Final Report Part II: Zoetrope

Overall, I think my project came out pretty well. I was able to successfully iterate through many designs and finalize on the one I like the most, which was also…

Final Report I: Zoetrope

Background The Zoetrope is one of the oldest platforms for animation.  It’s origins are a little unclear, however, it was popularized in the 1900s as an artifact. Growing up, animation…

Final Stretch: zoetrope

4/19/17 At this time I had finished procuring the dense cardboard tube that would be the main part of the Zoetrope. 1. I finished painting on 4/2 I had never…

Final Stretch: Zoetrope

I have finished the sketching and designing part of the project and have procured all the materials that I would need for my project. 8 inch diameter tube High density…

Construction Timeline: Zoetrope

I have been a part of a fair amount of projects and if there is one really lesson that I took away from all of them is to not overestimate…

20th Century Design Movements: Zoetrope

For my final project I decided to make a Zoetrope. It is a primitive animation device which behaves behaves very much like a flip-book. The three different aesthetics that I…

Design Review: Zoetrope

The Zoetrope was perhaps one of the oldest platforms for animation. It’s origins are a little unclear, however, it was popularized in the 1900s as an artifact. Growing up, animation…

Top Five Constraints of Making a Zoetrope

The Zoetrope is perhaps one of the oldest tools used in animation. What dawned to me profoundly recently, was that video was available long before audio in filmmaking, which seems…

Main Project Inspirations

My normal approach to deciding a project would be to pick an aesthetic and proceed to build something from there. However, for my main project Idea, I wish to do…

Skill Set and Aspirations: Ridhvik Gopal

Hi Everyone! My name is Ridhvik (Vik, if you prefer) I am a graduate student of mechanical engineering specializing in solid mechanics. For a long time, ( a really long…

Upcycle Final Report: Mechanical Bonsai

Inspiration: letting the artist in and giving the engineer a timeout After a frustrating brainstorming session over the weekend, I ended up making almost no progress. Hence, I decided to…

Design Loop: Wood-Metal Structures

My project started out without any set goal or a direction. After taking tedious classes which requires planning just shy of a German train schedule. It was much more tempting…

Upcycle Project Progress: Wood-metal sculptures

After a frustrating brainstorming session over the weekend, I ended up making almost no progress. Hence, I decided to go ahead and build something out of discarded foam boards which…

Aesthetic Explorations: Retro-futurism

Although many of these visions seem almost comical now, the spirit in which they were created crystallizes the essence of how the future was described prior to the 1980s. There…