INSTRUCTIONS FOR DESIGNING FOR LASER CUTTER

PROJECTS FOR PRODUCT DESIGN

Product Design Class 

This class builds on the knowledge from Art and Graphic Design; it focuses on industrial uses of art, illustration, and design. Students will develop and design products that can be sold online to understand a currently wide expanding career in the Arts focusing on industry uses. Students will explore the design process, production, and marketing of these products. This goes beyond graphic design into actual product design/industrial design. It goes beyond engineering as it focuses on the art/design aspects of compelling art and effective design. Prerequisite of Art 1-2 or Graphic Design 1-2. 

Work Skills: In addition to encompassing traditional art mediums, students will be learning Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Corel Painter, Art & Design Skills, Marketing, Online Store Development Possibilities, Understanding of different materials and the strength of these materials when it comes to designing for specific materials such as wood, fabric, paper etc. They will learn Engineering skills such as product control and manufacturing one-of-a-kind objects and the steps to mass produce, laser cutting, sewing, screen printing. It will include learning how to make a seamless border for never ending patterns on fabrics, web site design, and animation. Students  will be developing an online store or site, learning online safety protocols and tech safety procedures, in addition to caring for and running expensive equipment like laser cutters, sewing machines, and vinyl cutters. Project Possibilities: 

• Laser cut lanterns 

• Laser cut sculpture 

• Laser cut jewelry 

• Laser cut doors & tabletops 

• Laser cut puzzles 

• Laser cut boxes 

• Laser cut stencils 

• Laser cut signage and packaging 

• Laser cut art work 

• Laser cut shelving 

• https://www.etsy.com/listing/1843308759/parametric-wavy-shelf-wood-wall?ls=s&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=laser+cut&ref=sr_gallery-1-11&sr_prefetch=1&pro=1&pop=1&sts=1&dd=1&content_source=f05ab77decbdbb6bdd9ab94044e451c98be7255e%253A1843308759&organic_search_click=1&logging_key=f05ab77decbdbb6bdd9ab94044e451c98be7255e%3A1843308759 

• Designing for Laser Design Kits - Students can design for other people’s cutting and assembly, (See mega bundle on next page to see an example of design that clients buy.) 

• Designing Fabric to sell on Web Sites like Spoonflower and Threadless 

• Production and Marketing of Art work  

• Sewing – Fiber Work 

• Screen Printing – Future possibility 

LASER CUTTING TIPS & TUTORIALS

BOX TEMPLATE SITES

The below sites let you choose a basic box template and then you can bring these pieces into Adobe Photoshop and finally into Adobe Illustrator to apply your design to the sides that the laser cutter will eventually cut your designs into.