Design Futures Lab | UNSW Making UNSW Making UNSW Making Home Facilities Get Access Bookings Shop About About DFL Help Desk Publications First Year Guide to the Design Futures Lab Gallery Staff Staff Engaging Course Work in the DFL Course Work Assessment Notification Engaging Research in the DFL Workshop Short Courses for ADA Staff & HDR Login Design Futures Lab Design Futures Lab School of Built Environment Part of the UNSW Making Network Welcome Back! We are so excited to welcome students back to the DFL. Our facilities are open and our staff are in the workshop ready to help! We do ask that anyone entering our workshop has checked in with the QR code at the door and is wearing a suitable face mask while inside. Quick links CNC, 3D Printing & Laser Cutting We are running things a bit differently this year! This is where you will find the new home of laser cutting, 3D printing and CNC machining. Get Making Talk to an Expert We miss you! And you know you miss us! We are online every weekday to help you with any questions you might have. Let's Talk Online Learning Resources It’s all about the online content these days and here is ours. Have a flick through, you might even learn something. Learn We are collecting some information about the facilities and services offered by the Design Futures Lab. Could you please take a few minutes to answer some questions about the lab by clicking here Our Vision The Design Futures Lab aims to inspire exploration, innovation and research into fabrication, emerging technologies and design theories. The lab is committed to delivering high impact research and equipping students with knowledge and skills to develop projects from early concept design to resolution. Our Facilities Wood Workshop The DFL Wood Workshop is a comprehensively outfitted workshop to allow staff students to perform all the tasks required for the making of models and prototypes for their courses. Advanced Manufacturing Lab The Advanced Manufacturing Lab allows for milling of various materials using numerically controlled routing. Digital Fabrication Lab (Laser Cutting) The Laser Cutting section of the Digital Fabrication Lab houses 6 laser cutters, a Zund vinyl cutter and the Design Futures Lab shop. View all facilities Want More Access? Once you have gained your MS | Makerspace Safety Induction Badge (BENV0001) you can book more training and gain access to more machines. Go To My Profile Book Training What Are Badges? To gain access to the UNSW Makerspace Network users need to earn access Badges. Badging is how we ensure UNSW Making users have the skills to safely and efficiently use our network of materials, machines and spaces. Earn badges by first completing associated online learning components followed by in-person Badge Training. The first badge you should complete is MS Makerspace Safety Badge (also known as BENV0001 Fabrication Fundamentals) View All Badges What's on in the Design Futures Lab Book Training View Calendars (Coming Soon) Learn New Skills with our great Video Tutorials Learn from the experts by perusing our growing library of video tutorials. Some videos are comprehensive introductions to popular Makerspace network machines and others are skills-based videos which will teach you specialist processes. Makerspace Learn Find Us Design Futures Lab Download campus map The Squarehouse (E4) Ground Floor Room G06B UNSW Sydney NSW 2052 Australia design.lab@unsw.edu.au View on Google Maps UNSW MakerSpace Network Design Futures Lab Engineering Makerspaces Michael Crouch Innovation Centre (MCIC) The Making Centre Book Book a Machine Book Training View Calendars Connect Instagram Facebook Pinterest About About Design Futures Our Facilities Find Us About UNSW Making × Date/Time: Location: Seats booked:
