The MADE IN ERIE PRODUCT DESIGN LAB will be held on Saturday, Sept. 24 from 9:30am to 3:00pm; press release below. Free and open to the public, all teachers, teens, retirees, college students, New Americans, the unemployed and others should consider attending all or part of this day-long event at the Blasco Library.
Erie’s product ideas will be stronger - and more commercially successful - as awareness of the value-added nature of industrial / product design excellence becomes better understood. Erie’s economy will benefit as as locally-held patents bring more well-designed products to market: in the 19th century it was Griswold Pans, the 20th century featured Marx Toys and the 21st century includes ReCap Mason Jars by Karen Rzepecki.
Like the INNOVATION ERIE product-design competition organized eight years ago, the MADE IN ERIE PRODUCT DESIGN LAB was initiated in 2015 by CIVITAS and other stakeholders to leverage the potential of Erie's manufacturing infrastructure.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
LEARN EXCELLENT PRODUCT DESIGN PRACTICES FROM NATIONAL AND LOCAL DESIGN EXPERTS:
9:00 Doors Open / Introduction
9:30 Hirt - The History of Industrial and Product Design, Henry Adams
10:30 Hirt - Industrial and Product Design Today, Devin Roberts
11:00 Hirt - Panel: The Past, Present & Future of Erie Manufacturing
12:00 LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
1:00 Admiral Room - Fundamentals of Design: Spaghetti Challenge,
2:00 CHOOSE ONE 30-MINUTE SESSION:
- Hirt - Visual Design, Lisa Austin
- Admiral Room - Empathetic Design, Shradda Sangelkar
- Room 219 - Engineering for Cost, Devin Roberts & Greg Dillon
2:30 CHOOSE ONE 30-MINUTE SESSION:
- Hirt - Visual Design, Lisa Austin
- Admiral Room - Empathetic Design, Shradda Sangelkar
- Room 219 - Engineering for Cost, Devin Roberts & Greg Dillon
3:00 Hirt - Local Resources Overview -
3:50 Hirt - Concluding Remarks
Download the flyer with additional information here.
