My vision for the project encapsulates a utilitarian aesthetic in the form of a modular hexagonal cargo container that could be feasibly seen in the foreseeable future or in a video game. Given the aesthetic, I drew inspiration from actual cargo containers — ubiquitous in logistics and variants that fulfill roles ranging from prefabricated housing…

I’m going to be blunt and say that progress has been less than ideal. Referencing and preliminary sketches didn’t take long (they were done in an evening), though the modeling process has proven to be the most time-consuming part yet. This is mainly due to two constraints mentioned in the previous post — having to…

Specifications: 1. Utility  The project’s primary focus is emulating the feeling that it can provide something useful when presented. Being a very stylized cargo container, it already provides the benefit of a storage unit. However, I wanted to add utility such as cargo nets along the portions of the panels for smaller objects, light sources…

The current vision of the project is to encapsulate the utilitarian aesthetic — the form being dictated by the function. This will be conducted entirely within Blender and entail modeling and detailing a modular hexagonal container that could be feasibly seen in the foreseeable future or simply in a sci-fi or military video game. Given…

As mentioned in last week’s post, my primary project aesthetic is utilitarian: things designed with practicality first and foremost, with its visual appeal a byproduct. This will entail geometric shapes, a handful of color palettes, and must offer utility in some form. Two alternative aesthetics that would be in stark contrast to utilitarian would be…

My aesthetic would be utilitarian: things designed with practicality first and foremost with its attractiveness — if applicable — a byproduct. One prominent 20th-century design movement from which it could have drawn inspiration is minimalism, as neither has any unnecessary features and is primarily uniform in color. My first exposure to it was my fascination…

The sources of inspiration for this project came to fruition thanks to the mysterious ways the YouTube algorithm worked. While I intended to use cardboard going into this project (I wasn’t kidding about having an abundance of cardboard lying around), I had no idea how to utilize it. That was until I stumbled upon a…

The opposite of my Upcycle project — entailing a topographic tissue box cover — in terms of aesthetics would likely entail less organic form and more artificial. These could be rigid, symmetrical shapes that would be impossible to see in a natural environment. It would also include the change of only having the bare minimum…

After much consideration, I scraped the original model and created a new one from scratch. In hindsight, the corners of the topographic layers were not the best decision regarding appearance — the original intention was to make it easier to align the corners. Still, then, that defeats the whole purpose of the project. The new…

The aesthetic for my upcycling project will be based on topography, though it will be slightly different. While I want to attempt to make a model as seen on the internet for its visual appeal, it is mainly driven by the fact that I’ve had abundant cardboard boxes lying about in storage unused. Rather than…

[1] Leonardo da Vinci’s Sketch of Flying MachineThe earliest prominent instance of biomimicry was Leonardo da Vinci’s sketches of a contraption that mimicked birds to achieve flight. While a working prototype never came to fruition, the premise of drawing inspiration from the environment has persisted to this day with numerous implementations — both practical and…