Sarah Leadbeater
Industrial Design Curriculum

LASER CUT ANIMALS

The first model-making assignment of the semester asks students to use the laser cutter to design and build a model of an animal out of wood. Students first create a sketch model of their animal out of cardstock and then use Adobe Illustrator to create the necessary vector art.

BLUE FOAM MODELS

For the second model-making assignment of the semester students use hand tools such as x-acto knives and hot wire cutters to carve objects out of blue foam.

3D PRINTED COOKIE CUTTERS

For the third model-making assignment of the semester students are given a week of training with the 3D parametric solid modeling program CREO (formerly pro/Engineer) and asked to create a cookie cutter. These cookie cutters are then printed on a 3D printer.

NINTENDO CONTROLLERS

The final project of the semester asks students to design and build a working controller for an original 8-bit Nintendo. Students are free to use whatever type of model-making method they prefer.

An article that appeared in the local paper about one group's Nintendo controller: Newburyport Daily News: 20 February 2013 - Toye's Toy