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Nadica Stanojevic
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DESIGN CONCEPT
The concept for this plate design
are Hexagonal shapes with an ex-
truded circular form. Two of these
Hexagons are aligned with different
sized circules that make various
entartaining patterns. The stamp it
self is hollow which makes the clay
extruded, hence the name Hex-
OUT.

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1  First try with an air drying clay didnt 4  First 3D printed tools. As previously
come out as clean which was a result mentiod was printed on a not so fine
of not so finely printed first try stamp. setting which mad it impossible to sand
down and get refined results.
2  Example of a 3D printed stamp later
used for producing the final result. 5  The final tool was produced on a
fined setting and sanded down.
3  First, cleaner result with the air
drying clay. Here is a picture of the pla-
te drying to a shape of a bowl however
the pattern is on the outside which is
not very visible once the plate is turned
upside. The pattern of the circle has an
ordinary pattern.

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parametrical stamp

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6  First robot exercise in sand 10  Simulation of the robots movements.

7  The excersise in sand was fun to cre- 11  Pattern in sand

ate and to learn about programming the
robot movements, however the robots 12  Here are completly programmed
strength and impact had minimal out- exercise movements visible.
comes in the sand unlike the clay

8  A close up of the zig zag pattern ex-

ample.

9  For this exercise already provided

tools were used whilst for the final pro-
duction a stamp was 3D printed

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13  lFirst robot experience with clay
was rather surprising as the robots hand
has much more strength than human
hands with the stamp. After the first try
the depth ov the movement had to be
adjusted.
14  In order to prevent any messy cor-
ners of the plate, a plastic foil was put
above the clay to keep the stamping cle-
an and sharp.
15  The movements them selves were
uncomplicated geomatrical lines where
calculated dishes
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the robot was told to go from point to
point and stamp the clay afterwhich it
would come up and move again to the
next point with no rotations necessary.
16  The final result are two different pla-
tes with a lighter and stronger stamping
pattern to showcase different design re-
sults not only by working with different
stamps but also the robots movements.
17  Finally for the cutting sequence, the
foil was removed and the plate is to be
carefully placed in a bowl to take shape.
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calculated dishes 4.0

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 DIGITAL DISHES 4.0

COMPUTATIONAL CRAFTED NEXT GENERATION CERAMICS

Digital fabrication processes and digitally controlled machines have a

growing influence on building industries and thus also on the creative
possibilities of architects in design. The principles of mass customiz-
ation mean that the batch size of one, i.e. the unique specimen, which
was common in pre-industrial construction, can once again be pro-
duced economically. In this advanced module, the theory and methods
of parametric and generative design methods are studied in depth and
their linkage with current rapid prototyping methods is tested.

The students worked on a project to design tableware. They used

traditional and cutting edge manufacturing techniqes and incorpora-
te them into creative process of designing new tools. Using an ABB
robotic arm, students transformed own dishes into bespoken artwork.

COUSE LEADERS:
Urs Hirschberg
Lukas Gosch
Milena Stavric

STUD. ASS.
Felix Dokonal
Kilian Hoffmann

ADVANCED MASTER COURSE SS 2023

161.792 SE Generative methods and digital fabrication 1
161.793 SE Generative methods and digital fabrication 2
161.794 UE Design project generative methods and digital fabrication

www.iamweb01.tugraz.at/m4/s23/