Summary: Overall, I am very happy with my final design. I think that I stayed close to my target aesthetics, and in addition also made a functional project that I’ll be able to use in the future. I aimed to create a desk lamp in the mid-century modern and contemporary aesthetic, with focus on minimalism…

What? My final project is a contemporary desk lamp. I wanted to create a small lamp that would would blend in well with my furniture, which is mostly contemporary and constructed of wood. Inspirations My inspirations for this project were the contemporary and mid-century modern aesthetics. These aesthetics prioritize minimalism while still keeping some of…

Background: Inspirations Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Specifications Wood Articulating Variable light settings Stable Folding Constraints Compact Durable Energy Efficient Light-weight Simple electronics Initial Plans: Initially I planned to make the lamp in a contemporary and minimalist design. This means that it would be constructed of wood and have minimal complexity in terms of wiring and construction.…

Top 5 Specifications The lamp will be made of wood and other natural materials to fit the mod-century modern/contemporary aesthetic I’m aiming for. The articulating function of the lamp should be able to support the lamp and move smoothly. There shouldn’t be a lot of force required to move the lamp around ideally. There should…

For my course project, I plan on making a desk lamp with contemporary styling and mid-centruy modern material choices. There are multitudes of different ways one can design a desk lamp, but a few styles I found interesting were art deco and Victorian. I think these are particularly good to study for my project since…

For my final project, I’m aiming to create a contemporary desk lamp. I’ll be constructing the lamp in a contemporary aesthetic, with a few mid-century modern cues. My design will in general follow the key aspects of contemporary styling, mainly being minimalist, sleek, and highlighting material choice prominently. I also want to incorporate aspects of…

Jony Ive is a designer I’ve long been a fan of, given his unique position of influence in both hardware and software design. When designing a new laptop or phone, he focuses not only on the physical design but also the user interface. As a student in both mechanical engineering and computer science, I particularly…

  Inspirations: My inspiration for my project stemmed from the materials I had available to me in terms of objects I could upcycle. I had quite a few obsolete electronics which I knew I wanted to utilize in my project. Of those, I was drawn to an old keyboard as I thought it would offer…

In terms of progress for my upcycling project, I have acquired the materials I need and selected an image I wish to recreate. My materials for this project are a keyboard (from which the keys will be used as pixels), a background canvas, glue, and possibly paint. I selected a keyboard with an obsolete connection…

For my upcycle aesthetic, I would like to focus on the pixel art aesthetic. I was drawn to this aesthetic as the object I want to upcycle in a computer keyboard, and I want to reuse the keys to compose a piece of art. The genre that most closely matches artwork rendered from many small…

Art Deco, a shortened version of the French phrase Arts Décoratifs, is an architectural and product design style that originated in pre-WW1 France and became popular in the USA and Europe from the 1920’s-1930’s. Significant people in Art Deco included Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Jean Dunand, and Pierre Chareau (1). Major influences for the Art Deco style…