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2025
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
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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2025
90’s Streetstyle Snowboarding Pants – The “How”
90’s Streetstyle Snowboarding Pants – The “What”
A Chalk Bag and Snowboarding Pants Portfolio
Gyaru Dolls pt 2
Portfolio Sofia Fernandez 2025
Matthew’s Final Profolio
Final Portfolio: Joe Yoder
Arden Villanueva Portfolio
Record Player Stand and Vinyl Storage – Final Report Part 2
New York Loft Style Clothing Rack – Final Report Part 1
Record Player Stand and Vinyl Storage – Final Report Part 1
Aesthetics Portfolio – Grayden Rauba
Portfolio – Allister James Sequeira
My portfolio
Aesthetic Exploration – Brutalism
Aesthetic of Design Portfolio: Jessica Vo
Post 13: Brian Ahn Portfolio
Portfolio Blog
Vintage Sports Framed Picture Report Pt. 2: How
Post 13: Qualls Portfolio
Portfolio
Aesthetics in Design Portfolio Summary
What I created for my final project
Main Project Part 2
Fabrication and Final Reflections on the Rugged Camp Table Project
Vintage Sports Framed Picture Report (Pt. 1)
Ben Erickson Portfolio
My Time in Aesthetics
Portfolio Landing: A Semester of Making with Meaning
Main Project
Portfolio – Christopher Adami-Sampson
Portable Camp Table: Design Rationale, Aesthetic Intent, and Build Overview
Art Deco Pendulum Final Report Part 2
Portfolio: Cort Sommer
Weekly Progress Update: Graphic Design, Visual Detail, and Framing
Aesthetics Portfolio: Alex Jessop
Progress report
Nyctous Acrylic Tunnel Book Fabrication
Top 5 constraints on the lazy Susan
Portfolio: Witt Young
Mix of Function and Art: James Portfolio
Jack Franz – Portfolio
Competition Road Bike Restoration Final Design – Part 2
Perk-a-Cola Display: How it was made
Post 13: Portfolio
Portfolio: Kyle Chinn
Semester Portfolio
Final project plan
Portfolio
Mirror + Acrylic Painting: Final Report II
Nyctous Acrylic Tunnel Book Design
Aesthetics Of Design Portfolio: Daniel Carranza Valenzuela
How the lazy Susan spice rack was made
Final project report part 2: storm skirt
Competition Road Bike: Specifications and Constraints
Portfolio: Cole Romig
Nita Byati Portfolio
Part 2: How
Art Deco Pendulum Final Report Part 1
Portfolio: Cooper Kramis
Denim Patched Bucket Hat – The Process
Camping Table Materials, Leg Work and Attachment Rethink
Denim Patched Bucket Hat – Behind the Design
Portfolio: Annie
Portable Camping Table Core Specifications & Constraints
Part 1: What
Doodlecore Embroidered Skirts: How
Portfolio
Space Theme Keyboard – Final Report Part 2
Claire Markus – Aesthetics in EE
Aesthetics of Design Portfolio – Evan McCleary
Making a Handmade Wooden Elephant Rattle
Futuristic Anime Project: Aesthetics, Inspirations, and Vision
Aesthetics in Design Portfolio
Chrisanna Bertuccio Portfolio
Hidden Compartment – Portfolio
Max Williams – Design Portfolio
Mirror Painting – Final Report Part 1
Wooden Display Stand – Final Report P2 How
Aesthetics of Design Portfolio – Grant Thompson
Main Project Inspiration – New York City Loft
Aesthetics in Design 2025 Portfolio
Fountain Planter Final Report 2: How
Portfolio
Final Portfolio: Anthony Makuch
Art and Crafts and Handmade Wooden Toy Design
Wooden Display Stand – Final Report P1 What
Scandinavian Modern TV Stand
Project Progress
Project Specifications and Constraints
Personal Aesthetics in Engineering
Project Plans and Inspirations: Naturalism
Planter Fountain Final Report 1: What
Post 13: Portfolio – Spring 2025
Post 13: Aesthetics of Design Portfolio
Perk-a-Cola display – What I made
Portfolio
Fountain Planter Progress
The Elephant in the Room – A Progress Update
Andrew Widner Portfolio
Final Report Part 2: Chocolate Packaging Process
Portfolio: Garrison Nazare
Post 12: How the Space Cowboy Lamp was made
Portfolio
Final Report Part 2
Rustic Catan – Final Report Part 2
How: Mushroom Lamp
Final Report Part 1 – Finca Don Jorge Chocolate Packaging
Mushroom Lamp Progress
Perk-a-Cola Progress
Mushroom Lamp Constraints and Specifications
Seth Dry – Portfolio
What: Mushroom Lamp
Alexander (Xander) Johnson – Portfolio
Final Report Part 2 – Art Nouveau Mobile Fabrication
Final Report Part 1 – Art Nouveau Mobile
Rustic Cottage End table Final Report Part 2
Semester Wrap-Up
Aesthetics of Design Portfolio – Bryan Moreno
Post 10: Chocolate Packaging Progress
Post 8: Design Preview Report
Main Project Aesthetics: Plans and Alternatives
Final Project Post 2: Gyroscopic Watch Winder
Aesthetics of Design Portfolio: Nile Brown
storm skirt part 1
progress
Top 5 specifications, top 5 constraints
main project aesthetics
Main project plans and inspo
Upcycle progress
Portfolio: Ayesha Rawal
Upcycle Final Report: Pop Industrial Shelf for ITLL 3D Printing Center
Design Preview: Diesel Punk Yard Art
Post 12 – Hidden Compartment Fantasy Aesthetic
Final Report 2: Bioactive Terrarium Process
Design Portfolio – Abby Rindfuss
Yard Art Aesthetics: Plans and Alternatives
Snowboard to Coat Rack – Ski Town Aesthetic
Opposite Aesthetic: From Ski Town to Hyper-Urban Pop Art
Aesthetics in Design Project Portfolio
Portfolio
Eli Skelly’s Portfolio – AesDes Spring ’25
Mid Century Modern Nightstand Final Report Part 2 – Fabrication
Mid Century Modern Nightstand Final Report Part 1 – Design
Arjun Ramachandran- Post 13 Portfolio
Opposites Alike – The Two Outcomes of Opposite Aesthetics
Main Project – Final Report 2
Final Report: Part 1
Progress: Mirror + Acrylic Painting
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