Designing with Machines
Live Project 2022 ⟶ Details

This project tackles two interrelated ideas: "machines" and “making”. How/where/when/what do we make with the use of machines? As familiar as we are with making with our hands, we are often hesitant to include machines in the design process.

Over the course of this five-week project, we will undertake a series of design experiments in which we will explore and try out a range of machines, from laser cutters to pen plotters to simple sensing, playful, useless and teachable machines.

The approach is process-oriented rather than outcome driven, and to create and express ideas by understanding how to interface with machines that we often don't have access to or are not interested in at first.

Outcomes can take on various forms and media which are then documented and presented in a digital format that can be shared online.

Keywords
Creative Coding, Physical Computing, Laser Cutting, Machine Learning, Artifacts