Ethan Street

8 posts

Specifications and Constraints: Violin Pendulum

March 21, 2023

Ethan Street

Post 8: Top 5 specifications, top 5 constraints 2023

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Top 5 Specifications This is going to be a desk item. Therefore I will want it to be functional especially in its random motion This will need to be stable and sturdy. I want this to be able to spin without it rocking. This means that I will have to make a wide and heavy…

Double Pendulum Manufacturing Plan

March 14, 2023

Ethan Street

Post 7: Main project aesthetics – plans and alternatives, Post 7: Main Project Aesthetics: Plans and Alternatives 2023, Student Work

For this blogpost I will be talking about the plans to create this double pendulum violin design. I have searched ways in order to create a double pendulum and a good video source is shown below. There are a lot of manufacturing videos similar to this so I think I will have pretty good guidance…

Main Final Project Plans: Double Pendulum Violin

March 5, 2023

Ethan Street

Post 6: Main Project plans and inspirations 2023

This final project revolves around the idea of the double pendulum. I am interested in this design because of the interesting dynamic component. These designs are usually incorporated as desk toys. This design is very dynamic and will require a lot of precision in order to make sure things balance the way that I want…

Favorite Artistic Designer – Hayao Miyazaki

February 28, 2023

Ethan Street

Post 5: What designer do you admire? 2023

Like many kids, when I was growing up I was exposed to many cartoons. There was a movie that was not quite cartoons that I watched and I really enjoyed. That movie was called Spirited Away. My family was very into these films and as a result we watched almost every movie made from this…

Upcycle Biophilic Violin Picture Frame (real plants)

February 21, 2023

Ethan Street

Post 4: Upcycle Design Report 2023

The construction of the biophilic violin picture frame was very successful. There are more design elements that will be added in the future; however, due to the constraints of the due date, I was not able to implement all of them The process shifted since the last post into a 4-step construction process Step 1:…

Upcycle Update: Bioinspired Violin Picture Frame

February 14, 2023

Ethan Street

Post 3: Upcycle progress report 2023, Student Work

Manufacturing of the envisioned design is progressing well. As predicted, there would be a lot of fine detail that would need to be done to work with the unique geometry of the violin. Currently, manufacturing is being done with 3 steps Step 1: Disassembling of the current violin The violin has several steps necessary to…

Violin Picture Frame

February 7, 2023

Ethan Street

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

For my upcycling project, I wanted to create something that I will be able to continue to use in the future. I will be creating a household item that follows in the Biophilic design aesthetic. This aesthetic was described in my previous post as integrating nature with human designs. Because of this, I will be…

Biophilic Design

January 28, 2023

Ethan Street

Post 1: Aesthetic Explorations 2023

Biophilic Design, Ethan Street

The aesthetic that I chose to study is a combining of nature with architecture. This aesthetic is the cause for indoor house plants and larger windows with better lighting that allows the people inside to feel closer to nature. This style was initially created by a man named E.O Wilson in 1984 in a book…