Final Project Report Part 1: Wooden Backgammon Board

Presentation Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fPdzBhEv5cPzd-YES6qS2Lah-4Thd8mJGLfKf6Ea8eg/edit#slide=id.p   Constraints :-Dynamic-Material-Skills Original Thoughts:-Interactive Game-Chess-Checkers   Our only real constraint or direction for this project is that it must be dynamic. To me the idea of movement didn’t come from a sculpture with a moving hand or a robot on wheels. I want my project to have a human component and…

Final Stretch Progress

I havde yet to actually put my final game board together, but I will be doing that this weekend. My main progress so far has focused on what went  wrong in the prototype and what I want to improve. This includes : Making dice a middle bar wide enough to hold the pieces perfecting the…

20th Century Design Influence

I would say my project has more of a theme than an aesthetic. My backgammon board is made of wood and I am decorating it with natural elements and giving it a “log cabin” feel. But if I wasn’t making something for all those hipster flannel loving lumbersexuals I would be making my game out…

Design Review – Backgammon Board

Our only real constraint or direction for this project is that it must be dynamic. To me the idea of movement didn’t come from a sculpture with a moving hand or a robot on wheels. I want my project to have a human component and interact with the user. So for my main project I…

Top 5 Constraints

My biggest constraint for this project is of course my skill level, I asm not an engineer. My next constraint sort of combines two, my material and my aesthetic, is the aesthetic, for the prototype I have decided to use a wood board instead of metal for my checkers board. Because of the natural qualities of wood I…

Main Project Inspiration

Our only real constraint or direction for this project is that it must be dynamic. To me the idea of movement didn’t come from a sculpture with a moving hand or a robot on wheels. I want my project to have a human component and interact with the user. So for my main project I…

Skills and Aspirations

I believe my skills are more towards the creative side. I have always been a “big picture” abstract thinker with a strong eye for aesthetics. I like to craft and do things with my hands, I like to paint and draw and create new things. I am not an engineer and while I hope to…

Design Loop

For me the process of design is all about constantly going back to the drawing board. For our upcycle project I have had to do this with the design I intend to create using a mosaic of blank CD pieces. It is very hard to cut CDs with scissors and especially to make clean straight…

Upcylce Update

When we started the upcycle project I immediately knew that I wanted to add something to my apartment. In my bathroom I thought about how ugly the target tissue box was and I thought I can make a cover for it. So using an old Christmas gift box some paint and some old blank CDs…

Aesthetic Exploration- Art Deco Revival

Art Deco was an art movement that started in France during the 1920s. It influenced everything from jewelry to architecture. Art deco focused on repeating geometries, non-dimensional illustrations and liked incorporating things that had to do with the influx of modern era technology. Art Deco was a backlash against the WWI mindset of rationing and…