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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
Light fixture
A/V music tech
Furniture
Mirror
Pet Accessory
Product Design
Sculpture
Wall art
Other
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
Presentation Critiques
Pod and Critique Facilitator Responsibilities
Sources for materials
Student Resources
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Designers and fun links
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Initial Assignments 2025
Goddard
Shotgun Shell Upcycle
Record Player w/ Organ Pipes–Upcycling Design
Design Flow Chart: Brendan Lee, Shawn Sprinkle, Meridith Richter
Bicycle Inner Tube Watchband
Cardboard Furniture Progress
Design Flow Chart; Erick Pena, Gardener Nichols, Mathew Tabor
LED insects and Spiders
Threw a Log on a Mill with No Plan
Chris Coffman Upcycle Progress
Bucket Hat
Design Flow Chart: Hayden Holliman, Jason McGrath, Thomas Brunsgaard
Chainring Clock
Paper Pokemon
Bottle Cap End Table
Woven Tape Measure Furniture
The Light Structure: Upcycling Progress
Flow chart: Matt Sturm, Albert Como, Andre Szlendak
Weather Station Progress
Design Flow Chart – Rachel, Sreyas, Ryan
Pine Can
Flow Chart: Aly, Benjamin and Brandon
Your credit card paid for your new iPhone, now it should carry it.
Design Flowchart: Roshan Misra, Joe Yoshimura, Chris Coffman
Molten Aluminum Art
Rotten Pallets to Colorado Art
Design Flowchart: Dennis Can, Yusen Ji, Ashley Zimmer, Kevin Martin
Design Flowchart: Brittany,Rena, Jakob
Design Flowchart- Alpha Group: Warren, Shu, Rankin
Gardner’s Contemporary Side Table
Using Books for Storage (Upcyle Progress)
Not sure what this is quite yet….
Giving SORRY a New Look
Upcycling Inspiration – Woven Tape Measures
A short film about design
Chinese Warring States Period Lacquerware Design
Modern Design
Aesthetics of Chinese Qipao(cheongsam)
The Aesthetic of Wes Anderson
Aesthetics of Incredibly Small Things
Post Apocalypse Survivor
Aesthetics of ATVs
Telefoni Bianchi (Italian ‘White Telephone’ Films of the 1930’s)
Retro Ski
The Evolving Nerd Culture
Aesthetics of Rickenbacker Guitars
Simplify It
Aesthetics of Surrealism
Cowboy Up!
Pixel Art
Aesthetics of the Log Cabin
WPA Posters
Modern Aesthetics of Coffee
Minimalism
Art Deco
Wine Bottles
The Aesthetics of Kaiju
Skater Shoes
Beer, Booze, and the Beauty of Industrial Architecture
Japanese Dekotora Trucks
Apple Design Aesthetic
Molecular Gastronomy
Flat Design
Aesthetics of Smartphones
Drone Surf Footage
Progression of Freestyle Snowboarding
Androgynous
Ski Town Aesthetic
Surf Inspired Snowboards
Modern Rustic Design
Martial Arts
Rat Rods
Cafe Racers
Danish Design in the mid-1900s
“Dia De Los Muertos” [Day of the Dead]
Aesthetics of Michael Bay Films
Cruiser Bikes!
Rock Stacking
Aesthetics of Suburbia in TV Commercials
An Architect’s Aesthetic
The Beautifully Deadly Box Jellyfish
Strandbeest
The Chinese Lion Dance
“Retro” architecture
The Art of Running and the Kenyan Lifestyle
Shabby Chic
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