From Fun 2 Function

This semester is entirely focused on digitally controlled tools. What functional and sensory features, and what innovative and formal details, can be developed and designed through experimental and methodical design processes using CNC techniques?

This semester places a strong emphasis on prototyping and developing variations in the workshops and studio. The interplay between analog and digital processes is explored directly in the design phase and ultimately translated into a product proposal.

The course is structured to be as accessible as possible, so that anyone - even without prior CNC experience - can gradually learn to plan complex machining processes and put them into practice directly in the workshops.
We start with simple 2D plotter machines and explore the haptic, tactile, and visual possibilities of CNC-machined surfaces.

In the process, we learn to use hardware and software with confidence in order to achieve the necessary level of complexity in construction and formal design within our own projects.

The results show a broad variety of group projects. All of them rooted in an open and explorative design process.

Students: Emil Frederking, Julius Zieger, Leon Ehrmann, Justin Weinel, Lisa Götel, Arman Von Heyden, Maik Eulitz, Lukas Stieff, Mareike Pittig, Maximilian Böhlken, Lucas Nonn, Pia Schlegl, Julian Linden, Paul Dieckmann, Yaman Al Fawaz, Emil Rey Buchler, Paul Knöfel