Ryan Cochran

5 posts

Articulating Lamp Final Project

March 3, 2021

Post 5: Main project plans and inspirations

I am constantly finding myself needing more light when I am working on projects in my room. I find myself trying to stand my phone up at weird angles in order to get light at a specific angle. I am thinking of making a desk lamp that can articulate to many different angles. I have…

Cardboard Car Upcycle Project

February 24, 2021

Ryan Cochran

Post 4: Upcycle Final Report

For my Upcycle Project I used cardboard to create a model car. The aesthetic that I tried to achieve was a modern supercar style and based the car off of a Lamborghini Aventador. The modern supercars have a distinct look with their sleek lines and low profile to the ground giving them a very noticeable…

Cardboard Car Upcycle Progress

February 10, 2021

Ryan Cochran

Post 3: Upcycle progress

This project has been pretty challenging in getting the body of the car to a place where I am happy with it and the main materials I have used so far is cardboard and glue. The way I have been making the car is to use regular cardboard to get the general shape and then…

Cardboard Upcycling

February 3, 2021

Ryan Cochran

Post 2: Upcycle Aesthetic

For my Upcycle project I will be using primarily cardboard. The aesthetic that I will be going for is a modern car look. I am going to use the cardboard and cut out pieces and try to mimic the look of a body supercar. In the following pictures you can see some examples of some…

The Steampunk Aesthetic

January 27, 2021

Ryan Cochran

Post 1: Aesthetics Explorations 2021

The Aesthetic that I have chosen to explore is Steampunk. The idea of Steampunk is similar to cyberpunk and the goal is to show modern technology in the form of 19th century industrial machinery and exposed gears. Steampunk was first used in the 1980’s and the term was first coined by K. W. Jeter…