The two projects we worked on for this class were the upcycling project and the final project. For the upcycling project, I chose to upcycle scrap steel and create bookends. The process helped me to combine multiple different skills that I learned throughout my years as a mechanical engineer. Some of these skills included metal…

What was your aesthetic, and how well did you achieve it? My aesthetic was hard to pinpoint since anything dynamic requires motion and that was a requirement of this project. So, saying that my design was kinetic had me second guessing my projects aesthetic. I believe that my aesthetic ended up being nautical. I selected…

Link to the presentation: Click HERE to Take you to the Presentation Overall description and photos, then details of what you have made: CAD drawings, fabrication description, costs vs budget, etc. All photos below were taken by me. This project started with my inspiration from David C. Roy who creates kinetic sculptures for a living.…

As of right now, I have my hex bolt, spacers, shaft, acrylic, and wood. I will proceed in cutting the acrylic tomorrow and turning down some of the spacers to the exact length I need them to be. Otherwise, I had to do a design iteration that included adding material to my smallest spiral. This…

For my final project, I am creating a kinetic motion machine that serves no functional purpose. I have chosen only to create something based on a visual aesthetic. Already have: Wood for the base, nail gun for fastening, and wood stain. April 4th: Order blue and white acrylic, spacers, and hex bolt. April 4-8: Plane…

Blog: What are your current project aesthetics compared to 20th Century design movements? Also, cast your project into 3 other wildly different aesthetics; illustrate with annotated sketches at least. My dynamic kinetic aesthetic creates an eye-catching abstract design. It does this by combining sharp edges, curves, and a couple other visually appealing components. The blades…

Overview of my aesthetic: My final design project has a kinetics/movement aesthetic. I got a lot of feedback on my aesthetic, and felt the need to dive a little deeper. Through my aesthetic research, I found many examples of artists who used kinetic construction to form the kinetic aesthetic of their art work. One of…

Aesthetics – The overall goal of this project is to make a dynamic, aesthetically pleasing object. This is a constraint because it eliminates many things that have a practical use, but contain no aesthetic. https://coloradokineticarts.com/always-in-motion 2. Physical Properties – I need to determine what materials I want to use, where I want to obtain them…

As one of our requirements, we were asked to make the final project dynamic. So, I researched the definition of dynamic vs. kinetic since I was interested in making an aesthetic design with kinetic motion. I found that, “Kinetics is a term for the branch of classical mechanics that is concerned with the relationship between…

What I learned in Engineering/Here’s what I’ve got: As an engineer at CU Boulder, we all take the same classes, all do the homework, and all complete similar projects. However, it’s what we do in our free time that makes us unique in the workplace and on teams. As an engineer, I have had few…

The URL for my 9min. presentation is.. My overall purpose for this project was to create something that could meet the requirements of this class, but be used in my daily life. I don’t feel like we should upcycle something only to trash it. As a result, I looked around my life at the things…

Contributors Include: Clare Bork, Hadeel Al Gallaf, and Shen Shu We were assigned with choosing an aesthetic and figuring out what it represented. For our group, we chose Chinese Qipao and Footwear. We chose to design a collette heel with floral patterns, a sneaker with flowers, and a sandal that had curved edges. Overall, we…

The post that I made last week spoke a little about my progress in decision making, but more about my inspiration. Referencing my previous post, my inspiration spurred from a steampunk aesthetic. Being a mechanical engineer, gears and mechanical components as a form of interior design seems fascinating. As a result, I decided to incorporate…

We spend a lot of time reading and I’m sure everyone has that one shelf of books that is either held up by another book or a different random object. Rarely do I see a stack of books held up by the very object that is made to fulfill this purpose and provide an aesthetic…

[1] Thinking about the snow outside, getting into a hot tub becomes a relaxing thought. However, something that doesn’t cross the mind is what to wear. The general assumption is that everyone would wear a swimsuit. From this, my question became, how did swimwear emerge as a modern-day afterthought and is there an aesthetic behind…