Kadushin

	Design Education

		Your Design – Your Way, a design master workshop by Ronen Kadushin Using CNC tools and 3D printing welcomes everyone’s will and way of expression. Free from traditional product design disciplines, a unique design approach is emerging- Yours. If you enjoy being in FabLabs or maker spaces, and you are into digital fabrication or just making stuff, then this 2 day workshop might interest you. As a group or individual, the workshop aims to guide authentic expression with a design process. It sets a creative environment for generating ideas and concepts, understanding their potential, and developing them into objects that reflect your character and way of expression. The workshop is not about the technical or production aspects of fabrication, it is a learning experience where you, your qualities, skills, creativity and energy are the focus. Nevertheless, it is a hands on intensive workshop with the goal of producing objects. In the workshop you will learn: • Find design ideas and concepts. • Explore the potential and qualities of a design. • Make a design meaningful to you. • Understand the themes of your design. • Communicate ideas and opinions through objects. • Integrate elements into an aesthetic design. • Document your design process. • Reflect upon and evaluate your work. The workshop is intended for 12-16 people with some experience in 3D modeling and digital production. You certainly don’t have to be an expert. In case you are, you will also contribute your skills to help other participants. You are required to bring a laptop computer with a 2D or 3D software you are comfortable with, a computer mouse, and writing and sketching materials. The cost for the 2-day workshop is 250 € (not including materials and production costs) The workshop is held in English. For further information please write to Ronen directly: workshop@ronen-kadushin.com

		Open Design Courses and workshops Open Design offers an alternative to traditional industrial design education. Universities and art academies train designers to integrate into an industrial production scenario, and in order to do so, accept that consumer product industries are in a position to regulate creativity, design, production, consumer considerations and product development possibilities. Open Design on the other hand, bypasses this affiliation by offering the student an unbiased creative scenario, where ideas can be freely expressed, and production, in small or large numbers, is a key outcome of the design process. Moreover, openly sharing ideas, cooperating in problem solving and idea development among the course students, or by web communication with other students, regardless of geographic location, creates a sense of community, a social code of conduct that is similar in many ways to Open Source development practices, and "remix" and share mind sets within music, 2D design, video, photography and text content creators. Open Design is a "grass root" design approach aimed both at web publication and CNC production. It is a design challenge that calls for an integration of all its aspects; functional, aesthetic, technical, material, production, and cultural, into an object that favors easy, quick and repeatable production. Students are rewarded with a functioning, full scale prototype, precisely manufactured to their design specifications. And since the design is native to the web, and is intended to be used by others, a new aspect of functionality is added: the usability of the design itself. This unique feature of Open Design highlights issues such as simplicity versus complexity, modification possibilities as a value, and technical and design transformation potentials into other products. You are welcome to download the design education program.

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