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.