event: Product Designing Network 3: Domestic/Public Rapid Prototyping

Workshop led by Jon Pengelly & John Marshall, University of Aberdeen.

This workshop is designed to introduce the principles of 3D scanning technology and the developmental role object 'sampling' might play in producing new creative opportunities for the designer. The workshop participants will specifically exploit these technologies in questioning the relationship between prototype and mass-produced designed object. The technologies’ potential to '3D sample' and '3D print' will be explored in relation to new production paradigms, design vocabularies and methodologies. Towards a specific focus on the new opportunities that exist for the product designer in developing a playful ‘logistics of iteration’ in contrast to more quantitative, 'reverse-engineering' approaches.

More information about the workshop series: http://www.methodsnetwork.ac.uk/activities/act38.html