Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Notes from Podcast (Digital Manufacturing)

Interview with Yana
~freedom of creation(technology meets design)
~Pioneer of digital manufacturing
~Yana tried to find ways of not having his designs compromised by commercialism
~Rapid manufacturing- Taking a 3-D file and putting it into a 3-D printer. So that whatever you can create on a computer screen can then be turned into a 3-D design.
~ Used for prototyping and manufacturing
~ Range of Materials-plastics, metals, starch, and paper. Claims any material you can stack.
~ At just below 20,000 dollars these machines are costly.
~ If you are persistent enough in sending email, calling and knocking on doors you may be able to gain access to one of these machines as an art student.
~ Design opportunities-custom design, production, and medical products including hearing aids.
~ Products the company is making- lamps, sports products, interior products, lighting right now is the biggest area.

1 comment:

Jangrrrrl said...

the comments I made about your Dubai podcast notes apply to this one as well. Good work, Anne.