1. State of the art, project management and documentation¶
I want to study fabricademy because I'm interested in biomaterials and maker-ing in general. I don't have any specific idea for my final project yet. Maybe try and make some actual leather with plants (rather than melting and mixing leaves with binders). Maybe find something to do with the clothes I need to throw away.
Topics of your interest¶
I love recycling¶
For Xmas last year I decided to make presents for my family instead of buying them. Of course because I love procrastinating I only had one or two days to build the presents before I had to go back home in France. I had decided to make a coffee (well, a tea) table for my parents, but I didn't have time to design it with Rhino, as it would easily take a day. Instead I headed to the fab lab and checked what waste material they had. Arriving at the fab lab I discovered there was a class in the main hall, and therefore couldn't use the CNC machine, or anything that made noise, after 12am (noon: I know it's supposed to be 12pm, but it makes no sense, I prefer 12am).
I decided to cut something by hand super quickly with a jigsaw, bend some metal bars found in the streets as leg, and that was pretty much it.
- Here's a link to some Google Photo album.
- I also (made a coaster (the thing you put under mugs/cups))[https://photos.app.goo.gl/YYJKhfFcoqsB7cGP6] with my brothers's company logo (it's not their company, but they both work there). I used some recycled plastic from the Precious Plastic machines.
- Another table
- And used the spare recycled plastic from the coasters to make beads for macrame pot hangers.
- My 2020 Fab Academy website, which includes a lot of messing around already.
I'd like to stay in this recycling world. I don't want to add to the world, I want to transform it. (Booooooooohhhhh)
Learn how to use Markdown and Gitlab¶
I've been working with HTML, CSS, JavaScript and other web languages for a few years now and am pretty familiar with them. What I've been realising lately though is that, the more complicated a website is the least eco-friendly it is. Why is that? Well, the more code you have the more the server (basically a computer with no screen) has to do calculations, the more energy it uses = not good for planet.
This is why I've decided to stick to this simple webpage for my Fabricademy documentation. No fancy options, animations, functions, just an simple, plain website.
I've decided to change the CSS to make it a minimum different to what it initially was. I matched the primary and accent color to my fab academy website.
Upload pictures and videos¶
Before uploading the pictures I pass them through some ImageMagick command to make sure they are not too heavy (in the KB rather than MB).
ImageMagick is a software that allows you to create, edit, compose, compress, stictch or convert digital images and videos. It's pretty powerful, and I've saved some command lines to batch compress and resize images.
mogrify -resize 1920x -quality 50 -format jpg *.jpg
Uploading is as simple as going to /docs/images/ click on the ... and Upload file, then write  in Markdown to include it in the page.
Useful links¶
- Markdown
- This week's page
- More to come, maybe.
Assignments¶
- Build a documentation website describing yourself and your motivation for the textile-academy, including your previous work
- Add references and research based on the topics of your interest
- Learn how to upload images, videos, references and how to use markdown and gitlab
- EXTRA POINT Customize your website and document how you did it
How will it be evaluated?¶
- Learn the process and tools used to document course work
- Acquire the necessary skills to publish projects, documentation and share the results of each assignment