Austin Beltz

8 posts

Specs and Constraints: Cantilever Suspension

March 20, 2023

Post 8: Top 5 specifications, top 5 constraints 2023

For my final project, I’m going to be making a cantilever suspension setup for the rear suspension of a SN-95 Mustang. It will look something similar to the image below. Specifications: The suspension is going to be used for street driving and racing, so it must be functional first and foremost. I want the…

Consideration of Alternative Aesthetics

March 15, 2023

Austin Beltz

Post 7: Main Project Aesthetics: Plans and Alternatives 2023

When thinking about my project and how I could make it look drastically different given limitations I have, I thought of a minimalist vs maximalist aesthetic difference in the geometry, layout and color of my design. For a more minimalist and hidden aesthetic, I would have the suspension components be positioned parallel to the length…

Personal Aesthetic & Main Project Plan

March 8, 2023

Austin Beltz

Post 6: Main Project plans and inspirations 2023, Student Work

I wouldn’t say I necessarily have a personal aesthetic. It enjoys a lot of different and opposite aesthetics and implement many of them into what I do/make. One of my favorite aesthetics to implement into things I make is a more understated/sleeper aesthetic that focuses on functionality over all else. I would say this kind…

Adrian Newey

March 1, 2023

Austin Beltz

Post 5: What designer do you admire? 2023

As an engineer with weaker artistic abilities, I admire designers who design and create things that are both functional and beautiful, but functional first and foremost. Because of this, I greatly admire Adrian Newey. Adrian Newey is a legendary Formula 1 car designer and is widely regarded as the greatest F1 car designer. Adrian Newey…

Industrial/Aerodynamic Grenade Moth Sculpture

February 21, 2023

Austin Beltz

Post 4: Upcycle Design Report 2023

Intro and Inspirations: I had a hard time initially coming up with a project I wanted to upcycle. I was thinking I would use scrap metal and other similar materials for my project. At some point during the project I remembered my brother had this decommissioned grenade which was made to look like a fly…

Upcycle Progress – Grenade Moth

February 15, 2023

Austin Beltz

Post 3: Upcycle progress report 2023, Student Work

So far in my project I have created some cad models to try and nail down the general look I’m going for. I still need to do more work on this front before fabrication starts. I have some materials I’m planning on using for the project but nothing set in stone so far. I am…

Upcycling Project Aesthetic: Grenade Moth

February 8, 2023

Austin Beltz

Post 2: What is your Upcycling project aesthetic and why? 2023

It is my plan to incorporate more than one aesthetic into my upcycled project. The main aesthetics I want to incorporate into my upcycle project are ‘dirty’, industrial and arts and crafts aesthetics. Similar to the fly sculpture seen below, I want to make a moth sculpture centered around a decommissioned grenade where the moth…

Aesthetics Exploration – Outrun

February 1, 2023

Austin Beltz

Post 1: Aesthetic Explorations 2023

Outrun, also known as or attributed with synthwave and retrowave, among others, is a relatively new aesthetic. It only recently came about and gained popularity in the 2010s. Outrun visuals and music evoke nostalgia, familiarity and longing of the 80s, even with people who were born long after they ended. Fast, boxy cars, neon colors…