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Main Project Aesthetics: Plans and Alternatives

Main Project Aesthetics Alternatives: Sci Fi Robot

Main Project Aesthetics: Plans and Alternatives

Alternative Aesthetics – Puzzle Box

Main Project Aesthetics: Plans and Alternatives

Main Project Alternative Aesthetic

Unconventional Aesthetics for an Abstract Geometric Rock

Main Project Plans and Alternatives

Exploring the Possibilities: Wildly Different Aesthetics for a Magical Heartbeat Tree

Alternatives of Main Project Aesthetics

Main Project Aesthetics: Plans and Alternatives

Main Project Plans and Alternatives

Alternative Aesthetics – Interactive Chess Board

Main Project Plan and Alternative Aesthetics

Post 7: Main Project Aesthetics: Plans and Alternatives. Sketch your project in two wildly different aesthetics than the one you are planning. What if….?

Post 7: Main Project Aesthetics: Plans and Alternatives 2023

Main Project Aesthetics: Plans and Alternatives

Consideration of Alternative Aesthetics

Post 7: Alternative Aesthetics

Post 7: Plans & Alternatives

Main Project Aesthetic Plans and Alternatives.

Alternative Final Project Designs

Escapement Plans and Alternatives

Beginning Arcade Design ideas

Project Plans and Alternative: Bathymetric Map

Main Project Idea and Aesthetics: Mechanically Actuated Buffalo Running

Ornamental vs Mid Century Modern

Hunter Maul – Project Plans and Alternatives

Organic vs. Geometric Ornamentation

Jewelry Box (Minimalism or Art Deco + Stained Glass)

Main Project Aesthetics, Plans and Alternatives

Main Project Aesthetic

Blog Post 7: Plans and Alternatives

Project Alternative Aesthetics: Minimalism and Space Age

Main Project Aesthetics: Plans and Alternatives

Exploration of side panels

Main Project Aesthetics: Plans and Alternatives // Heider Iacometti

Drawing Machine Aesthetics

Main Project Alternative Designs – Art Deco and Victorian

Main Project Aesthetic : Matt Holleb

Main Project Aesthetics: Plans and Alternatives. Sketch your project in two wildly different aesthetics than the one you are planning. What if….?

Alternative Aesthetics: Art Deco and Industrialism

Alternative Aesthetics

An Exploration of Different Aesthetics for the Final Project

Consideration of Alternative Aesthetics

Main Project Aesthetics

Main Project Aesthetic Alternative Designs

Puzzle Ship: Two Different Aesthetics

Post 7: Two Alternative Designs

Sketch my project in the different aesthetics: Horror and Minimalism

Main Project Aesthetics: Plans and Alternatives. Sketch your project in two wildly different aesthetics than the one you are planning. What if….?

Double Pendulum Manufacturing Plan

Main Project Ideation and Alternatives

Main Project Plans: Custom Ice Tools

Main Project Plans and Alternatives

Main Project Aesthetics: Plans and Alternatives : Minimalist and Vintage Hourglass

Main Project Plans

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This Year’s Students

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Aesthetics of Design by Jean Hertzberg and students is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0