Design Realization 2
Course Contents

Part 1: Images and Volumes
Geometry and transformations
Designing shapes (Maya)
Historical Influences
Improvisation in shape

Part 2: Animation
Trajectory interpolation
Physics of movement
Improvisation in movement

Part 3: Making shapes
Materials and processes
2D & 3D Prototyping 
CNC machining
Assembly 

Part 4. Electronics
Digital Components and design principles
Analog/digital boundary
PC board design and fab
Sensor types
Displays

Part 5: Real-time programming
Processes and threads
Shared data
Communication and networking
improvisation in an interactive device

Part 6: Mechanics
Material properties
Components 
Building systems
improvisation in physical agents

Part 7: Optics
Physics of light
components
materials
opto-electronic boundary