Fall 2021 first project – Product Families

The first project for the Fall 2021 term – Product Families – can be found online here.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dUfkFl5qb5hGqOLZt803FvxHFtHApYf4kEIR0Xx1M-8/edit?usp=sharing

We’ll be exploring a different all-digital presentation/sharing workflow this semester during this course’s first hybrid run: using AR.js to prototype and present the project using free mixed reality technology.

Privacy Screens for Kids – Spring 2019

 
The final project for the Spring 2019 term – Privacy Screens for Kids – is available now.   Hit the link between the paragraphs below.  The assignment asks students to design a family of laser cut privacy screens for preschoolers, and to build 3 individuals at 1:4 scale.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qGLzZQmn6wz4DNb9bhPN4tR6mm_QwOc9aQlHR8eiQk4/edit?usp=sharing

Previously we’ve always built at full scale in the laser cutting projects.  Or at least we’ve tried too, with a hit-or-miss sort of success record.  I’m hopeful that the 1:4 scale will take some of the financial sting out of the projects, minimize catastrophic structural failures, and will force students to truly design in the plural form; you all must build three screens that work, not one screen that works.