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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
Rolling through the bay
01 First class
02 History of Aesthetics
03 Upcycling and Aesthetics Tour Continued
Beer can costume
Giant pinecones from shovels
Aesthetics of Michael Bay Films
“Dia De Los Muertos” [Day of the Dead]
03 Upcycle examples and Aesthetics Tour Continued
Danish Design in the mid-1900s
Idea Forge Resources
Cafe Racers
Rat Rods
Martial Arts
Modern Rustic Design
Surf Inspired Snowboards
Ski Town Aesthetic
Androgynous
Progression of Freestyle Snowboarding
Drone Surf Footage
Aesthetics of Smartphones
Flat Design
Molecular Gastronomy
Apple Design Aesthetic
Japanese Dekotora Trucks
Beer, Booze, and the Beauty of Industrial Architecture
Skater Shoes
The Aesthetics of Kaiju
Wine Bottles
Art Deco
Minimalism
Modern Aesthetics of Coffee
WPA Posters
Aesthetics of the Log Cabin
Pixel Art
Cowboy Up!
Aesthetics of Surrealism
Simplify It
Aesthetics of Rickenbacker Guitars
The Evolving Nerd Culture
Retro Ski
Telefoni Bianchi (Italian ‘White Telephone’ Films of the 1930’s)
Aesthetics of ATVs
Post Apocalypse Survivor
Aesthetics of Incredibly Small Things
The Aesthetic of Wes Anderson
Aesthetics of Chinese Qipao(cheongsam)
Modern Design
Chinese Warring States Period Lacquerware Design
04 Logistics and more tour
A short film about design
Upcycling Inspiration – Woven Tape Measures
05 Aesthetics tour concluded
Street Photography
Giving SORRY a New Look
Not sure what this is quite yet….
Using Books for Storage (Upcyle Progress)
Kinetic sculptures by Anthony Howe
Gardner’s Contemporary Side Table
Design Flowchart- Alpha Group: Warren, Shu, Rankin
Design Flowchart: Brittany,Rena, Jakob
Design Flowchart: Dennis Can, Yusen Ji, Ashley Zimmer, Kevin Martin
Rotten Pallets to Colorado Art
Molten Aluminum Art
Design Flowchart: Roshan Misra, Joe Yoshimura, Chris Coffman
Your credit card paid for your new iPhone, now it should carry it.
Flow Chart: Aly, Benjamin and Brandon
Pine Can
Design Flow Chart – Rachel, Sreyas, Ryan
Weather Station Progress
Flow chart: Matt Sturm, Albert Como, Andre Szlendak
The Light Structure: Upcycling Progress
Woven Tape Measure Furniture
Bottle Cap End Table
Paper Pokemon
Chainring Clock
Design Flow Chart: Hayden Holliman, Jason McGrath, Thomas Brunsgaard
Bucket Hat
Chris Coffman Upcycle Progress
Threw a Log on a Mill with No Plan
LED insects and Spiders
Dynamic tables
Design Flow Chart; Erick Pena, Gardener Nichols, Mathew Tabor
Cardboard Furniture Progress
Bicycle Inner Tube Watchband
Design Flow Chart: Brendan Lee, Shawn Sprinkle, Meridith Richter
Record Player w/ Organ Pipes–Upcycling Design
Shotgun Shell Upcycle
Goddard
Statement Chandelier
Hard Drive Clock
Liquor Bottles to Cups
Explosive Nutcracker
Upcycling lamp
Solar Cooker Progress
Glorious Glue Tree of Glass and Color
Bottle Table Lamp
From Milk Jugs to Marble Art!
Upcycling A Bird Bath
Broken China Tea Cup Mosaic Progress
Upcycle Progress – Barn Door
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