We began learning from stories the moment we first opened our eyes. Stories teach, move and engage us with shared culture and meaning. In art & design, story-telling remains one of the most powerful, effective and universal expressions of culture and human nature. Our lives are filled with objects that express these stories, as we see ourselves and our humanity reflected in them. This workshop is dedicated to meaningful form-making; exploring how both personal and cultural narrative can be expressed in the objects we create. We will work primarily in Beals Studio, using digital modeling and 3D printing processes—broadening the definition of ‘the object’ and exploring new modes of story-telling. We will use principles of Design Thinking to explore new approaches to all disciplines of creative work.
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Monday, April 6, 2020

Getting Started — The Structure of This Workshop

• This website will be our hub for assignments, schedules, links, and material for instruction and inspiration. Please save the URL and refer back to this site for all instructions.

 • We will meet on Google Hangouts twice a week for demos, discussions and check-ins. Always use the same link [on the right sidebar] to enter each Google Hangout.

 • We will use Tinkercad, a browser-based 3D modeling platform, for all of our work. I have set up a Tinkercad Classroom so that I can see and comment on all of your work. Instructions to log into our Tinkercad Classroom are on the right sidebar.