in the MakerspaceCT wood shop on our Techno CNC Systems router by member Loren Brandenberg.

Posted by Makerspace CT on Saturday, April 17, 2021

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