Nov 14, 20215 min read

External Brief: Blog post 1

BRIEF PROPOSAL

Firstly, I’ll be printing a simple head bust of myself using the body scanner, then Blender and Instant Meshes to proper it for the Delta Wasp 3MT 3D printer where the bust will be printed at a 1 to 1 scale.

WHY? This will be an example of 1 way these two machines are compatible. This will then lead on to an infographic page explaining and illustrating how if applied in other ways they can produce prototypes, products and replicas for industries such as archaeology, healthcare, costume, fashion, design, architecture and engineering.

Secondly, I’ll be designing and printing a vessel that will be comprised of three parts, each part a different process applied to achieve a 3D print.

WHY? Again, to affectively show a wide range of possibilities.

I.E. PART 1 – Generative design from Fusion 360 or topology optimization from Solidworks. The future of design for automotive engineering.

Prototype, 3D printed using the Markforged Mark 2. – Possibilities, Using a carbon based 3D printer, parts can be printed that are robust enough for product testing.

PART 2 – 3D printing on an architectural scale, rapid prototyping and concept designs. – The future of designing architecture and building it.

Prototype, 3D printed using the Delta Wasp 3MT. – Possibilities, Using a 1M squared 3D printer opens up an array of possibility to print large objects

weather it be sculptural, architectural or an interior design prototype.

PART 3 – Body scanning or photogrammetry. – A fast and easy way of creating a replica or being able to subtract, add or model around your 3D scan.

Prototype, 3D printed using the Delta Wasp 3MT. – Possibilities, Again using the 3MT you can print to big scales and by printing objects in

parts you can achieve a final outcome a lot bigger than 1M squared.

Each part will be 200mm in height and 300mm in width, resulting in a vessel that is around 600mm tale.

The form and structure of the parts are still unknown to me but will be discovered through each process I take.

WHY A VELLEL? – My primary goal is to make a knowledge exchange pamphlet that fits the criteria my client an I discussed. So, whilst ill be documenting processes that can be applicable to certain industries, I won’t be designing and making parts for these industries.

Making a vessel will allow me to have artistic interpretation to the designs that are crafted, giving me more time on making the pamphlet.

Thirdly, I’ll be making an A5 pamphlet containing the content explained in the prier brief proposal.

WHY AN A5 PAMPHLET? – I decided on this because its flexible between digital and physical and capable of including QR codes for thither use; timelapses of printing processes and an Innovation studio tour if necessary.

The pamphlet will be 16 pages divided into two sides making both sides 8 pages. The front 8 pages will be an infographic display.

It will have a front and back cover.

The introduction on the Delta Wasp 3MT and Markforged Mark 2 will take up the first 2 pages.

The applied use and technical processes will take up the next 4 pages.

The last 2 pages will contain further use.

The back 8 pages will be a clear chronological timeline of my work flow through each process of making a vessel part.

I will design this pamphlet in coherence with AUBs style and colour pallet.

CLIENT RESEARCH

Daniel Cox

• Daniel Cox has been with AUB for 5 years and 9 months. Full-time

Knowledge Exchange Manager

• Dates Employed Feb 2016

• “My role is wide-ranging and encompasses all elements of developing and embedding a strong knowledge exchange programme at AUB.”

Interim Head of AUB Open Campus

• Jun 2021 – 5 months

• “An exciting new initiative bringing together our Foundation Diploma; community focussed Short Courses, Professional CPD and bespoke Executive Education, alongside our Access and Participation work and our new Learning Technology Designer.”

INNOVATION STUDIO

Project info

• Start Date: 01/04/2017

• End Date: 05/03/2021

• Designed by CRAB Studio Architects

• Government Local Growth Funding: £1,580,000

• “AUB is a leading university offering high quality specialist education in art, design, media and performance across the creative industries.”

• “AUB where funded by the government local growth fund to support businesses in Dorset to research, innovate and develop their ideas by providing an Innovation Studio.”

• The Innovation studio was made to encourage employability between AUB and local business. The studio will act as a base for small business start-ups, many of which will consist of AUB graduates. With direct connection through to the workshops at ground level, the building is deliberately breaking down the categories of office, studio and workshop.

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COMPANY RESEARCH

• Company target audience will look to appropriate uses towards business, and why might these machines be applied for specific functions.

• Rapid prototyping

• Engineering, architecture & design

• Processes applied to varied outcomes

• The future of 3d printing

• Company’s making a difference

• Variety of materials and costs

STUDENT RESEARCH

Student target audience will be aimed at feeder courses as well as AUB students.

The difference being that feeder courses such as college diplomas, foundation and A levels are a first step to discovering their industry path, therefore still open to options and considering their next step.

Visual and effortless to understand content is crucial to gaining their interest.

This will consist of basic knowledge

Courses at AUB able to apply these machines to their work

Reasons of use

Accessibility and inductions

The pamphlet will be colour coded to differentiate content most useful to each target audience. Orange will be the colour that mostly applies to diploma, foundation and A level students when observing the front infographic display.

AUB students will be thither along their path to discovering industries and therefore will know If these machines are applicable to there course. For AUB students, their colour will be purple. The in-between section of orange and blue.

The content within this colour will cover more advanced uses, such as…

Free access CAD programs.

Applied use to courses

File types

Material costs

PROJECT VALUE TO CLIENT

INSIGHTS / BENCHMARKING

Daniel Cox expressed that this knowledge should be accessible on a variety of leaves. We decided that a content structure in the form of a booklet or pamphlet would be sufficient, as this could contain the desired amount of content with thither use through QR codes leading to YouTube tutorials and websites.

Such a layout would be available as an online downloadable document and a physical pamphlet.

It is key that the design, layout and content is easy to understand on two levels, audience and recreator. For the person employed to make another document should be able to benchmark two other machines against my design, layout and content.

A4 Suited to a written format

The bigger the thicker = An amount of content that intimidated me, ending up with me dismissing the MarkersManual.

A4 isn't engaging.

I usually find most content printed in A4 is predictable to be lots of black and white text, not enough images and the layout to be quite frankly boring.

A5 Suited to a visual format

The smaller the slimmer = An amount of content that is selected as being the most important to know. Avoiding telling student too much of what to do, witch doesn't help with keeping students engaged. Especially if a percentage of these students struggle with learning difficulty's like me.

Instead, showing students possibilities through imagery. For me this is like bees attracted to flowers: Its immediate; doesn't take any effort to understand; easy to familiarise yourself with and designed to inspire their own future projects! Making A5 much more engaging to a target audience of 16 to 20 year-olds.