Daniel Rozin

The ability to digitally fabricate parts and whole pieces directly from our computers or
design files used to be an exotic and expensive option not really suitable for student or
designer projects, but changes in this field in the past 5 years have brought these
capabilities much closer to our means, especially as ITP students. ITP and NYU now offer us
access to laser cutting, CNC routing, and 3D stereolithography. In this class we will learn
how to design for and operate these machines. Emphasis will be put on designing functional
parts that can fit into a larger project or support other components as well as being
successful on a conceptual and aesthetic level. In this class we will discover methods to
design projects on CAD applications for total control of the result, and we will develop
algorithmic ways to create designs from software (Processing) to take advantage of the
ability to make parts and projects that are unique, customizable, dependent on external
data or random. The class will include 3 assignments to create projects using the three
machines (laser, router, 3D) and the opportunity to work on a final project.