Week 5
Zine
Think before you make.
As a maker it is important to think about what the consequences of the things you design can be. As an example, the cigarette creator is also responsible for the people who get sick or die from it, while that was not the intention. It is also important to delve into what the goal is for whom you make it. As an example a company such as Shell or BP, it might sound very cool and promising to design something for such a company, but you don't think about the consequences that your design will have on the environment.
Since the advent of 3D printing, we all come up with handy and fun things to print that might make life easier or perhaps for decoration. It's great that you can print a part so that you can repair your broken coffee maker. But even 3D printing can have bad consequences, it can be used for wrong purpose as printing weapons or other objects that are normally not legal to own.
Manifesto
The designer is always responsible for the (bad) consequences that can occur. - A design must not cause damage to people, animals and the environment. - A design may only be made if it is used for good purposes.
Reflection
Working with Kaz on this assignment for the first time was fun to do and the collaboration went well. We were able to come up with good ideas together and were on the samen page. We were so lucky with 3D printing because we were the only ones who had no issues while printing (spaghetti-like strings or the material that wouldn't attach to each other).
I've learned a lot in this week. I never worked with Fusion360 before and it was like a whole new world opening up for me and I would like to do more with this in the future. I would like to make a mold for skateboarding wheels for myself and with the possibilities from Fusion360, I even can create a new shape of wheel that has never been done before! I haven't experimented a lot with Cura but as soon i will need it in the future it will become more clear.
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