Inspirational talk by the creator of the wooden radio
Friday, 03 April 2009
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Autonomatic, the 3D digital research cluster that explores new ways of integrating computer aided design and manufacture with traditional making skills, helped to facilitate a hugely inspirational talk at the Tremough Design Centre by the Indonesian designer, Singgih S Kartono this week.
Singgih's wooden radio won the Brit Insurance Design Awards 2009 presented at the Design Museum last month.
Whilst being a very beautiful product, one of the interesting aspects of the radio is how Singgih has created a design with a holistic approach, aiming to facilitate social empowerment and establish a sustainable local industry which utilises renewable resources. Singgih and his team ensure that they only use trees from plantations that care for the re-plantation in their hometown and a tree is planted for each tree used. Each wooden radio is made of a single piece and and is handcrafted in 16 hours.
Learn more about the design and inspirational project by clicking on the link: www.wooden-radio.com/gb/
Autonomatic is located in Falmouth's custom built Design Centre at the Tremough Campus which houses a suite of cutting edge digital production technologies including Rapid Prototyping, Laser Cutting, 3D scanning and Computer-Numerically-Controlled Milling.
The location of this comprehensive digital production resource within a creative and educational context supports a distinctive area of practice-based research concerned with the integration of digital technologies into the creative processes of designing through making.
To find out more about Autonomatic's work, please visit: www.autonomatic.org.uk or contact: Dr Katie Bunnell, Research Studio, The Design Centre, University College Falmouth, Tremough Campus, Penryn, TR10 9EZ
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