Five years built the prototype.
Support determines what happens next.
I independently funded roughly five years of design, fabrication, software development, and iteration to create the first working Open Motion Studio prototype.
The next phase is different. Refining the mechanisms, packaging the software, documenting the system, testing revisions, coordinating collaborators, and exploring manufacturing require more time and resources than one person can continue carrying alone.
Supporting the project does not purchase hidden content or unrestricted rights to the design. It funds the work required to turn a one-of-one machine into something other people may eventually be able to build, purchase, modify, or extend.
The public development story will remain accessible. Specific designs, software, build packages, and products may carry their own release, licensing, or commercial terms.
Why give?
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Continue the Engineering
Fund the mechanical revisions, software development, fabrication, and testing needed to improve the working prototype.
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Turn a Prototype Into a Platform
Help standardize the parts, package the software, produce documentation, and make the system understandable beyond its original builder.
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Fund the Time
Five years produced a working machine. Continued progress requires sustained time for engineering, documentation, collaboration, and project stewardship.
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Make Responsible Openness Possible
Preparing useful open components requires refinement, documentation, licensing, testing, and maintenance—not merely uploading raw project files.
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Bring More People Into the Work
Support helps involve engineers, developers, creators, manufacturers, suppliers, and prospective users in determining the project’s next form.
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Demonstrate That the Demand Is Real
Visible support strengthens the case for manufacturing, supply, sponsorship, partnership, and future product development.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Directly into the project: components, fabrication, software and hosting, testing, documentation, demonstrations, and the development time required to continue refining and stewarding Open Motion Studio.
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No. Intentionism is an independent commercial entity, and contributions are not tax-deductible charitable donations. They are voluntary support from people and organizations that want to help the project continue.
Unless a separate written agreement states otherwise, a contribution does not purchase equity, a product, a license, or ownership of project intellectual property.
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No blanket promise has been made to release every design, file, or software component without restriction.
The videos, articles, demonstrations, and public development story will remain accessible. Specific technical materials may be released under stated licenses as they become sufficiently refined and documented.
The eventual model may combine open components, community development, kits, manufactured systems, commercial partnerships, sponsorship, or licensing. Support helps determine how much of that work can be completed and how quickly it can reach other people.
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Yes. Ongoing support is especially valuable because the work requires continuity across engineering, documentation, software development, testing, and coordination.
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Yes. I am open to aligned sponsorships, manufacturing and supply relationships, engineering collaborations, licensing discussions, and commercial partnerships.
Support does not need to be purely financial. Fabrication capacity, components, expertise, introductions, and real-world testing opportunities can all materially advance the project.