FINAL PROJECT PROPOSAL

fabacademy 2012 Astrid van Roij-Lubsen

An interactive coffee table book

BOOK COVER

technique: lasercutting woodopen projects: lamp, chair

bending a sheet of wood into a book cover

Materials needed: multiplex sheet

TO DO: design cover

lasercutting coverdesign attachment of the pages

make system to keep the pages togetherwrite tutorial for sitemake photos for site

PAGE 1 & 2: Little monsters

technique: drawing and cutting press fit connectionsopen projects: a variety of monsters, little storage box

text

drawing

Materials needed: museum cardboard 2mm + 1 mm

TO DO:

design cutlines and engraving pattern for pagelasercut pages

write tutorial for sitemake photos and images for site

PAGE 3 & 4: 3D paper art

technique: vinyl cuttingopen projects: origami cards, in garments

inspiration

Materials needed: museum cardboard

TO DO: design page

lasercutting pagemake circuit board

write tutorial for sitemake photos for site

PAGE 5 & 6: digital painting

technique: milling with a brushopen projects: a painting by an artist with this technique

A canvas that is hand-painted first and then finished with a brush in the shopbot that draws

a path

Materials needed: canvas, brush, paint

TO DO: design pattern or edit photo

experiment with painting the canvasmake an example painting

invite someone to make a painting this waywrite tutorial for site

make a movie for the site

PAGE 7 & 8: INTERACTIVE POPUP

technique: electronics design and programming open project: wearable electronics

inspiration from: http://hlt.media.mit.edu/?p=5

Materials needed: museum cardboard, attiny, LEDs, some sensors, vinyl

TO DO: design pattern or edit photo

experiment with painting the canvasmake an example painting

invite someone to make a painting this waywrite tutorial for site

make a movie for the site

THE WEBSITE

technique: html

Every technique is explained in tutorialshomepage with big visuals linking to each technique

TO DO: edit current fabacademy site or make a new one

write tutorial for sitemake photos for site

INSPIRATION cards

There will be little cards in the book with open project ideas and url to the website, for people to take home as inspiration

Materials needed: pogo photo stickers

TO DO: come up with a way to put the little cards into the book

print a variety of cards with cool pictures (maybe also some phrases, learnings, do’s and don’ts)