Date and Time: February 1 (Friday) 2013, 14:30–16:30
Venue: LT3 on the second floor, Singapore University of Technology and Design
Presenters: Shigeru Kobayashi and Mariko Kuze
Admission: Free, no reservations required
As Dale Dougherty (co-founder with Tim O’Reilly of O’Reilly Media) and Chris Anderson (former editor in chief of Wired Magazine and the author of Makers) pointed out, the “Maker Movement” has been attracting worldwide attention over recent years. In the era of the Maker Movement, people are not simply consumers but also “makers.” In his lecture, Shigeru Kobayashi will cover the possibilities of design, learning and industry in the era of the Maker Movement through following topics:
• Interaction design through prototyping: idea sketching and hardware sketching
• Open Source Hardware
• Innovation
In addition, Mariko Kuze will demonstrate a digital musical instrument consisting of craft and electronics.
design, learning & industry in the era of the Maker Movement
1. design, learning
& industry
in the era of
the Maker Movement
February 1 2013 / LT3 on the second floor, Singapore Institute of Technology and Design
Shigeru Kobayashi (IAMAS) & Mariko Kuze (MATHRAX)
Good afternoon. I’m Shigeru, an associate professor of IAMAS in Gifu. I’ll give you a talk
about ... in collaboration with Mariko Kuze.
2.
3. Ogaki, Gifu
Tokyo
I’m Shigeru from Japan, the far east country in Asia. Our school, IAMAS, is located in Ogaki,
Gifu. Gifu is in the center of Japan, about 400 km from Tokyo. There are various
manufacturing industries such as automobile, airplane, fabrication machines, ceramics in
addition to traditional craft industries.
4. 情報科学芸術大学院大学
Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences
[IAMAS]
IAMAS is one of the first schools in Japan, established in 1996, to explore progressive media
arts and sciences. We are the smallest public graduate school in Japan. 19 faculty members
and roughly 50 students in design, art, engineering and sociology.
5. デザイン アート
design art
社会的な文脈へのインタフェース
interface for the social context
We are an anti-disciplinary institute consisting of design, art and interface for the social
context. Teachers and students have each background and skills, and tackle wicked problems
in the society with utilizing skills and networks to local and global collaborators.
6. インターフェイス
Interface
Since SUTD is a school in design and technology, I’ll focus on the design aspects of IAMAS
from now. There are four keywords. Firstly, interface. We have been trying to design
interfaces beyond conventional computers and smart phones and tablets.
7. インタラクション
Interaction
The next is interaction. We have been exploring possibilities of interaction with utilizing new
interfaces.
8. プロトタイピング
Prototyping
The next is prototyping. As you already experienced, ‘build to think’ is quite important to
have ideas. We strongly recommend students making prototypes, discuss and think utilizing
prototypes to develop ideas.
9. ファブリケーション
Fabrication
The final keyword is fabrication. Like SUTD, we have digital fabrication tools such as laser
cutters, 3D printers and so on. We also have a civic workshop with digital fabrication tools to
facilitate open innovations.
10. Graphic Design
Product Design (ID)
Interface Design (UI) design
Interaction Design (UX)
Production Method Design
Now we have various ares of design. Through these activities, we are trying to draw a big
picture of design instead of segmented and specialized design. I’ll talk about case studies at
our school later on.
27. Student Projects at IAMAS
Action! Finger Puppet
• She was a 1st year students of the graduate school
• She had little programming skills, but no electronics skills nor 3D
CAD skills at that time
• She realized in 6 months including the period to acquire skills
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28. Student Projects at IAMAS
Research
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29. Student Projects at IAMAS
Idea Sketching
アクション!ゆびにんぎょう(制作:笠原友美) / Action! Finger Puppet (Tomomi Kasahara)
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By drawing in a format, participants to an ideas sketching session can share and develop
ideas. In addition, participants who believe that not good at drawing can start drawing just
after an introduction.
30. Student Projects at IAMAS
Idea Sketching Rules
まず、サインペンを使用してアイディアの全体を描い 全体を描いた後は、黒のマーカで全体を縁取ります。
ていきます。うまく描く必要はありません、重要なの これにより遠くからでも、しっかりと形を見ることが
はアイデアを伝えることです。 出来ます。
1 2
3 4
次に特徴となる部分や、機能がある部分に赤色のマー 最後にグレーのマーカーで陰や質感などを描きます。
カーで色をつけます。どこが重要なのかがすぐわかる 立体感や素材の特徴によりアイディアのイメージがふ
ようになります。 くらみます。
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This is a format we have been using.
31. Student Projects at IAMAS
Sorting, Mapping and Voting
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32. Student Projects at IAMAS
Dirty Modeling
アクション!ゆびにんぎょう(制作:笠原友美) / Action! Finger Puppet (Tomomi Kasahara)
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33. Student Projects at IAMAS
Video Sketching
アクション!ゆびにんぎょう(制作:笠原友美) / Action! Finger Puppet (Tomomi Kasahara)
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34. Student Projects at IAMAS
Hardware Sketching
アクション!ゆびにんぎょう(制作:笠原友美) / Action! Finger Puppet (Tomomi Kasahara)
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35. Student Projects at IAMAS
Making Prototypes
アクション!ゆびにんぎょう(制作:笠原友美) / Action! Finger Puppet (Tomomi Kasahara)
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64. 制作:鈴木雄貴
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:37147
This is a student project too. He made lenses for digital camera. Usually, people think that
they can’t make lenses since it looks difficult to design and fabricate lenses. Since the
student interested in a new eco system beyond mass production and mass consumption, he
coined lenses by amateurs.
65. He developed a simple design tool on Rhino and Grasshopper. Usually, lenses are true circle
to ensure that high optical quality. But lenses don’t have to be true circle. If using a
ellipsoidal lens, the objects should be in the middle and warped in an interesting way.
66. 制作:鈴木雄貴
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:37147
He utilized a laser cutter to make diaphragms, a 3d printer to make rings and body
components and a milling machine to make lenses.
67. He deployed his lenses to photographers, and they were really inspired. He wants stimulated
people will start making home-brew lenses, and will make a new ecosystem.
68. He deployed his lenses to photographers, and they were really inspired. He wants stimulated
people will start making home-brew lenses, and will make a new ecosystem.
69.
70.
71.
72. This is another example of student projects. He has skills in product design, and he met an
artisan of self-helping tools.
73. 加藤源重(Genjyu Kato)1935/9/25-
NPO法人福祉工房あいち
残存機能を使用する大型の物
Kobo Aichi Products
欠損部+自助具 既製品+追加工
The artisan, Mr. Genjyu Kato, lost his fingers by an accident. He wanted self-helping tools for
himself, he got ideas and asked professionals. But they rejected making on the grounds that
his ideas are not common-sense or will be expensive. That’s why Mr. Kato started making
self-helping tools by himself.
74. 自助具の分解1
・万能ホルダー+箸 1.欠損部
2.人体接続部(万能ホルダー)
3.機能部接続部
4.ファンクション部 他の自助具を付け替える
事も可能(e.g.お椀を持
5.既製品 つ為の自助具)
Since he is an artisan, he don’t draw blue prints. That’s why it’s difficult to understand his
design concepts from outside. To understand his design concepts, the student analyzed self-
helping tools made by Mr. Kato.
75. 自助具の分解2
・片手輪ゴム取り
レーザーカッターで出力可能な状態に
Then re-designed to be fabricated with digital fabrication tools. That’s how the student
understand Mr. Kato’s design concept.
76. In a similar way, he designed self-helping tools in collaboration with a welfare team
consisting of volunteers who have professional skills, and published at Thingiverse.
Thingiverse is a platform to share digital design data and projects.
77. This is a nail clipper for one hand. He re-designed Mr. Kato’s nail clipper for digital
fabrication tools.
78. Then he designed a nail clipper for a half-paralyzed person. Since the person want to utilize
both hands for rehabilitation, the student arranged the nail clipper.
79. Then he designed a nail clipper for a half-paralyzed person. Since the person want to utilize
both hands for rehabilitation, the student arranged the nail clipper.
80. Then he designed a nail clipper for a half-paralyzed person. Since the person want to utilize
both hands for rehabilitation, the student arranged the nail clipper.
81. Then published at Thingiverse to let others duplicate and make variations.
82. The team also designed various self-helping tools such as a pet bottle cap opener. These
tools are useful for not only what is called handicapper people but also elderly people. Since
digital fabrication made diversity, complexity and flexibility free, people can make at suitable
size, color, shape in preferred material. Though this is a small step, but utilizing digital
fabrication tools will be the next big thing in welfare.
83. Nakadai is an intermediate industrial waste processor. They achieved over 95% recycle rate,
but they were not satisfied. Industrial waste is different from garbage. When a product is
discontinued, what was called products becomes industrial waste.
89. They held ‘The 2nd Industrial Waste Summit’ from 14th to 16th. Theme provided by Nakadai:
‘Design that doesn’t use “made with waste” as an excuse’ was a good challenge for us.
90. This is the first sketch of a stylus consisting of a brass tube from a stationary company,
copper wires from a manufacturer and a conductive fabric. I made this in 5 minutes, but this
is not a product but a sketch. How might we transform a jumble of industrial waste into a
product with keeping stories of materials?
91. To tackle this, we utilized digital fabrication tools (such as a laser cutter) to fabricate custom
components that glue materials together. This being our first step to developing innovative
methods and putting a new face on ‘manufacturing’.
92. 導電性布 アクリル
丸めた銅線 真鍮部材
書き味が悪くなったら
ピンセットなどの先のとがったモノを使い 中のボールを取り出し揉みほぐします。 ボールを布に 2 重で包みキャップを戻します。
キャップの部分を取り外します。
Drawing: Yuki Kinpara
The pen tip is made using conductive fabric encasing a ball of copper wire. This is held in
place with interlocking components and a handy clip made from laser-cut acrylic.
94. 青森
Zuiganji
秋田
岩手
Nakadai 山形 宮城
f.Labo 新潟
福島
石川
富山 栃木
群馬
長野 城
埼玉
福井
岐阜 山梨 東京
鳥取 神奈川 千葉
兵庫 京都 滋賀
島根 愛知 静岡
岡山
広島 大阪 三重
奈良
山口 香川
徳島 和歌山
This is another 愛媛 高知 Zuiganji is a famous temple associated with the legendary warrior
example.
福岡
and leader Masamune Date.
賀 大分
熊本
宮崎
95. Photo by yamakidoms
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yamakidoms/2384231265/
It is situated in Matsushima Bay, known as one of the ‘Three Views of Japan’. Recently due to
rapidly changing groundwater levels caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake, the famous
cypress trees of the Zuiganji are unfortunately dying.
96. Photo: Yutaka Kitamura
The trees are being processed as a part of ‘rubble of the earthquake’. The rubble
contaminated with radioactive materials is a big issue in Japan, so people is really nervous
about ‘rubbles’ from the disaster-stricken area. This being our staring point and wishing to
continue the trees ‘story’, not making ‘recycled’ products easily such as park benches.
97. Radiatio-Watch.org released the 2nd generation model as an assembled product in February
2012. The model is very small and doesn’t require batteries since they implemented energy
harvesting circuit from the audio output. They collaborated with High Energy Accelerator
Research Organization in Japan and Dutch Metrology Institute.
98. After discussions, we’ve got an idea transforming them into iPhone cases that include a
Pocket Geiger Counter, a radiation sensor for smart phone. Pocket Geiger Counter KIT is
developed by radiation-watch.org, an open and non-profit project to develop cheap and
smart survey meter for everyone. The project is supported by volunteer engineers and
designers inside/outside Japan, and the survey meters have been fabricated in a factory
survived in the disaster. At first, they published the project at Kickstarter in July 2011 then
released as a kit one month later at low price.
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100.
101.
102. Students Projects at IAMAS
Lessons Learned
• Prototyping (i.e. build to think) is the key to develop ideas
• Digital fabrication is the key to go beyond the conventional
ecosystem (i.e. mass production and mass consumption)
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104. Maker Movement
What’s the Maker Movement?
http://hive.slate.com/hive/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/
made-america-how-reinvent-american-manufacturing/ tedconference/5343993512/
article/the-makers-are-coming
Lecture at SUTD ¦ design, learning & industry in the era of the Maker Movement
As Dale Dougherty (co-founder with Tim O'Reilly of O'Reilly Media) and Chris Anderson
(former editor in chief of Wired Magazine and the author of Makers) pointed out, the 'Maker
Movement' has been attracting worldwide attention over recent years. In the era of the Maker
Movement, people are not simply consumers but also 'makers'.