Presentation for 4th year students Industrial Design at the University of Antwerpen.

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3. The third industrial revolution is happening

4. Third
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Birth of
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Fablabs in
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Goal of this presentation

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6. Second industrial revolution

7. Third industrial revolution

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9. Third industrial revolution: Internet of Things

10. analog to digital
communication
(1945)
analog to digital
computation
(1955)
analog to digital
fabrication
(2005)
Digital revolution

11. The third industrial revolution can be experienced
in so-called FabLabs that empower users to ‘make
almost anything’. Although this does not change
the need for designers to have making and
prototyping skills, there is no doubt the revolution
impacts the design profession in terms of skills
required and design methodologies and practices.
Third industrial revolution in Fablabs

12. CNC routers
3D scanners
3D milling machines
Microcontroller programming tools
3D printers
Laser cutters
Fablab(s)

13. 6 3D printers

14. 2 Lasersnijders

15. 1 Vinylsnijder

16. Brussels (Fablab iMAL)
site: http://www.imal.org/fablab
contact: Yves Bernard, fablab@imal.org
Genk (FabLab Genk)
site: http://www.fablabgenk.be
contact: Danny Leen, danny.leen@khlim.be
Gent (Timelab)
site: http:www.timelab.org
contact: Evi Swinnen, evi@timelab.org
Leuven
site: http://www.fablab-leuven.be
contact: Pieter Gysel, pieter.gysel@leuven.be
Liège/Luik
site: http://relab.be/
Fablabs in Belgium

17. Designers must handle the development

18. This does, however, not change the need for
designers to have making and prototyping skills –
to the contrary: it is fair to assume that designers
will be supposed to be even more proficient in
using these possibilities.
Designers must handle the development

19. Integration of microelectronics

20. Stadslab Rotterdam (Fablab+)

21. Stadslab Rotterdam (Fablab+)

22. Stadslab Rotterdam

23. Stadslab Rotterdam / Sensorlab

24. Stadslab Rotterdam / Sensorlab

25. Stadslab Rotterdam / Applab (Open Data)

26. Stadslab Rotterdam / Applab (Open Data)

27. Stadslab Rotterdam / Fablab

28. Stadslab Rotterdam / Fablab

29. Working in the lab
* Learning by doing
* No incentives like exams
* Experimenting (and failing (again))
* Inspire (others)
* Technology is no magic, it’s a tool
* Start everyday with a new idea
Stadslab Rotterdam

30. © 2009 Thomas Whaites, Photo Nick Ballon
Stadslab Rotterdam

31. Design
problems
are
mul0dimensional,
highly
interac0ve,
ill-­‐structered...
also
refered
to
as
‘wicked’
problems
In
design
‘perfect’
solu0ons
do
not
exist.
Simply
because
we
do
not
know
what
the
perfect
solu0on
is.
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Course: What Do You Need to Make (Almost) Anything

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33. New challenges in rapid prototyping and co-creating

34. Course: What Do You Need to Make (Almost) Anything

35. In this course students were asked to build their
own smart object – an object using electronics and
programming to create interaction. Using open
source technologies students were enabled to build
their own working prototype. Students would not
build a perfect product, but a series of prototypes
that leads to an alpha version of a smart object.
Core of the elective is to empower students by
teaching them simple processes and using publicly
accessible information and technology (open
source) to develop prototypes with a minimal
amount of time.
Course: What Do You Need to Make (Almost) Anything

36. Course: What Do You Need to Make (Almost) Anything

37. Doelen:
1. De student kent de basisprocessen van een
FabLab
2. De student kan de basisprocessen voor het
bouwen van een prototype zelfstandig
gebruiken
3. De student kan gedocumenteerde ontwerpen en
processen vinden en aan- of toepassen op zijn
eigen project
4. De student kan een (hardware) ontwikkelproces
documenteren
5. De student kan door middel van het prototyping
proces reflecteren op zijn ontwerp
Doelen: What Do You Need to Make (Almost) Anything

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39. The Course
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The method of agile rapid prototyping
Mechanical drawing and buildings
Circuit boards and electronics
Microcontrollers
Input and sensors
Output and activators
Communication
8) Alpha prototype
9) Alpha prototype
10) Exposition
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40. Essential: Peer learning

41. Different educational backgrounds

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43. Examples: Prototypes

44. Current insights not only show that the Fablab
course enables students to use the Fablab
machines and materials, but also that it empowers
students to accelerate their ideation and
invention processes.
Interestingly, students develop near-professional
prototypes using the laser cutter and 3D printer in
just 10 weeks.
Empowerment

45. Other (educational) users: Minors

46. Rediscover, Retrieve, Relive & Reinvent

47. Trial workshops

48. Trial workshops

49. Trial workshops

50. Trial workshops

51. Trial workshops

52. Not only students that followed the FabLab course
are working in the city lab. Currently, the FabLab
almost succumbed due to its success; more and
more students find their way to the FabLab. It can
be concluded that the course has been a catalyst;
current students are increasingly active, creative,
and innovative.
To enable students to use the Fablab we hired
students as stewards of the lab. We educated these
students to be experts of all machines and
materials. Now these students educate other
students to become stewards as well.
What is happening: Catalysing innovation

53. Hackerspace = a collection of programmers
sharing a physical space (result: MakerBot)
What is happening: Creative spaces

54. Makerspace = publicly-accessible places to
design and create (result: Pebble)
What is happening: Creative spaces

55. Techshop = public access to high-end
equipment in exchange for membership fees
What is happening: Creative spaces

56. Fablab = is a small scale workshop offering
digital fabrication
What is happening: Creative spaces

57. What is happening: Participatory learning environment

58. Why it is happening: Open

59. Why it is happening: Peer learning

60. Get your hands dirty with digital production!

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62. Third industrial revolution
from hierarchical to lateral (consumer) power.
The third industrial revolution happening in Rotterdam

63. Third industrial & digital revolution
new ‘designers’ on the market
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64. Thanks to increased computing
difficult processes & machines become easy
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65. A Fablab is (fabrication laboratory) is a smallscale workshop offering digital fabrication
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66. In a Fablab everyone can design & create
where does that leaves us (designers)?
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67. (t)here is a new world unfolding and
everyone will have to adapt1
Contact Informatie
Kenniscentrum Creating 010
Hogeschool Rotterdam
creating010@hr.nl
The third industrial revolution happening in Rotterdam
Manon Mostert – van der Sar
m.h.van.der.sar@hr.nl