Jon Albaum

8 posts

Blog Post 8: Top 5 Specifications and Top 5 Constraints

March 21, 2023

Post 8: Top 5 specifications, top 5 constraints 2023

What are the top 5 things you want your project to look like, to feel like, to do? What are the aspects that will tell you you’ve succeeded in your project? What are you prioritizing? Stability: will it actually work? This is obviously the most important specification to me as it is the entire point…

Blog Post 7: Plans and Alternatives

March 15, 2023

Jon Albaum

Post 7: Main Project Aesthetics: Plans and Alternatives 2023

For my final project I will be making a magnetic levitation flower pot, an innovative piece of technology that using magnetism to suspend a small flower pot in mid-air. My project will be inspired by the minimalist and cubist aesthetics, so the flower pot will be designed to be simple, functional, and aesthetically pleasing. The…

Blog Post 6: Solwave

March 8, 2023

Jon Albaum

Post 6: Main Project plans and inspirations 2023

Coming up with “my own personal aesthetic” was definitely more of a challenge than I imagined. After looking through pages and pages of aesthetics I found a few that personally grabbed my attention the most, so before getting into mine, I’d like to discuss some of the major movements it draws from. The first major…

Blog Post 5: Yves Saint Laurent

March 1, 2023

Jon Albaum

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

Yves Saint Laurent was a French fashion designer who rose to prominence in the 1960s to 1970s. He was a pioneer in many ways, from his innovative designs, to his attitude towards women’s fashion, and his influence on the fashion industry that can still be felt today. Born in Oran, Algeria in 1936, Saint Laurent…

Upcycle Progress Report: Headphone Stand

February 22, 2023

Jon Albaum

Post 4: Upcycle Design Report 2023

I chose a headphone stand for my upcycle project as a way to improve my carpentry skills and to create a functional piece of art for my workspace. Source: https://www.wayfair.com/17-Stories–Daiah-Ergonomic-Curved-Height-Adjustable-Standing-Desk I decided to choose minimalism as my inspiration, which led me to make my design fit into my workspace functionally and discretely. Also because of…

Upcycle Progress Report: Headphone Stand

February 14, 2023

Jon Albaum

Post 3: Upcycle progress report 2023

I chose a headphone stand for my upcycle project as a way to improve my carpentry skills and to create a functional piece of art for my workspace. I decided to choose minimalism as my inspiration, and so it is a relatively simple design composed of a base and a “tree” to hang the headphones…

Upcycling Project – Minimalism

February 8, 2023

Jon Albaum

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

For my upcycle project I am going to be constructing a headset stand inspired by the minimalist aesthetic. Over the years I have seen countless ads for headphone stands on the sidebars of websites I visit, promotions on amazon, and more. I really enjoy having my personal desk/workspace designed to my exact likings, and I…

Ski Bum Aesthetic

January 31, 2023

Jon Albaum

Post 1: Aesthetic Explorations 2023

Uncover Colorado defines a ski bum as “A person who moves to a ski town, takes up just enough employment to pay for their skiing habit, and lives to ski 100+ days per season. Some last a season, others stick around for life. There’s an art to ski bumming. Ski bums are often lifties and…