My project has one main purpose and several smaller purposes. The main purpose of the project is to hide the clutter caused by the wires of my vehicle gauges (water temp, transmission temp, and voltage). These wires are quite the eyesore and given that I drive this vehicle nearly every day, I see them frequently…

Introduction and Aesthetic  I’m inspired to make my new gauge cluster as aesthetic as possible for my main project, while serving a couple additional functions. Currently, there are three gauges mounted to a stainless-steel fascia that has been laser cut, giving a nice frontal view in my opinion.  Prior to this project, the wires that…

  My main project involves aesthetically finalizing a custom gauge cluster that I have installed in my truck. The cluster has a front fascia that I laser cut out of stainless steel, which has an aesthetic that im happy with. However, the wiring for the gauges and switches, in addition to the backs of the…

My main project for aesthetics of design will be the aesthetic portion of a custom gauge cluster that I installed on my daily driver. Now, the gauges are mounted in a brushed stainless-steel panel, along with several toggle switches. The toggle switches and the brushed stainless steel remind me of the aesthetic of old machinery…

Overall, I’m very happy with the outcome of my upcycle project. I set out to both fix an ongoing problem with my daily driver and create an interesting art piece for this project, the problem being an old and dilapidated sun visor. I chose to essentially reupholster the entire piece since most of the original…

The opposite of my upcycle project aesthetic is maximalism. Since the reupholstery of my sun visor is following a minimalist theme, the direct opposite aesthetic of this is the literal opposite, maximalism.  Maximalist art pieces are those that are overall eclectic, with random arrangements of colors, text, objects and textures in a confined space. In…

I have made significant progress on the preparation stage of the upcycle project. This progress includes the planning of the overall construction, or more accurately, the method of reupholstery that will be used on my vehicles sun visors. I’ve homed in on a simple concept in reupholstery that applies to fabric encasements like the ones…

I have chosen to reupholster the sun visor in my vehicle for the upcycle project, following the minimalist aesthetic since I believe it would be the most visually pleasing. This project arises from the fact that the sun visor in my daily-driver is something that I see every day.  The current fabric is decades old…

(4) Retro Futurism Futurism on its own represents all of people’s imagination of the future as taken from a past perception. Retro-futurism, however, recollects and reflects on this imagination. The image above, for example, is a depiction of Chicago in the retro futuristic aesthetic. The art style is similar to the political cartoons of the…