Made in China

(1 Credit)

In this production course, students will work in small teams to ideate and prototype a wearable or portable consumer electronics product that helps address an unmet or pressing need. They will then take these prototypes to Shenzhen, China’s Silicon Valley of Hardware, to understand how they might be manufactured. In the course of their work, students will work alongside professionals and others to learn how to rapidly prototype both “works like” and “looks like” versions of their projects. The class will culminate with a 2-day trip to Shenzhen, where students will meet and present their prototypes to product designers and others within China’s manufacturing ecosystem and gain further insights into how these types of products can be produced.