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Defauw Design & Fabrication

Berkeley, CA · prototype to low volume

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About

Designs and fabricates custom furniture, fixtures, gates, railings, skylights and other installations for commercial, residential and institutional clients. Work ranges from one-off and limited production pieces to prototypes, with design and installation handled in-house.

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Processes

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Materials
Stainless steel, carbon steel, aluminum, copper, brass and bronze, plastics
Volumes
Prototype to low volume
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  • Processes · Fabrication
    “Fabrication: DDF”
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  • Processes · Waterjet cutting
    “Waterjet-cut steel plate fins”
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  • Processes · Laser cutting
    “laser cut & folded”
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  • Processes · Sheet metal fabrication
    “16 gauge stainless steel sheetmetal”
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  • Processes · Welding
    “forged and welded stainless steel frame”
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  • Processes · Forging
    “forged and milled steel flat bar”
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  • Processes · Stamping
    “Forged, stamped and oxidized mild steel”
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  • Processes · Machining
    “machined press-fit hidden steel dowel pins”
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  • Processes · Powder coating
    “Matte white powdercoated handrails”
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  • Processes · Painting
    “Awning / Sunscreen of Skatelite, painted steel”
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  • Processes · Engineering and design
    “conceptualizing, design, planning and management”
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  • Processes · Installation
    “Installation: DDF”
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  • Processes · Prototyping
    “prototyping of furniture, fixtures and installations”
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  • Materials · Stainless steel
    “Custom stainless steel door pulls”
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  • Materials · Carbon steel
    “Of formed, welded, milled and painted mild steel”
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  • Materials · Aluminum
    “This custom powdercoated aluminum skylight”
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  • Materials · Copper, brass and bronze
    “custom-grooved patterned silicon bronze”
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  • Materials · Plastics
    “curved polycarbonate panes”
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