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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
Older Student Work
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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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Current Course (2025)
Schedule 2025
Final Specs 2025
Design Preview Specs 2025
Blog and Blog Comment/Critique Policies
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Initial Assignments 2025
Steering Wheel: Specs and Constraints
Planter Box: priorities and constraints
Top 5 Specifications, Top 5 Constraints
Post 9: Top 5 Specifications, Top 5 Constraints
Design Project Specifications and Constraints
Guinea Pig Storybook Castle – Top 5 Specifications and Top 5 Constraints
Utilitarian Modular Container: Specs and Constraints
Post 9: Top 5 specifications, top 5 constraints – Sophie Berry
5 Priorities and Constraints: Mid-century Modern Newton’s Cradle
Post 9: Top 5 Specifications, Top 5 Constraints- Ari Matrajt
Infinity Mirror – Specifications and Constraints
Post 9: Brutalist Lamp
Top 5 Specifications: Industrial Lamp
Album Booklet: Specifications & Constraints
Post 9: Top 5’s
Specifications and Constraints – Snuffle Mat
Top 5 Specifications and Top 5 Constraints: Custom Bicycle Frame
Top 5 specifications, top 5 constraints: Airfoil Can Crusher
Specifications and Constraints — Gameboy
Specifications and Constraints- Abstract Art
Post 9: Specifications and Constraints
Post 9: Specifications and Constraints
Specifications and Constraints – Fountain Birdbath
Post 9 – Top 5 Specifications – Top 5 Constraints
Top 5 specifications, top 5 constraints : Programmable LED Display
Top 5 specifications and constraints
Post 9: NeuMouse Requirements and Restrictions
Top 5 Constraints and Specifications
Post 9 – Main Project Specifications and Constraints
Post 9 – Nautilus Gear Considerations
NASA Pragmatism Project: Top 5 specifications, top 5 constraints
Specifications and Constraints: Cargo Kite
Post 9: Top 5 specifications, top 5 constraints
Retro Ski Bench: Top 5 Specifications, Top Five Constraints
Top 5 specifications, top 5 constraints
Brutalist Desk Lamp Specifications and Constraints
Final Project Specifications and Constraints
Top 5 Specifications, Top 5 Constraints
Post 9 – 2024 Specifications and Constraints
Post 9: Top 5 Specifications, Top 5 Constraints
Alexander Calder Style Kinetic Sculpture: Top 5 Specifications and Constraints
Specifications and Constraints – Stop Motion Dinosaur
Mid-Century Modern Xylophone: Top 5 Specifications, Constraints
Pinhole Camera: Specifications & Constraints
Specifications and Constraints – Scandinavian Lamp
Specifications and Constraints
Project specifications and restraints
Game Board – Top 5 specifications, Top 5 constraints
Post 9; Modern Chateau Model
Gigaleaf Post 9
Specification and Constraints
Top 5 Specifications / Top 5 Constraints – AJ Terio
Specs & Constraints – Dynamic Welded Sculpture
Driftwood Light – Specifications and Constraints
Post 9 : Top 5 specifications, top 5 constraints
Top 5 Specification & Top 5 Constraints: Guitar Pedal
Post 9 – Sisyphus Table Top 5 Specifications and Constraints
Top 5 Specs and Constraints: Extending Coffee Table
Wind Turbine Specs and Constraints
Post 9: Top 5 Specifications, Top 5 Constraints
Post 9: top 5 specifications, top 5 contstaints
Photography Cabinet: Top 5 Specifications, Top 5 Constraints
Specifications and Constraints
Camping Table – Specifications, Constraints
Post 9: Top 5 specifications, top 5 constraints
Post 9: Minimalist Catan Board
Blog Post #9: Bikepacking Frame Bag : Top 5 specifications, top 5 constraints
Post 9: Top 5 Goals and Top 5 Constraints
Five Specifications and Five Constraints to Build a Bird House
Post 9: Top 5 Specifications, Top 5 Constraints
Top 5 Specifications and Constraints: Minimalist Interchangable Photo Collage
Top 5 Specifications, Top 5 Constraints
Top 5 Specs and Constraints: Foam Exciter Speakers
Post 9 Top goals and Fears
PCB Lamp: Top Specs and Constraints
Blog Post 9: Top 5 Specifications Top 5 Constraints
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