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DEMOCRATISATION OF FABRICATION TECHNOLOGY

market with heterogeneous demand

  • Books (information)
  • Jewelry (things)

I am a designer

Need related

knowledge

Solution

knowledge

We are users, experts of the need.

  • "How to build it"
  • "How to make it strong"
  • "What to make?"
  • "What problem should it solve."

Focus too much on this

and you'll have a technically

great product that no one wants/needs

DIGITAL FABRICATION

Users can use increasingly accessible tools to develop their solution:

  • 3D part libraries with over 20 000 designs
  • Tools to customize parts become accessible
  • Online guides for amateurs on how to develop solutions
  • Users apply any solution they find that solves their problem. Engineers usually apply knowledge they already have, e.g. proven methods or use (outdated) text book teachings.

Product

design

User innovation

  • Users are primary source of innovation in several industries
  • Users collaborate

R=G

N=1

Chapter 11: Toolkits

Stratasys/Fortus

Too many slides?

Just one.

3

MASS CUSTOMISATION

2

IT startup, then University

A tinkerer, making a job out of his hobby

Open source hardware evangelist

One of the designers of...

0

1

MYSELF

OUR COMPANY

MY TALK

TOOLKITS

DESIGN

discovery tool

iterate yourself

requires knowledge...

how to make?

what to make?

problem knowledge (e.g. context-of-use)

(users have it)

solution knowledge

(engineers have it)

PARAMETRIC DESIGN

from designing designs, to designing design tools.

  • Like "Programming" Objects
  • Lego Example!

3D printed Quadcopter

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