Ivan Werne

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Specifications, Constraints, and project change motivation

March 23, 2023

Ivan Werne

Post 8: Top 5 specifications, top 5 constraints 2023, Student Work

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. First, a quick few words on the project plan I had written to so far: Specs: function, use existing stock material, don’t fall apart quickly, no additional materials or tools needed constraints: motivation, time, trying to shoehorn in any design or aesthetic considerations: Problem: In development, this project was an excuse to use the…

Main Project Aesthetic Plans and Alternatives.

March 15, 2023

Ivan Werne

Post 7: Main Project Aesthetics: Plans and Alternatives 2023, Student Work

. What could be said for this? Moccasins fit the early American aesthetic, whether of the natives or early frontiersmen, even into the mid 1800’s. Today they fit more into comfort wear, with softer materials and linings with rubber soles, but this is not my goal. Functional, lightweight shoes that wouldn’t be out of place…

Personal Aesthetic, Main Project Plans, Inspirations

March 8, 2023

Ivan Werne

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

. As far as personal aesthetics are concerned, I am a bit of a utilitarian. If something functions well as intended, any aesthetic design choices are secondary and free to follow the designer’s whims. When design choices sacrifice function in favor of chasing a particular aesthetic, it seems to me a poor, perhaps even…

Georg Luger, an admirable design

March 2, 2023

Ivan Werne

Post 5: What designer do you admire? 2023, Student Work

Georg Luger was, later in his career, a consulting designer for a German firearms and munitions company in the late 1800’s. While his design work is limited to a single project, the parabellum pistol, commonly referred to as the Luger, this project’s success was quite remarkable. After receiving criticisms of one of the company’s pistols…

Eldritch Upcycling Report

February 22, 2023

Ivan Werne

Post 4: Upcycle Design Report 2023, Student Work

. Here follows the process of manufacturing what turned out to be more of a nightmarish token than a nightmare obelisk. Below is the sand mixture used to make the mold, about 90% strained play sand, and 10% crushed bentonite clay. . . Once mixed, moistened, and compacted the casting sand mixture held together surprisingly…

Upcycling Project Update: Eldritch Aesthetic

February 15, 2023

Ivan Werne

Post 3: Upcycle progress report 2023, Student Work

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. PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE SAND ACQUIRED BOXES CONSTRUCTED ALUMINUM IS ABUNDANT NIGHTMARES PERSIST . . FOUNDRY IS READY . . FULL STOP .

Upcycling Project Aesthetic: Eldritch

February 8, 2023

Ivan Werne

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

I have decided to stick with the Eldritch aesthetic for my first project. My plan is to melt aluminum cans into ingots, then cast those to make a nightmare obelisk (but smaller). Precisely what this will look like, I am not yet sure, but with fire, a 3d printer, and some sand, I should be…

Aesthetic Exploration: Eldritch

February 1, 2023

Ivan Werne

Post 1: Aesthetic Explorations 2023

The word Eldritch is commonly defined as an adjective to describe that which is strange, eerie, uncanny, ghostly, or similarly fear-inducing. It is also commonly associated with H.P. Lovecraft’s elder gods and eldritch horrors such as Cthulhu or Yog-Sothoth. Below are four artists renditions of an eldritch horror pulled from a simple google search with…