For my final design project, I am choosing to design a concept for a long transit spacecraft in the style of what I like to call ‘NASA Pragmatism’, an aesthetic that is driven by functional design for space, but ends up having a very distinct and recognizable look nonetheless. To summarize the entire…

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galleries/visions-of-the-future#grid-127451-1 To say my life revolves around space exploration is probably a bit dramatic, but I will say that a huge portion of my favorite things to discuss, think about, and even my career path involve space exploration. To me, it just seems like the natural progression of humanity’s journey: we have catalogued pretty much…

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galleries/visions-of-the-future#grid-127451-1 To say my life revolves around space exploration is probably a bit dramatic, but I will say that a huge portion of my favorite things to discuss, think about, and even my career path involve space exploration. To me, it just seems like the natural progression of humanity’s journey: we have catalogued pretty much…

Afrofuturism 2.0 by John Jennings https://nicolas-celnik.medium.com/afrofuturism-decolonizing-the-imagination-579dc1f3e7a9 The design aesthetic I am choosing for my upcycling project is Afrofuturism, a recent cultural and art movement that has increased in popularity in the last decade. Afrofuturism, as the name suggests, combines the cultural heritage of many different African countries and communities with modern digital technological design. Most oftenly,…