In my PhD work, I am enabling non-expert users to design and fabricate load-bearing objects, such as furniture. As illustrated below, I achieve this by automating structural analysis, generating jigs and computing optimized assembly paths, and by automatically calibrating laser cutters. With my last project, I push past the maker movement by decomposing laser-cut objects IKEA-style. This makes these objects efficient to ship and so easy to assemble that regular consumers can do it.