A free public lecture by product designer Scott Summit, part of the Creativity+Innovation series.
The presentation will explore the changing tools used by designers, and how this impacts the resulting products, thought process and market. As we think of product creation as less of a one-way process and more of a participatory process, we need to reconsider the assumptions that we've been conditioned to accept from the mass-production age. Examples will be given that show how Bespoke uses 3D Scanning and 3D printing to solve challenges faced by amputees and others with unique medical needs.
Scott Summit founded Summit ID in 1997. Since then it has built a reputation for transforming innovative ideas into unique, often attention-grabbing products. The work range includes sporting equipment, medical devices, audio products, and a wide array of new technology and consumer products. Bespoke, which creates innovative prosthetic devices, resulted from a collaboration between Summit and an orthopedic surgeon. Summit holds 20 patents and numerous international design awards, and has taught design at Carnegie Mellon University, Stanford University, and Singulatiry University.
This presentation is part of the series of free, public lectures in the Dean's Lecture Series entitled "Creativity and Innovation" (part of the course Art 80V: "Issues and Artists" taught by Associate Professor Lewis Watts). Arts Division Dean David Yager has selected nine speakers, all noted for their unique ability to bridge innovation and creativity within their professional career paths. The public is cordially invited. Admission is free. Parking $3.
Sponsored by the UCSC Division of the Arts and the UCSC Art Department
The Media Theater is the lecture hall located next to the traffic circle in front of the Mainstage Theater at UCSC.