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4.041 Advanced Product Design
An advanced product design studio in which you’ll design a piece of furniture (any type) to last 150 years. Working closely with industry experts at Emeco and beyond, you will realize your vision for future products that are symbiotic with an ever-changing and resource-sensitive world. Today, our products are too often disposable, poor quality and short-lived. Industries that produce furniture and products for everyday life have remained wasteful, consuming evermore resources and energy to manufacture, ship and dispose of products. But, emerging technologies in manufacturing, new materials, computation and beyond now have the ability to disrupt major waste-producing industries in unexpected ways. This studio challenges students to envision the future of the product design industry by creating a furniture product of their choosing. Seating, lighting, storage systems, and experimental new objects are all options. Create new modes of making/manufacturing, new materials that challenge sustainability and performance, new ways to use and recycle furniture, and new approaches to ever-changing functionality.