84000 Product Design Special Project
6cp; 3hpw, design studio, with presentations and demonstrationsRequisite(s): (84117 Product Design Communication B AND (48 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10304 Bachelor of Design Product Design OR 48 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10305 Bachelor of Design Product Design Bachelor of International Studies OR 48 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10323 Bachelor of Design Product Design Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation OR 48 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10428 Bachelor of Design Product Design Bachelor of Languages and Cultures OR 48 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C09145 Bachelor of Design Product Design Bachelor of International Studies (Honours)))
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available to all School of Design and School of Architecture students who have completed Year 1 of their bachelor degree
Description
In the framework of the newly formed Material Ecologies Design Lab, the School of Design is offering an elective on digital systems for sustainable production to both product design and architecture students.
The elective challenges students to speculate on the future of localised manufacturing using sustainable materials in combination with digital production methods. Students do this through researching and experimenting with new 100 per cent sustainable and/or 100 per cent recycled materials and apply them to digital manufacturing processes such as 3D printing and CNC milling. Students then develop the results of their experiments into new production frameworks through which they can design and make products.
Students work in groups for the duration of the session to develop individual projects and to create artefacts for exhibition and publication.
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