Ex-Lab: Experimental Design Lab (ABPL90361)

This subject will explore experimental design approaches that focus on material qualities and process of making. The major project designed and made by each student is a piece of furniture that is the product this intensive process of experimentation and research with both fabrication techniques and materials. The final furniture pieces should exemplifying how the constraints of certain materials and making processes can, in fact, be manipulated and used to the designer’s advantage, driving the design process to result in creating an innovative, beautiful, unusual and functional object. Students will be provided with specific training in the operation and potentials of different fabrication equipment within the MSD makerspaces.

This subject is a quota subject and places are limited. Students who have provisionally enrolled in the subject must provide a short portfolio of their design work and a statement outlining why they are interested in the subject to be considered for selection. Submission is to be emailed directly to the subject coordinator.

Costs to Students:

• Students will be required to purchase all materials used for the development of their design and the production of the final piece.
• All fabrication costs will be provided for free if the student chooses to use the facilities with the ABP makerspaces.
• The typical costs to students is $800 - $1,200 and is determined by the materials selected by the student for their project.