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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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Current Course (2025)
Schedule 2025
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Design Preview Specs 2025
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Initial Assignments 2025
Opposite Aesthetic: From Ski Town to Hyper-Urban Pop Art
Upcycle Opposite Aesthetic: Pop-Industrial vs Naturalism
Opposite Maximalist Ski Slope
Impressionism
Oposite aesthetic- Minimalist and nonfunctional
Our current reality: Stupid Futurism
Urban Decay: Opposite of Decopunk
Exploring a Modern Pastel Alternative to My Industrial Vintage Upcycle Project
Minimalist Modernity (Hostile Interior Design)
Minimalist aesthetic
What Would the Opposite of a Futuristic Beer Bottle Be?
Opposite Upcycling Aesthetic – Art Nouveau & Wabi-Sabi
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic: Maximalism, Naturalistic, and Traditional
Opposite of my Upcycle Project: Brutalist Aesthetic
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic – Brutalism
Opposite Aesthetic- Industrial Minimalism
Opposite Aesthetic- Childhood Nostalgia vs. Dystopia
Opposite Aesthetic – Dark Academia
Opposite of my project upcycle: Modern Technology Aesthetic
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic – Minimalism
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic – Rustic Chess Piece
Scandinavian Aesthetic – Opposite to Old English
Ornate Wood Carving
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic – Cyberprep
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic: Modern Architecture
The Opposite of Artificial Nature: Pristine Futurism
Opposite Aesthetic of Upcycle Project
Post 4: Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic – Steampunk/Cyberpunk
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic – Plastic Forest
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic – Modern Minimalism Ball Shelf
From Pink & Cute to Green & Grunge
An Industrialist’s Stool
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic: Realism
Beach/Coastal Aesthetic: Possible Upcycling Project
Opposite Upcycle:
Upcycle Project Opposite Aesthetic – Modernism
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic: Futuristic
The Opposite of the Pixel Aesthetic
The Unexpected Blue Theory: Red’s Opposition
Modern Industrial Aesthetic
Genshin Impact Floral Design Maximalism
Opposite Aesthetic – Bold & Modern
The Opposite of Mid-Century Modern
Opposite of Upcycle Project – Disorder
Opposite to Beauty in Death: Y2K Futurism
The opposite of the sports bar aesthetic: Upscale cocktail lounge aesthetic
Opposite Aesthetic: Minimalist Kitchen Space
Opposite Mirror Aesthetic.
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic: Cyberpunk Maximalism
Opposite Aesthetic for Metal Shrinker Stretcher Stand
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic – Industrialism, Consumerism
Maximalist Pants, the Opposite of Scandinavian Minimialist
Neoclassicism vs Pop Art
Space Age to Steampunk
Opposite Aesthetic: Seamless Design
Dark Academia Aesthetic – The Opposite of Frutiger Aero
Modern Minimalist Aesthetic
Opposite of Earthy Neutrals? Neon Futurism.
Opposite Aesthetic: Corporate
Seeing vs Feeling: The Divide Between Realism and Abstract
Opposite aesthetic: minimalist futuristic
Industrial Steampunk
The Opposite of Minimalism: Maximalism
The Opposite of Patchwork Aesthetic
Opposite Aesthetic: Cast Iron
Opposite of Ornate Peacock Chair
Brutal Nouveau: A Theoretical Shift
Opposite Aesthetic: Rustic Modern Wood Mosaic
Less is Less – Opposite the Bookframe
Designed without true function in mind: The opposite of Neuroaesthetics
Industrial Aesthetic
Modernist Aesthetic in a Chalk Bag
Rustic Pokemon TCG Box
Opposite Aesthetic – Maximalist vs Minimilism
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic: Artificiality and the Supernaturalism
Automated High-Tech Self-Watering Planter
Modern Film Slide Lampshade (Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic)
Hallyu-Inspired Water Bottle Sling: What is the Opposing Aesthetic?
Collage Cards: Opposite Aesthetic
Brutalist Maximalist Aesthetic – The Opposite of Scandinavian Design!
Brutal Bee: Upcycle Opposites
Opposite of Upcycle Aesthetic
1960’s Office Aesthetic
Opposite upcycle Aesthetic
Industrial Aesthetic, Anti-Nature
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