During my final semester at the University of Colorado this course, Aesthetics in Design provided an introductory immersion into the world of design. Each week I wrote a blog post pertaining to an aspect of design which interested me or about my progress in the different assignments. There were two main projects, the first one…

Why and What Next: I set out to make the dynamic light cylinder because I wanted to have a project where I could merge my engineering and creative skills. My goal was to make something that could be e. My aesthetic was modern, e-Tron sci-fi and the rainforest. I decided to go for these aesthetics…

This post will be purely dedicated to the logistical and technical work that I have done for my final project. I will cover the manufacturing process associated with my artifact which I have know titled the “Dynamic Light Sculpture” or DLS. I will also discuss my bill of materials and electronics. The system is compromised…

This week I have been focusing on the servo motor to cylinder interface. I designed the housing to be as simple as possible and it can also account for large tolerance issues I will align it with paper as a filling on the sides that need more or less space Additionally, I picked the inner diameter…

I have begun building my final project. I knew the machine shop was going to be busy after spring break so I decided to get all my turning done before it was crowded this Monday as seen with the pictures below. I ordered the materials right after our initial design review. I have also had…

The friday before spring break we played the aesthetics game and I had to draw a Werbund Speaker

This weeks blog post will compare the current aesthetic in my ambient lighting sculpture based on tropical nature, minimalism and future tech with 20th century design movements more specifically Art Deco, Streamlining and Scandinavian Modern. To start of I will put my current design render for a refresher. The Chrysler building inspired me to draw…

For my final project I decided to build an ambient lighting device it will be in the form of a cylinder. LED’s will be placed near the bottom emitting light upwards shining an inner cylinder that houses all of the electronics and mechanisms. The light will be reflected thru holes placed on the outer cylinder…

Manufacturability: Whatever design I wish to pursue has to be manufacturable with CU’s resources either from the ITLL or the Idea Forge. I put this category at number one because even if I have an amazing design in CAD with an exceptionally pleasing aesthetic if I can’t make it I won’t have a project. Although…

The product I will design will be an intersection of multiple ideas. What I know is that I want to use a Raspberry Pi to keep driving my computational knowledge. The dynamic aspect of the object will be rotational motion likely to be delivered by a continuous rotation servo. Additionally, LEDs will be integrated to…

Like many of the students in this class my skills are what you would typically expect from a senior mechanical engineering student. However, everybody has strengths and weaknesses I believe I am better suited in design and manufacturing rather than analysis and research in the mechanical engineering world. My calculus and mathematical solving skills are…

Link to my presentation slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1DM0aey_1q6RIds068RZOfYfKH4jdVQJKWEgBVGR2gP8/edit?usp=sharing Link to my video presentation : https://youtu.be/V3vBUwSVPpM                For my Upcycling project I decided to start the design process by first picking the materials. I had to carboard tubes about to be recycled thus I decided to use those. Then I saved a box I had laying around as…

This week has been hands on for me, I have been making my upcycling project but I don’t know the meaning of it just yet. I built a cardboard frame and I am filling the sides with cut up cardboard tubes. In total I used about a quarter of my latest amazon order box, four…

As a warm up assignment we are recycling low value waste into aesthetic pleasing objects. Deciding what to do isn’t always easy however for me this time around it was simpler than in the past. Over the winter break I read “Creative Confidence” by David and Tom Kelley ( I highly recommend it to anyone…

Recently I have been hooked by “Topology Optimized” designs I think their aesthetics can be very attractive and the engineering behind them is very interesting. Topology optimization is a branch of computer aided engineering (CAE) that seeks to mathematically optimize material layout within a given design space to sustain a set of loads and boundary…