Here are some snapshots from the groundation course presentation of this years summer term. The students were up to design an object that rises as high as possible from a one square meter plane of ply wood. The results were quite mingled but over all good. It is still not easy to learn how to make a moodboard, learn two different CAD softwares such as solid works and rhino with grasshopper in one time, plus a CAM software to mill the design afterwards. But they did well and managed to go through this rapid prototyping process with elegant struggling. Full respect. Because of all the new influences on the design experiences of the students, it is difficult to stick to designing in a manner of styling and shaping. It´s more a fighting with fabrication technologies that is somehow bonding the designing skills. However… again a nice term at the university of the arts in Berlin. It will have been the last one for this year because I will take a half year education sabatical to take care of my wonderful daughter and family.
