Hasta La Ideas

Rapid prototyping is an exciting aspect of industrial design, but few of us individual designers can afford the machinery to make it happen. If you’re lucky, your school or workplace has invested in the machinery and you get to play with it. Or you can wait for a TechShop to open up in your city.

Another good option, for those in Europe this summer or inclined to travel there, is to take the Creative Prototyping Skills Training course at the Howest University Industrial Design Center in Belgium. For a reasonable 365 Euros, you get a five-day course (including meals and prototyping materials):

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