Luke Collier Summing Up Aesthetics
Boy, what a ride it has been! I enjoyed learning about the different aesthetic movements in class. I developed the vocabulary for describing the aesthetics, both in class and in the Movie Nights that were curated by Tyler. To me, the most memorable thing that Dr. Hertzberg told us in class is that art is…
Read More SuperLounge Interactive Musical Chair: The WHY and WHAT NEXT?
I will post about: Why and What Next? Reflect on the semester. When I first came in to the Aesthetics of Design class, I thought it would just be about making an art project in a semi-collaborative setting. For an engineer with a taste for art, that’s enough to get me excited. But there was…
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SuperLounge Interactive Musical Chair: What and How
Monks sit to meditate. Families sit at the dining table for a nice meal. Bros sit on the couch to play videogames. Students sit at desks to learn. Now you can sit – just sit – to play music. The Superlounge Interactive Musical Chair is an exploration into the creative potential of sitting. We use…
Read More Instrumental Chair Final Progress
I have disassembled the chair and have gotten the materials for the upholstery. I’m really excited to update the aesthetic of the upholstery. Joann Fabrics had some really good deals on foam through the app. I found an old amp for free that I will take out of its frame and use for the speakers.…
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Magic Chair Construction Timeline
The timeline for my Super Lounge Musical Chair is a tight one, but day by day, I have honed in on my ideas for what it shall be. I have narrowed down a chair that was donated for free. It has a bit of an arts-and-crafts aesthetic, but it is much rounder than the traditional…
Read More Aesthetics Game 2
The Friday before Spring Break, we played the Aesthetics Game again, where we drew common objects casted into different aesthetics. My neighbor Andres and I came up with designs for speakers with a Deustcher Werkbund aesthetic. This aesthetic comes from a German association of the same name. Deutscher Werkbund aimed to bring industrialists, architects, and…
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Design Movements of the Interactive Chair
This is the perfect post to really explore what my aesthetic will be. In my last post, I mentioned that I wish to mix the Grunge aesthetic with the Arts and Crafts aesthetic. These are wildly different schemes. The Grunge aesthetic appears below: Grunge aesthetic chair After learning more about aesthetic movements, I think what…
Read More Design Review: Sonic Chair
My design is a Sonic Interactive lounge-style chair. I am considering adding themes of an arts-and-crafts style futon with a grunge aesthetic on the base. Rudimentary Sketch for the product Below are some other ideas I was floating around. The reason I chose the one above is that I could picture in my head how…
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Top 5 Constraints: Sonic Chair
My top 5 constraints for my chair design will be: Size and Weight: I need to make sure the chair is easily portable around the Engineering Center and easy to set up. This is primarily for being able to show it in class. I may consider adding wheels to it, or potentially start with a…
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Interactive Sonic Chair: Final Project Inspirations
My project revolves around the ability to interact with something you sit on, however this is a function and not an aesthetic. Instead, I would like this function to enhance the aesthetic that I would be trying to convey. I just got a hold of Prof. Hertzberg’s 1000 Chairs book by Fiell; it’s rather inspirational…
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Skillsets and Personal Aspirations: Luke Collier
Hello! From my perspective, math, engineering, and art could not be more inseparable. Ever since I was a child, I have gotten involved with art installations, primarily in Zometool (Denver Art Museum), but my dad introduced me to woodshop tools as well. I have a CSWP in SolidWorks and proficient experience in Blender3D and Gimp…
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Upcycle Final Report: Speakers
Inspiration: After making a three-dimensional pattern of lids, I had cemented an image of a sort-of chandelier of repeated circles. In addition, Prof. Hertzberg and I will be putting on a demo of Dancing Oobleck. We will use an industry-standard shaker table for the final demonstration, but it got me thinking about if I have…
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Upcycle Inspirations: Malignant Speakers
After making a pattern of lids last week, I had cemented an image of a sort -of chandelier of repeated circles. Prof. Hertzberg and I have been preparing for an educational demo of flow visualization for the Expanding Your Horizons event, tailored to creative preteens. This will be the second time that I put on…
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Upcycle Progress: Patterns of Circles
I was considering repetitious use of circular designs in my sketches. Also there is a possibility of using the bottoms of the water bottles as flowers. I had envisioned an upcycling project that would use either water bottles or these 3-inch dia. lids in repetition to make a sculpture. There’s a caveat when it comes…
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Aesthetic Exploration: Glitch
An aesthetic that I have fallen in love with is the Glitch Aesthetic. Glitch, in a sense, aims to reveal and enhance the beauty in mistakes that would otherwise appear messy and unwanted. It really took off in the mid-to-late 20th century. Malfunctions in technology that would otherwise be undesired are taken advantage of in…
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