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Design and build an Omni-Animal. In this assignment, you will get comfortable with working in the TLTL, and with using the laser cutter to prototype two- and three-dimensional objects. Alternative: Propose creating another object, useful or beautiful, of similar complexity as an Omni-Animal. Your project should still meet the same technical requirements. Starting with paper,… Continue reading Omni-animal (2023)

Description Write a “Gears” essay – a short essay on “evocative” objects from your childhood/youth which have had an important impact on your intellectual life, in the same spirit of Papert’s foreword to his book Mindstorms. Final Deliverables Assessment

Description Write a “Gears” essay – a short essay on “evocative” objects from your childhood/youth which have had an important impact on your intellectual life, in the same spirit of Papert’s foreword to his book Mindstorms. The essay should have more or less the same length as the one from Papert or the ones from… Continue reading Gears Essay (2023)

Description: Disassemble and re-purpose something you own. The idea is to explore the materiality of the world around us and discover affordances in what we thought was immutable.  In this assignment you will get comfortable finding materials at home, integrating them into your creative projects, and finding tools to aid your process. Additionally, you will… Continue reading Frankenthing (2022)

Generate a 1-2 page document on a problem or need in an educational setting. The goal is to get you to start thinking about potential final project ideas.