Atif Akin
How to 3D Print at Rutgers?
3D printing event at makerspace, last Thursday was fun and inspiring. This is a weekly event, you can always join Rick Anderson at 35 Berrue Circle Piscataway Township, Thursdays 8 pm.
The size of the printer is 6 in. x 8 in. x 6 in. so largest module of your design should not exceed these dimensions. Printer uses ABS, PVA or PLA. These filaments are available in limited colors and our makerspace is not carrying them all but you can take a look to all availbel colors from makerbot store.
Basically the printer reads from a software called MakerWare allowing to read from an .stl or .obj file. You should prepare your model in of these formats. Autodesk123D and Tinkercad seem to be the most commonly used software for this purpose but as a designer I would also suggest using Rhinoceros or ZBrush. Rhinoceros has already started a RhinoFabLab.
One of the most popular and free 3D drawing software is SketchUp, actually it doesn’t really save or export .stl but here is a tutorial to convert from prepared by makerbot.
For inspiration and watching some modalities and limits you may spend some time on THINGIVERSE.
Demo and Tutorial Idea for a Web App, in Polish but Totally Comprehensible
Thingo – tutorial nr 1 from thingo on Vimeo.
http://thingo.pl
Undergraduate Annual exhibition – Open Call for Art Work 2012
Here is a message from Amee:
Undergraduate Annual exhibition – Open Call for Art Work 2012
You are invited to submit one work on the theme of “Systems”.
(You can find great examples for inspiration in the Zimmerli’s group show “Art=Text=Art” and the work of Ruth Vollmer, who used mathematics and the Fibonnacci series/sequence to produce her abstract sculpture.)
Both BA and BFA students are encouraged to submit one piece each; all are accepted.
The exhibition will be on view from Monday, October 29th – Tuesday, November 13th, 2012.
The opening reception is Wednesday, October 31st, from 5-7pm.
The show will be curated and installed by the BFA Thesis class (Section 1) and participating students should bring their artwork to the Visual Arts office from Monday, October 15th – Thursday, October 18th between the hours of 10am-5pm.
SUBMITTING IS EASY:
- Fill out the two attached labels completely.
- Turn in one copy to a Supervising Graduate Student in the Visual Arts Dept. Office (CSB124) and attach the other to the artwork being submitted.
- After label has been submitted to the office, take art work up to the third-floor crit room where it will be stored until the exhibition is installed.
Let’s make a great show!
Amee Pollack
Undergraduate Program Coordinator, Visual Arts
Mason Gross School of the Arts
CEDVEL – DESIGN YOUR OWN GRID
Cedvel is an application for designing grid systems.
It is designed and developed by my dear former colleague Fahri Özkaramanlı. He is one of the most inspiring young designers in Istanbul who is specialized on screen ergonomics and typography. His previous project wordmark.it was also designed to help with this font selection process by quickly displaying previews of any text with the fonts installed
on your computer.
His methodological approach to interface design becomes quite exceptional when combined with his personal sharing and information generous personality.
Please free to contact him on regarding any question or permissions regarding both two projects.
Food, health and graphic design
Chef Mark Bittman has some ideas about food labeling that make it more meaningful and relevant for the health of food consumers and producers . Be sure to launch the Multimedia in the article to understand how these ideas play out visually.