Entrepreneurial Making

This elective will expose students to a variety of design studios that focus on self-sufficient, in-house batch manufacturing and their models of self-production. Students will take on the design, development and limited production of a very simple, low-cost but provocative product that could be manufactured in an in-house studio setting. Topics covered will include market research, issues of efficiency in product, and basic issues of intellectual property….Continue Reading Entrepreneurial Making

Make it in NYC

In this course students are introduced to the variety of building and manufacturing industries in and around the city through behind-the-scene tours. Students are exposed to a range of volumes of production including one-off, custom, artisanal craft, batch, and mass production. The physical scale of production is explored as well, from small parts up to the creation of architecture and urban infrastructure…….Continue Reading Make it in NYC