Tool Building + Building Without Tools.
This course examines the role of the tool for artists, designers, and scientists. The history of how we work is essential to understanding the future of how we want to work. What works and what doesnt, what needs improvement and what can we do without entirely. Some say the best form of record is a paper and pen because it can't run out of battery. This class takes a critical look into manufacturing and handbuilding. What has our machinery done to our making processes and why. What is the importance of "hand made"?. If we had a tool for everything, would we be rendered useless? This is a shop focused course.
I Am The Energy.
This course is held by the Telemeer Council for Science. While in this course, members will be working in a combination of design thinking and electrical engineering and theory. The course takes a critical look at energy production and use, especially in the Art industry, on both a global and local scale. Working closely with such companies as General Electric, Siemens, and Ikea, members and faculty are engaged in a 3 month intensive designed to give a full understanding of the implications of energy use, and open new doors to finding alternative ways of using and producing energy through products and processes.
Size Matters
Size Matters, is a collaborative course in which members and faculty come together with an existing manufacturer to help achieve a state of total output, meaning an entity with minimal waste and maximum material use. In the course, members and faculty will examine and redesign antiquated processes, as well as set into place implicative measures to allow for a sustainable growth trajectory. Topics include : Supply Chain Responsibility, Ecological Architecture, Electric Engineering, Visual Communications, Designed Objects, Furniture Construction.
See What The Future Has In Store For You With Telemeer
As this Institution is very specialized, our education department typically offers 3 courses per season so that we can use our environment and resources to the best of our ability, as well as preserve the sacred atmosphere that is vital to the Telemeer experience. When you enroll at Telemeer, you are enrolled into each of the three courses, and can take them whichever order you see appropriate. Courses are held over a three month period.