Yonatan Hopp is an industrial designer who works predominantly in ceramics, with a hands-on research-through-making approach. His practice brings together methods and modes of work from industrial design and craft to investigate new possibilities for production of objects. Yonatan earned his BFA in Industrial Design from RISD and an MDes from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. A 2022 recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in the category of Design and Architecture, he has worked on commissions and projects for clients such as Paul Smith (London), The Tel-Aviv municipality and the Kastiel furniture company. Yonatan has exhibited his work in venues such as the Israel Museum (Jerusalem), the Gardiner Museum (Toronto), the Museum of Art and Design (NYC) and the Yingge Museum (Taipei). His work resides in public and private collections such as the Israel Museum (Jerusalem), the Museum of Art and Design (NYC), the Israeli parliament collection (Jerusalem) and the Jewish Museum (NYC).
The 6-credit Advanced Design studios offer second semester juniors and seniors the opportunity to investigate product, socially responsible, and sustainable design; innovation through science and technology and other topics in contemporary practice. These studios are designed to strengthen the student's ability to conduct research, ideation, material exploration, presentation, and concept validation. Studios meet two days per week. Junior and Senior Industrial Design Students are required to take a total of three (3) advanced studios.
Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Preference is given to Junior, Senior or Graduate Industrial Design Students.
Major Requirement | BFA Industrial Design, MID (2.5yr): Industrial Design
This course serves to expand students array of CAD tools and techniques while strengthening the understanding of these tools links to material making. Students will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to model a virtual, 3 dimensional object in Rhino and then transform it into a physical object, while exploring the potential for creativity and innovation within these workflows.
Rhinoceros 3d will be the primary modeling tool, instruction will start with basic techniques and progress gradually to sophisticated and controlled geometries. Strategies for output and realization of virtual models in material form via CNC tools will be explored. Various methods for producing objects in polymers, wood and other materials through 3d printing, laser-cutting, plotting and/or milling will be presented and practiced. Grasshopper will be a secondary CAD tool explored during the course.
Estimated Cost of Materials: $100.00
Open to Junior or Senior Industrial Design Students.
