For my main project, I wanted to continue on with the filling up my room walls with art trend. My room was very empty to begin with and from the first project, I now have a wooden paintstick mirror hanging. For my main project, I wanted to create another piece of art that I can…

Personally, I think the final form of the aesthetic is seduction. People say art is all about seduction. I disagree that it is not solely that but it does one of the biggest parts of aesthetic and human life. Where is the mecca of the seduction? Party, nightclub, Discoteca, lounge, or etc. You name it.…

I’m still not sure exactly what I will be making for the final project in this class. However, I’ve been fascinated with modular design over the past couple of months. Modular design breaks down a design into it’s many parts and emphasizes the users specific needs. It’s modeled around making scalable and reusable modules. I…

My inspiration for the final project stems from the “Chinese Garden” aesthetic. These gardens are designed to invoke peace and awe. I’ve always found a similar emotion in table top waterfalls. I’ve only ever had one and the motor was way too loud for enjoyment and many are quite expensive. I want to make a…

I have been working very hard to figure out what I want to do for this project. I have also spent the last two weeks totally sick and trying to focus but I am totally excited for what I came up with. My design presentation was also pretty successful so I am excited to move…

History is littered with interesting and intriguing objects. Being a person who is into history and finds the past intriguing, I decided to try and take an object from the past and turn it into something that could be useful today. My idea was the Guillotine Vegetable Chopper. The inspiration for this came from watching…

For my Final Project I am between doing three things the first is designing and building a gaming chair like the ones seen here: DXRacer Formula Series DOH/FD01/N Newedge Edition Racing Bucket Seat Office Chair Gaming Chair Ergonomic Computer Chair eSports Desk Chair Executive Chair Furniture Pillows (Black) This would be very valuable and add…

Coming up with an idea for the main project presented quite a challenge for my team. Due to the fact that there were so many options and possibilities out there, it was hard to narrow it down to something that was realistic yet interesting. A couple of preliminary ideas that we came up with was…

For my final project, I am thinking of making a wall clock. One of the most important feedback I got for my upcycle project was that I put too much effort on the functionality of the product, and neglected the aesthetics. For that reason, I have decided to choose a project that has a simple…

The product I will design will be an intersection of multiple ideas. What I know is that I want to use a Raspberry Pi to keep driving my computational knowledge. The dynamic aspect of the object will be rotational motion likely to be delivered by a continuous rotation servo. Additionally, LEDs will be integrated to…

For my main project I was inspired to make something for my kitchen which would give it an industrial look. One of my passions is cooking, I enjoy doing it very much and the process of making a dish my own just fills me with joy. About a month ago I was experimenting with making…

[1] For my final project, I want to build something using some sort of electronics, circuits, and lights. I have worked on many projects that were electronics heavy, and I believe that I can utilize those skills to build an aesthetically pleasing final project. Currently, I am planning to build sound activated LEDs design, which…

For my main project I’m focusing on combining the minimalism and vintage aesthetics. Creating a piece that represents both aesthetics is a bit tricky but with the right foundation I think I can create a piece that intertwines both aesthetics and serves as a functional piece. Some initial ideas I have focus on taking an…

I was traveling with my friend who has a cat for one day. She left her cat with supplies that were enough till we get back. We had to extend our travel for an extra day and there was nothing for us to do. The only problem was her cat. I then thought of doing…

I’m not quite sure yet what I am going to do for my final project. I have been bouncing two ideas around right now but I’m not sure which I want to pursue, or if I want to go an entirely different direction entirely. I am considering a lamp and a bed frame right now.…

For my main project, I think about to rebuild a Dougong model by 3D print. Dougongis a unique structural element of interlocking wooden brackets, one of the most important elements in traditional Chinese architecture. Dougong is part of the network of wooden supports essential to the timber frame structure of traditional Chinese building because the…

When starting the brainstorming process for my main project the only thing I knew for sure was that I wanted to somehow incorporate a microprocessor such as an Arduino. I wanted to do this to improve my programing skills. I started to consider various applications of an Arduino that I could apply a unique aesthetic…

Bauhaus design has always interested me because when it was introduced in the 1920s, it looked different from any other design movement that has happened in the past. It introduced grids, and the key idea of the movement was that ‘form follows function’. For my main project, I plan to use the Bauhaus design aesthetic…

For my project I plan on creating a terrarium in the shape of a snow globe. The snow globe shape, is obviously inspired by snow globes. The idea of a snow globe shape came to me during class while I was sketching. I already had the idea of a terrarium, I was just unsure of…

I had a lot of inspiration from the different upcycle projects I have seen in this class. My upcycle idea was pretty interesting, my only regret was the execution. As for the main project, I have yet to come up with an idea. I want to try and use the laser cutter in the product…

Today during class I wondered if I might be able to create my own sort of puzzle box and use a laser cutter to create a custom design on the outer shell of the box to give it its aesthetic. I have owned a puzzle box in the past and have recently been very intrigued…

For my aesthetics of design project, I would like to make a smart mirror with a “Jetsons” futuristic aesthetic applied to it. I would like to use a Raspberry Pi with a camera attachment built into the top of the mirror. I can display information in the bottom of the mirror and recognize my face…

For my final project, I want to channel the aesthetic of neon signs. Typically when I see neon signs, they are the focal point of the room or display they are featured in and this is something I want to incorporate into my project. When looking into more neon signs for inspiration, I found the…

For my upcycle project I choose to make something I wanted and then applied an aesthetic to it. For the main project I would like to do it the other way around: to determine an aesthetic, then apply it to a thing. I have yet to determine either an aesthetic or an object, but here…

For my main project in this course, I want to build something I will actually use after this class is over. I struggled over thinking of an idea, so I started looking at cool DIY projects online. I stumbled across a video of a person creating a smart mirror that let him know the weather,…

I had some trouble figuring out what I should make for this project. I knew I wanted something that I would keep for a while but I couldn’t decide if I wanted something beautiful with no purpose or if I wanted something that I could actually use. I decided that I should focus on making…

The inspiration behind my main project came from my beta fish, Doug. Me and my roommate bought Doug at the beginning of the year and we have grown to love him like a son. Doug currently lives in a small round fish tank that we bought at PetCo. When we bought the fish tank, the…

Steve Albini’s (of Shellac) guitar rig Since this final project has to have a dynamic element as part of its design, I figured I could incorporate one of my interests: guitar amplification. I’ve wanted to build my own guitar amplifier for some time now, and this project gives me the perfect springboard to work on one. In the realm of…

Work by Alexander Calder For my main project I’d like to make a kinetic sculpture, which would move when interacted with, but wouldn’t have much functionality beyond that. I’m not sure of the exact design at this point. I’m sure I’ll end up going through several iterations over the course of the rest of the…

My initial design inspiration is based on the above game. The game is called Shut Box and the first time I played it was with some friends at New Belgium Brewery in January. The premise of this game is to roll two dice that sum to each number. If you are able to flip up…

As one of our requirements, we were asked to make the final project dynamic. So, I researched the definition of dynamic vs. kinetic since I was interested in making an aesthetic design with kinetic motion. I found that, “Kinetics is a term for the branch of classical mechanics that is concerned with the relationship between…

The inspiration for my final project came from a mix between mid century and antique furniture. Antique furniture is usually comprised of decorative wood combined with some sort of brass/gold. The design is very symmetric and has a very ‘American Colonial’ feel to it. The mid-century furniture is very minimalistic. These usually consist of rectangular…

I have decided that for my final project I would like to create a wooden dock that can hold and charge my Apple Watch. I have found that the charger for the watch is clunky and hardly ever stays flat on a table so this design would solve that issue. I also have found that…

My inspiration for the main project came with I was shopping for some tools in Michaels, I saw a quartz clock movement on the shelf. I was very excited to discover this item because I can design my own clock and use it to power the hands. I found another movement that’s similar to the…

The inspiration for my final project is arcade machines from the 1980’s. Although all the different machines took on a variety styles, they kept to a central theme. The bright colors, the 8-bit designs of the games, the synthetic and “scratchy” music playing, and the flashing lights, were all essentail to every arcade game. While…

Something that has interested me before starting this course was the aesthetic of simulation and how it is playing an increasingly bigger role in our daily lives. As I discussed with some of you in class the ray tracing and consistent colors in simulations are something that might be of interest moving forward. Ray Tracing…

Star Wars. I am thoroughly inspired by the prop and costume design of the original Star Wars trilogy.  Bossk starwars.com The aesthetic comes from props and materials that were available to the designers at the time. Costumes such as the space suit worn by Bossk were taken from previous productions. Cantina starwars.com Props were even…

For my project, I wanted to make something with a futuristic aesthetic. I wasn’t sure what kind of dynamic project I wanted to work on and got fixated on this idea that the whole project had to move. Then I realized that it just had to have dynamic components. That is when I though about…

For my main project I am planning on designing a beer tap handle that has some dynamic lighting functionality to it. Recently at my internship I worked on a project where I was tasked to prototype various methods of producing a lighting effect for a surgical device. One method that didn’t work perfectly for the…