Online Interactive Design and Customization

Over the months that the FABRICATION LABORATORY is developing, and through a serious of lectures and discussions, we will learn about the latest advances in the field of digital manufacturing and its applications in different disciplines. The conferences will be documented and become part of the structure of contents of the exhibition which visitors will be able to consult.
 
Title: Online Interactive Design and Customization 
Speaker: Justin Marshall and Hannes Walter
 
Justin Marshall's Biography
Dr Justin Marshall is currently a Research Fellow working within Autonomatic, the 3D Digital Research Cluster based at University College Falmouth in the UK. He is a practising maker and researcher with a diverse training in range of visual art and design disciplines. Over the last ten years his research has involved investigating the integration of digital technologies into both art and craft practices. Recent projects have concentrated on the role of digital technologies in building new relationships between independent makers and industry, and to refigure the relationship between maker and consumer. Since April 09 he has been undertaking a project investigating the role of bespoke design in facilitating digital inclusivity. More information www.automake.co.uk
 
Hannes Walter's Biography
Hannes is the crowning glory of parental creation after a number of successful practice rounds. Generation for Generation his ancestors have been impassioned blacksmiths – so not just blood but also liquid metal flows through his veins. His skills as a craftsman and his common sense where brought to a level of enlightenment through a close encounter with a 220 Volt wall socket. This jolted him through an Electrical Engineering education and sparked many a revolutionary idea and passionate discussion. Whilst others play around with their (iPhone) laser-sword, Hannes is well versed in the use of lasers to cut forms and products from fist thick steel. His hands-on mentality lead him to the expression tattooed upon his breast: für ihn gibt es nichts Gutes, außer man tut es! (Good things come, when they get done.) Studying Design in Vorarlberg, Cologne and New Zealand he gained the deeper insight that the crowd is more powerful than the individual, and the physical is more useful than the virtual. Indeed, his thesis lead him, inevitably, to the possibilities of 3d printing, creative coding and design interfaces. In other words, the birth idea for Fluid Forms. When Hannes needs a jolt he now reaches for the coffee can rather than the wall socket. More information www.fluid-forms.com
 
Organized by: DHUB
 
Where: Espai 1 SE, DHUB (Montcada, 12)
Date: Tuesday the 9th of November
Time: 7:30-9:30pm
 
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