While 3D printing on the scale of what WASP does is hard to imagine, the organization has provided plenty of encouragement and resources for people to use and adapt their technology for their own purposes – such as the recently released Maker Economy Starter Kit, for example. Now WASP, in collaboration with Milan-based FabLab Opendot, is offering an immersive course on 3D printing on a big scale.
The five-day workshop, which will take place at WASP’s Massa Lombarda headquarters from January 9 to 13, will involve intensive instruction from professional designers, technicians, architects, and other experts on how to design and 3D print large objects such as furniture. Instruction will be offered in the form of both practical and theoretical lessons, hands-on projects and more.
The course will be introduced by WASP founder Massimo Moretti, and teachers will include WASP’s Giorgio Gurioli and Nicola Schiavarelli, as well as Opendot’s Enrico Bassi and Gianluca Pugliese. Also involved in the workshop will be Alessandro Ranellucci, creator of Slic3r software, and Dario Pizzigoni, founder of TreeD.
The workshop is open to anyone: designers, architects, engineers, technicians, companies and businesspeople, and average makers and 3D printing enthusiasts. Attendees should, ideally, already have some skill and knowledge in CAD and 3D printing, however – this isn’t a beginner-level course, but participants should certainly expect to come away from the workshop with greatly enhanced knowledge of 3D design and printing, and its possibilities on a large scale. A certificate of attendance, signed by all teachers, will be presented at the end of the course. The registration fee is €350; for more information or to register, email federica@opendotlab.it or go to Opendot’s website. Discuss in the WASP Opendot forum at 3DPB.com.