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Post 01 2025: Aesthetic Explorations
Post 2- 2025 : What is your Upcycling project? What is the aesthetic and why?
Post 3 – 2025 : Upcycle Progress
Post 4- 2025 : Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic
Post 5 – 2025: Upcycle Design Report
Post 6 – 2025 : Main Project Plans and Inspirations
Post 7 – 2025 : Main Project Aesthetics: Plans and Alternatives.
Post 8 – 2025 : Design Preview Report
Post 9 – 2025 : Top 5 specifications, top 5 constraints
Post 10 – 2025 : Progress
Post 11 – 2025 : Final Report Part 1
Post 12 – 2025 : Main Project Final Report Part 2
Post 13 – 2025 : Portfolio
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2024
Post 1: Aesthetics Exploration
Post 2: What is your upcycling aesthetic and why?
Post 3: Upcycle progress
Post 4: Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic
Post 5: Upcycle Design Report
Post 6: Main project plans and inspiration
Post 7 2024: Main Project Aesthetics – Plans and Alternatives
Post 8 2024: Design Preview Report
Post 9 2024: : Top 5 specifications, top 5 constraints
Post 10 2024: Progress Since Design Preview
Post 11 2024 Final Report Part 1: What and Why
Post 12 2024: How and What Next?
Post 13 2024: Portfolio
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Initial Assignments 2025
Upcycle Progress: Googie Sign
Upcycling Progress: Oceanpunk Scuba Tank
Upcycle Progress – Patchwork Tote
Upcycle Project: Minimalist Poster Frame
Upcycle Progress – Star Chart
Upcycle Progress – Airship Design
Upcycle Progress Update 1
Upcycling Progress – Aquatic Aesthetic
Upcycle Progress: Bottle Cap Art
Upcycle Progress: Rustic Colorado Buffaloes Frame and Logo
Upcylcing Progress: Book Page Mushrooms
Upcycle Progress: Clase Azul Repurposed
Upcycle Progress: Patchwork Shirt
Upcycling Progress: Pioneer Primitive Newton Cradle
Upcycle Project Progress
Update: Wall-E upcycling project
Upcycle Progress – Woodworking
Opposite Aesthetic – Patchwork vs Minimalist Handbag
Upcycling Project Aesthetic
Upcycle progress – Industrial Planter
Contrasting Aesthetics: Opposite Aesthetic of My Upcycle Project.
The Opposite of Skateshop Aesthetic
Post 3: Upcycle Progress
Upcycle Progress 1: Chainmail Bottle tabs
Post 4: Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic – Sophie Berry
Fantasy Fashion
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic: Artificial Over Natural
Opposite Aesthetic: Industrial
Contrasting Scandinavian Aesthetic: Cluttercore
Upcycle Progress: 1970s Record Side Table
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic – Maximalism
Opposite Aesthetic: Miyadaiku vs. Brutalism
Rustic vs. Minimalism | Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic
Opposite Aesthetic: Organic Meets High-Tech
Opposite Aesthetic of my Upcycle Project
Post 4: Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic
Post 4: Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic
Post 4: Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic
Post 4 – Opposite Of 1950’s Signage Aesthetic
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic: Realistic Body Proportions
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic: Industrial Minimalism
Post 4: Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic – Gothic/Dark Academia
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic: Brutalism
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic – Organic Modern vs. Cyberpunk Industrial
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic – Minimalism
Natural Aesthetic of Floating Bracket
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic: Gothic Aesthetic
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic – Maximalism
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic – Steampunk
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetics: From Handcrafted Upcycling to Mass-Produced Greenery
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic: Peace and Antigovernment in the 70s
Upcycle Aesthetic Opposite – Chilled Contemporary
Opposite of Speakeasy Aesthetic
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic: Rustic to Industrial
1970s vs Modern: Computer Aesthetics
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic: Mid-Century Modern vs. Victorian Aesthetic
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic: Fully Immersive Technology
Post 4 – Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic – minimalist modern
Upcycled Bulletin Board: MCM vs. Rococo Aesthetic Exploration
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic: Abstract Expressionalism
Opposite Upcycling Aesthetic – Art Deco
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic: Steampunk compared to Scandinavian
Post 4: Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic: Arts and Crafts
Floating Wine Bottle Holder-Post 4
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic
Opposite Aesthetic: Postmodern Skate/Graffiti Shoe Rack vs Modern/Minimalist Shoe Rack
Exploring the Opposite of My Aesthetic: Farmhouse
Shinto Belief – Opposite Aesthetic
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic – Suburbia
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic: Black and Gray Hyperrealism
Opposite of industrial aesthetic: natural aesthetic
Upcycle Aesthetic – Opposite
Opposing Aesthetic Upcycle Design
Opposite Aesthetic to 90s Hip Hop (Pumpkin Spice Latte)
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic: Arid Aesthetic
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic: Afrofuturism
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic
Opposite Upcycle Aesthestic
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic: Workwear vs. Fast Fashion and Haute Couture
Opposite Upcycle Aesthestic
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic: Cyberparadism
Opposite Aesthetic: AI-Generated Shirts with Stolen Art
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic: Streetwear Aesthetic
Post 3 – Upcycle Progress: Cyberpunk Tech
Post 4 – 2024 Opposite Aesthetic: Minimalist tech
Whimsigoth Vs Minimalism
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic :Minimalist and Modern,
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic: Baroque Style
Post 3: Upcycle Progress
Post 4: Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic
The Shoe Project – Sophie Berry
Skateshop iPad Holder
Cardboard Topographic Tissue Box Cover
Inverse Upcycle Aesthetic: Pioneer Primitive Newton’s Cradle
Scrap Metal Art Upcycling Progress
Minimalist Aesthetic – Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic
Upcycle Design Report: Egg carton vase
Levitating Steampunk Globe: An Artistic Confluence of Past and Future
Upcycled Bulletin Board
Upcycle – Outdoor Illusion
Upcycle Design Report – ‘HOME.’
Countertop Wine Rack
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