Open Economy – Future Factory
Description
During the past ten years, we have approached what might be the end of industrial mass production and fabrication. We have seen the development of a post-industrial production system that is able to handle individual aspects in mass customised, small serial production. In the production process each new product can be optimised or adapted for personal taste or individual needs and the final product will be unique and special. This new manufacturing and production system has been enhanced by computational fabrication and standardised interfaces, giving more freedom to engineers, designers and architects.
We can already witness how these new technologies, new approaches and new ways of working and producing are growing. One example is the projects of the Open Design Pop-Up-Store for the City of Design Graz (Design month 2011)1. The Open Design Pop-Up store was realised with a full digital workflow, and the shop interior as well as the products sold in the Pop-Up Store were made entirely with computational fabrication. The products for sale where designed globally, but all of them where produced locally. The region of Styria, where Graz is the capital, profited form the added value of manufacturing since all the goods where produced in the region. All products where manufactured in small numbers or on demand. On the plus side no cost of transportation, no cost of stocking. The Open Design Pop-Up Store was a demonstration of a new way of collaboration and production in Europe.
The lecture will not only focus on the advantages of a full digital workflow and computer aided manufacturing but will also examine the developments in Austria and on European level.
Session Host
TBC
Presenter
Gerin Trautenberger, CEO microgiants industrial design, member of European Design Innovation Leadership Board, @g_rin, Austria
Bios
Gerin Trautenberger works since 1992 as art- and creative director in different companies and countries. In 2005 he founded with friends microgiants and specialized in Product-, Service design and consulting. He also works as a courator for the vienna city government and telco companies. Since 2011 he is a memeber of EDII, a initiative to consult the EU-Comission in Design Innovation. Blog: http://gerin.microgiants.com
Details
Location: MAKE auditorium
Date & Time: Wed 19th, 11:45-13:00
Target Group: Public services, digital fabrication, designers, students
Topic Stream: Open Design, Hardware, Manufacturing and Making
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