Justin Sirotin has spent his 13-year industrial design career developing successful products for multinational brands and startups. Because of that experience, he was driven to take on the challenge of starting a product company. In January 2008 he co-founded Mars Made, a modern game room furniture manufacturer based in Boston, MA. Since August 2008 he has also been an adjunct faculty member at RISD, where he leverages his experiences to teach the Manufacturing Techniques course in the Industrial Design department.
Prior to forming Mars Made, Sirotin worked as the general manager for Item New Product Development, a product development and manufacturing firm in Providence. Throughout his tenure at Item he progressed through the positions of staff industrial designer, project manager and director of operations.Justin holds a BFA in Industrial Design from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.
This course introduces the students to methods, materials, and manufacturing processes that translate design activity into finished goods. A significant portion of downstream design activity is devoted to manufacturing issues - the techniques by which materials are selected, shaped, and then assembled. Students will be evaluated based upon success of weekly field study research assignments and a final exam.
Enrollment is limited to Junior Industrial Design Students.
Major Requirement | BFA Industrial Design
Spring 2025 Courses
ID 2480-01 - MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES
LevelUndergraduate
UnitIndustrial Design
Subject Industrial Design
Period Spring 2025
Credits 3
FormatLecture
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
ID 2480-01
MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES
LevelUndergraduate
UnitIndustrial Design
Subject Industrial Design
PeriodSpring 2025
Credits3
FormatLecture
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2025-02-13 to 2025-05-23
Times: W | 1:10 PM - 4:10 PMInstructor(s): Justin SirotinLocation(s): Center for Integrative Technologies, Room 103Enrolled / Capacity: 48Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This course introduces the students to methods, materials, and manufacturing processes that translate design activity into finished goods. A significant portion of downstream design activity is devoted to manufacturing issues - the techniques by which materials are selected, shaped, and then assembled. Students will be evaluated based upon success of weekly field study research assignments and a final exam.
Enrollment is limited to Junior Industrial Design Students.
