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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
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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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Initial Assignments 2025
Artificial Nature Upcycle Project Progress Update
Textured Ski Painting Progress
Space Age Lamp Update
Upcycling Progress: LeBron James Hennessy Lamp
Violin Lamp Progress Update
Upcycled Denim Chalk Bag Progress
Upcycled Abstract Art – Progress
Modern Bohemian Planters: Updates
Upcycle Progress: New Project + Gathering Materials
Frutiger Aero Tissue Box/Light
Upcycle Project Update
Upcycle Project: Futuristic Beer Bottle
Upcycled Chalk Bag Progress Update
Upcycle Project Update: Transforming Scrap Wood Into a Cutting Board
Upcycle Progress: Wooden Frame Cuts Completed
Post 3 Upcycling Progress: A Mosaic
Upcycling Progress: Naturalist Hangboard
Upcycle Progress: Gathering Materials & Getting Started
Upcycle Progress/Process: A Witch’s Cabin
Shou Sugi Ban Wall Decor Progress Update
Nightclub/Rave Lantern Project Progress
Ghibli Lamp Update
Upcycle Progress: Film Slide Lampshade
Upcycle Progress: Industrial Rust Artwork
Progress Update: Strangler Fig Lampshade
Patchwork Teddy Bear Progress
Soda Can Tab Guitar Strap – Upcycle Progress Update
Cyberpunk Stereoscope Materials
Pixel Art 3D Print Upcycling: Progress Update on Grid Mapping & Material Gathering
Upcycled Bicycle Stool
Upcycling a Sleeping Bag into a Lightweight Ski Touring Jacket Update
Plastic Forest Project Update
Upcycle Project Progress
Decopunk Assassin’s Teapot, Update 1
Mid-Century Modern Lamp Update 1
Fender Mirror Design Update
Ethernet Key Door Holder Rack Update 1
Headcover progress
Stuffed Animal Recreations: Upcycle Progress
Progress update on upcycle project
LED Backlit Wall Decor: A Modern Aesthetic
Upcycle Progress
Neuroaestetics; the hidden aesthetic
Industrial Aesthetic, Anti-Nature
The psychology of design – how to embody an aesthetic with no visual consistencies
The Dive in to Neuroaesthetic Design
Upcycle Progress – Rustic Desk Organizer Fabrication
Opposite upcycle Aesthetic
Post 3: Upcycling Progress
Upcycled Ski Rack Update
1960’s Office Aesthetic
Opposite of Upcycle Aesthetic
Brutal Bee: Upcycle Opposites
Upcycle Project Progress: Ball Shelf
Brutalist Maximalist Aesthetic – The Opposite of Scandinavian Design!
Collage Cards: Opposite Aesthetic
Upcycle Progress – Futuristic Memphis Aesthetic Fruit Bowl
Hallyu-Inspired Water Bottle Sling: What is the Opposing Aesthetic?
Modern Film Slide Lampshade (Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic)
Automated High-Tech Self-Watering Planter
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic: Artificiality and the Supernaturalism
Opposite Aesthetic – Maximalist vs Minimilism
Rustic Pokemon TCG Box
Modernist Aesthetic in a Chalk Bag
Industrial Aesthetic
Designed without true function in mind: The opposite of Neuroaesthetics
Less is Less – Opposite the Bookframe
Opposite Aesthetic: Rustic Modern Wood Mosaic
Looney Tunes Upcycle Progress
Brutal Nouveau: A Theoretical Shift
Brutalist Sculpture: Vision to Reality
Opposite of Ornate Peacock Chair
Opposite Aesthetic: Cast Iron
The Opposite of Patchwork Aesthetic
The Opposite of Minimalism: Maximalism
Industrial Steampunk
Opposite aesthetic: minimalist futuristic
Seeing vs Feeling: The Divide Between Realism and Abstract
Opposite Aesthetic: Corporate
Opposite of Earthy Neutrals? Neon Futurism.
Modern Minimalist Aesthetic
Dark Academia Aesthetic – The Opposite of Frutiger Aero
Opposite Aesthetic: Seamless Design
Space Age to Steampunk
Neoclassicism vs Pop Art
Maximalist Pants, the Opposite of Scandinavian Minimialist
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic – Industrialism, Consumerism
Opposite Aesthetic for Metal Shrinker Stretcher Stand
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic: Cyberpunk Maximalism
Opposite Mirror Aesthetic.
Opposite Aesthetic: Minimalist Kitchen Space
The opposite of the sports bar aesthetic: Upscale cocktail lounge aesthetic
Opposite to Beauty in Death: Y2K Futurism
Opposite of Upcycle Project – Disorder
The Opposite of Mid-Century Modern
Opposite Aesthetic – Bold & Modern
Genshin Impact Floral Design Maximalism
Modern Industrial Aesthetic
The Unexpected Blue Theory: Red’s Opposition
The Opposite of the Pixel Aesthetic
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic: Futuristic
Upcycle Project Opposite Aesthetic – Modernism
Opposite Upcycle:
Beach/Coastal Aesthetic: Possible Upcycling Project
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