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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
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Mirror
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Product Design
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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
Presentation Critiques
Pod and Critique Facilitator Responsibilities
Sources for materials
Student Resources
Zotero Library Access
Designers and fun links
Syllabus
Initial Assignments 2025
Braided Wire Art :- Up-cycling project progress report.
Upcycling Design Report
Upcycle Project – Turner’s Cube Desk Toy
Upcycled Bike Fender
Beer Wall Guitar Strap
Intertwined Time
Upcycling Project Report
Upcycled Gear Rack
Running Shoe Sling Bag
Minimalist Hanging Light
Tensegrity Table Design Report
The Ultimate Cargo Pants
Upcycled Wine Bottles
Twisted Wire Bonsai Tree
Eldritch Upcycling Report
Cardboard Topography
Upcycle Project – Laser Cut Wall Plates
Musician’s Garden Report
Cardboard Sculpture
Biophilic Pencil Holder
PTFE Sculpture
Upcycling Final
Flower Embroidered Converse
Beer Buffalo
Camping Chair- Upcycle Design Report
Upcycle Design Report – Organic Architecture
Upcycle Progress Report – Organic Architecture
Upcycle project report: Minimalist plant pot
Upcycle Project Report: Spacecore
Upcycle Design Report: Pastoral Nightlight and Dealing with Disappointment
Upcycle Project: Romantic Aesthetic
Upcycle Project Progress: Enchanted Wine Bottles
Upcycling Project : INDUSTRIAL LIGHTING
The Enchanted Wine Bottles
Upcycle Project Progress : Industrial Lighting
Admired Designer: John Moses Browning
Hiroki Nakamura and His Brand That was Built to Last
Charles and Ray Eames: Designers I Admire
Favorite Artistic Designer – Hayao Miyazaki
Admired Designer: Jay Nelson
Industrial Lamp
Designer Louise Fili
What Designer Do you Admire?
Designer I Admire – Virgil Abloh
Cliffe Tan and Feng Shui
James Dyson
Designer: Yves Saint Laurent
Admired Designer – Jony Ive
Designer I Admire- Edson Sabajo & Guillaume ‘Gee’ Schmidt (Patta)
Post 5: Antoni Gaudi
Designer I admire – Antoni Gaudí
Blog Post 5: Yves Saint Laurent
Steve Jobs as a Designer
Marc Newsom – Designer I Admire
Jacob Alexander, A Designer I Admire
Giovanni Battista Caproni
Designer Who I Admire: Jason Wu
What Designer Do You Admire?
Designer I Admire – Alister Mackenzie
Christian Von Koenigsegg : Designer Admiration
Designer You Admire – DIY Perks// Heider Iacometti
Storm Thorgerson – Designer Admiration
Admired Designer – Jeremy Fish
Kelly Johnson – Architect of the Air
Calvin Klein
Admired Designer – Frank Gehry
Javier Senosiain – A Designer I Admire
Clarence “Kelly” Johnson
Frank Lloyd Wright
Poul Kjaerholm
Roxy Lo- A Designer I Admire
Virgil Abloh – A Designer I Admire
Ferdinand Alexander Porsche
Frank Gehry – Architecture Counterculture
Designer I Admire: Tyler The Creator
Blog Post 5: Gianna Versace
Mathis Cosson
“From Failure to Success: The Inspiring Story of Sir James Dyson”
Adrian Newey
The Monsters of Guillermo Del Toro
Georg Luger, an admirable design
Designer I Admire: Cody Borst
James Dyson
Štefan Leonard Kostelničak
What designer do you admire – IKEA
Designer I admire – Hidetaka Miyazaki
Massimo Tamburini – The Michaelangelo man of motorcycle design
What Designer Do You Admire? – Kenichiro Ashida
Admiring Alan Dye’s Design Philosophy and his Impact on the Apple Watch
Marc Lichte: Reshaping the Future of Automotive Design with Progressive Luxury
An Uncertain Aesthetic
Personal Aesthetic and Main Project Direction
Main Final Project Plans: Double Pendulum Violin
Personal Aesthetic & Main Project Plan
Main Project Plans: Skateboard Deck
Personal Aesthetic & Main Project
My Aesthetic and Building a Nightstand with It
Main Project Plan and Inspiration – Electronic candle as Night-light
Main Project Plans and Inspiration – Watch Winder Minimalist
Main Project Plans – Contemporary Desk Lamp
Main Project Plans and Inspiration
Digital Picture Frame for Images and Videos
Wes Anderson
Main Project Plans + Inspiration
Himachal-Inspired Textile Sculpture
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