Rhys Rueffert
13 posts

Main Project Part 2: How

Timeline Fabrication I initially had the following timeline in mind for my fabrication: After COVID hit, I realized that I would not be able to fabricate my project in any…

Main Project Part 1: What

Inspirations In this course, I was incredibly inspired by our discussions on furniture. To me, it seemed like furniture was one of the first modern crossovers between art and craft.…

Construction Update

As a reminder, my project has become to render two types of lighting and a clock and place them in a room setting. My process has been the following: Create…

Aesthetic Roots: Modernist Furniture

As discussed in my previous post, my final project is too design lighting fixtures and a clock to go into a 3D rendered modernist-influenced bedroom. Modernism as a whole has…

Youtube Design Video

I am a huge fan of Adam Savage’s Tested, as I’m sure many others in this class are. I like the channel, and this build in particular, for a number…

Design Review: How: Two Lamps and a Clock

Original Plans Here is my original timeline before any campus closures. It has obviously been completely upturned, but it shows how I would complete my project sans-covid. Complications Unfortunately, like…

Design Review: Two Lamps and A Clock

Inspirations I was inspired by the following lamps as well as the modernist aesthetic in general for my projects(click images for source). I like the curves and simple materials in…

Top 5 Constraints: Lamps and Clock

1) Cost I’d like to get nice hard wood like oak or cherry to cut my lamp heads out of, but getting high quality chunks of wood in the size…

Main Project Aesthetics and Alternatives

As stated in my last post, I hope to make my project, two lighting fixtures and a clock, in the modernist aesthetic. The simple geometric forms and appealing earth tones…

Main Project Inspirations

General Idea As an extension of my upcycle project, I have decided to construct a pair of lighting fixtures for my final project; one floor lamp and one overhead lighting…

Upcycle Inspiration

When Professor Hertzberg mentioned in class that a key component to many upcycling projects is the volume of materials used, I knew I had to use a material I could…

Aesthetic Exploration: Retrofuturism

Retrofuturism is a contemporary art movement combing visual aspects of the past with imagined technology of the future. The style is quite broad, and is explored in various art mediums…