I learned so much about 3D printing from the class. Coming with no knowledge about 3D printing and getting to know more and more about it. First, the Makerbot meet up was very cool, because all the creations in the store are fantastic and whoever made it are awesome! By far I think my greatest accomplishment is really to pushing my mind into thinking deep about the coffee project, because at first I thought we were creating some kind of cup as final project. However, after rounds and rounds of pushing our creativity to maximum level, we are totally thinking wild and “outside the cup.” So this process is definitely pushing everyone’s imagination and that’s very beneficial for my career. As a minor student in Graphic Communication, thinking beyond the line is very important strategy that we need to own in order to compete with our competitors. At the end, it’s primarily the arts that speak the words instead of letters itself. It’s so true that people say “ creativity is contagious” or “ creativity is an addition” because when we work together as a group, all our members really get involve into thinking and breaking the ice to come up with some definitions and solutions toward our need. So we will leave home thinking a lot about the ways we can improve our project. Personally, I started looking around the trespassers everyday while I’m commuting to school and observe how they move, walk, speak, and everything that has to do with their everyday life. Finally, I realized everyone is busy and rushing in some way or another. And everyone is drinking some kind of beverage everyday. So why not make the bottle or container they carry around more portable and easier when commuting? This becomes our main topic for the project. My greatest gain in this class is not just knowledge about 3D design, but also how to think as a maker!
