Many of our students and teachers are interested in creating items in the FabLab to introduce or represent themselves. Stickers, pinback buttons, laser engraved locker nameplates, lanyards, embroidered fabric, carved wood - you name it! Even something like a simple desk sign can be fabricated through use of our machines and used in a variety of formats and ways to represent ourselves.
As we work toward our goals in diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice, we know that part of our work as makers is spending time learning about and developing our own identities. Whenever we fabricate items that will ultimately represent or introduce who we are, this is a valuable time to consider how these items and materials reveal our identities to others, and check in with our ever-evolving identities.
In this activity, we will focus on the first 3 steps of the "Hawken Design Process:"
Conduct Research
Learn Everything You Can About Your User (yourself!)
Ask Great Questions
Examine Existing Models - what do you already have that you would consider an introductory piece? How does it explain who you are?
Engage in a Personal Interview
Generate, Generate, Generate! Come Up With As Many Ideas As Possible!
Work Fast - Sketch Quick, Jot Down
Make A Vision Board
Gather Samples That Inspire You
Build A Model
Make A Blueprint
Consider & Try Out Materials
Make 1 Change With Each new Prototype
Start With Easy Materials (Paper) & Work Up To More Complex
Get To One "Really Good Draft" To FABRICATE
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