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This introductory workshop provides a practical insight into large-scale robotic metal 3D printing technologies with a focus on Directed Energy Deposition (DED). Participants will explore the principles of robotic additive manufacturing, compare major DED technologies, and discover how WAAM (Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing) enables the efficient production of large-scale metal components. The workshop combines theoretical background with real-world demonstrations from the laboratories of Brno University of Technology, including examples of steel and magnesium alloy printing.

Target: University students

This module guides learners from a recognised real-world problem to a first concept solution. Through the design thinking process — understanding the user and the problem, generating ideas and sketching an initial prototype — participants work in pairs or small teams on a real everyday problem, define the user, goal and solution idea, and build an early mock-up from cardboard or other secondary materials. The workshop is designed as an accessible entry point with no formal prerequisites, built on the principle that the problem being solved always belongs to someone else — a person, a community, or the environment — never to the learner.

Target: Unprivileged

This module explores the difference between 2D and 3D shapes and the aesthetic, informational, structural and visual role of 2D patterns in design and digital fabrication. By assembling pre-cut laser-cut 2D elements into a 3D form, exploring the moiré effect, and working hands-on with a diode laser, students learn vector-file preparation basics, the difference between cutting and engraving, and laser safety procedures. The workshop follows a 'hand before software' principle — an analogue chisel/pyrography exercise always precedes the digital (CNC/laser) equivalent.

Target: Unprivileged