Final Report Pt II: cloudfootstudio & Thinkly

I knew early on that I was going to build a website, after tossing around a few other ideas but not finding something that really got me excited. What I could really use and would have fun creating would be a personal design-oriented site to showcase my artistic and professional work as well as aggregate…

Final Report Pt I: cloudfootstudio & Thinkly

https://cloudfootstudio.com https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/thinkly/id1223786056   It took me a while to decide what I was going to do for my final project… I considered a sort of large-scale upcycle project with reclaimed materials and wind to generate electricity, but I’m pretty sure I came up with something better. I’m going to design a website: a personal and…

Final Stretch Progress: Studio Website & Podcast

So there’s good news, great news, and “pending” (please refer to my Construction Timeline post)… The good news is that I’ve been able to set up contributors to my page for the Op-Eds and Reviews portion of my page. My brother works in Denver and is extremely well-spoken, so it will be great to have…

Prototype Review: Web Design for cloudfootstudio

www.cloudfootstudio.com Presentation video privately hosted on YouTube. When Dr. Hertzberg had mentioned early in the class that having a personal website was a good idea for professional and artistic expression, I kinda shrugged it off… we’ve all got Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. Why do I need a website? But the idea stuck with me at…

Top 5 Constraints: Studio Web Design

1. Domain name One of the most important features of any website is a unique and memorable domain name, one that is easily understood and easily spelled. It was a bit of a challenge to actually get the domain that I wanted, but I have had it decided for a while. In my previous post…

Main Project Inspiration: Website and Logo

It took me a while to decide what I was going to do for my final project… I considered a sort of large-scale upcycle project with reclaimed materials and wind to generate electricity, but I’m pretty sure I came up with something better. I’m going to design a website: a personal and professional design-oriented site…

Skill Set and Aspirations

I quite enjoy working as part of a team… bouncing ideas of one another, offering suggestions, giving support. It’s very gratifying to associate with positive people who want you to succeed as much as you do, and who seek out your help as well. I consider myself good at providing feedback on other people’s work.…

Design Loop Reality: Jar Terrariums

My design process so far has been conducted in stages—idea, planning, preparation, etc.—each with a different type of evaluation or self-critique (see Fig.1 above). My original concept of aluminum sheet modeling was scrapped due to difficulty and cost in the early stages, while my current subject of jar terrariums has progressed smoothly to the preparation stage (see Fig.2 above). Ideation is…

Upcycle Progress: Jar Terrariums

I originally considered a very different project… I am a fan of the Metal Earth series of miniature models laser-cut from thin sheets of steel, so I had planned to design and cut my own out of aluminum beverage cans. That turned out to be rather pricey and difficult to manage. So another idea came…