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Design Process for Upcycle Project

Design Loop: Woodwind Instrument

Design Loop: Corian Box

Design Loop: Kinetic Walking Sculpture

Design Loop: Cardboard laptop case

Design Loop: Beer Bottles to Usable Glasses

Design Loop: Wood-Metal Structures

Design Loop: Paper Mache Stool

Design Loop: Upcycled Bottle Tree

Design Loop: Bringing Steel to Life

Design Loop: Fidget Spinner Design Iteration

Design Loop: Whiskey Bottle Chandelier and Matching Tumblers

Design Loop: Recycled Guitar

Design Loop: Cardboard Night Lamp

Design Loop: Ukulele to Puzzle

Design Loop: Laundry Hamper Progress

Design Loop Reality: Jar Terrariums

Design Loop Reality: Paperclip Bike

Design Loop Reality: Cement light fixtures

Upcycle Final Report: Scale Model EDM Stage

11 More sketching plus…

Upcycle Presentation and Report Requirements

Upcycle Final Report: Trail Maps

Design Loop Reality: Q-Tip Sculpture

Design Loop Reality: A Phone Stand

Upcycle Final Report: Laundry Hamper

Design loop: Key hanger

Upcycling Final Report: Candles

Upcycle Final Report: Casting Brass

Upcycle Final Report: Mechanical Bonsai

Upcycle Final Report: Art Deco Tissue Box

Upcycle Final Report: Cardboard Laptop Case

Upcycle Final Report: Cardboard Cowboy Hat

Upcycle Final Report: Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden

Upcycle Final Report: Shoe Trophy

Upcycle Final Report: Beer Bottles

Upcycle Final Report: Oyster Box

Upcycle Final Report: Cement light fixture

Upcycle Final Report: Bringing Steel to Life

Upcycle Final Report: Reclaimed Treasure Chest

Upcycle Final Report: Salvaged Hockey Stick Table

Design Loop Reality: Hat Rack

Upcycle Final Report: Steampunk Jellyfish

Design Loop Reality: Hanging Planters

Upcycle Final Report: Theo Jansen Inspired Kinetic Sculpture

Upcycle Final Report: Silicone Products

Design Loop Reality: Cork Disco Ball

Upcycle Final Report: Decorative Cork Ball

Upcycle Final Report: Hanging Planters

Upcycle Final Report: How Baby Terrariums Are Made

Upcycle Final Report | Cardboard Lamp

Upcycle Final Report – Bottle Tree Lamp

Upcycle Final Report: Paper Mache Stool

Upcycle Final Report: Plarn

Upcycle Final Report: Nail and Thread Art

Upcycle Final Report: Fidget Spinner

Upcycle Final Report: Scrap Thermometer

Upcycle Final Report: Key Hanger

Upcycle Final Report: Gaudi Mosaic Puzzle

Upcycle Final Report: Cardboard Night Lamp

Upcycle Project: Corian Box (Spaceholder)

Upcycle Final Report : Beer Can Hammer Man

Upcycle Final Report: Q-Tip Sculpture

Upcycle Final Report: ‘I love lamp’ [L1]

Upcycle Final Report: Bottle it up!

Upcycle Final Report: Katie Yarnell

Upcycle Final Report: Guitar Stand

Upcycle Final Report: Tennis Racket Guitar

Upcycle Final Report: Paperclip Bicycle

Upcycle Final Report: Whiskey Bottle Chandelier and Glasses

Upcycle Final Report: Guitar

Upcycle Final Report: Casting Colors

Upcycle Final Report: Hat Rack

Upcycle Final Report: Ski Pole Wind Chime

Upcycle Final Report: Cardboard of Hazzard

Upcycle Final Report: John Lennon in Space

Upcycle Final Report – Mount of the Holy Cross

Upcycle Final Report: House of Cards

Upcycle Final Report: Saxaphone

Design Loop Reality: House Of Cards

12 Taking Stock and Sketching

Skill Sets and Aspirations: Kira Sadighi

Skill Sets and Aspirations: Ben Fried

Skill Sets and Aspirations: Alex Thompson

Skill Sets and Aspirations: Levi Caffes

Skill Sets and Aspirations

Skill Sets and Personal Aspirations

Skills Sets and Personal Aspirations: Tori Herfert

Skills and Aspirations: Jack Wheeler

Skills and Aspirations

Skill Sets and Aspirations: Blake Arellano

Skills Sets and Personal Aspirations: Jeremy Parsons

Skill Sets and Personal Aspirations- Cyron Completo

Skill Sets and Personal Aspirations

Skill Sets and Personal Aspirations: Avery Anderson

Skill Sets & Aspirations: Oksana Schuppan

Skill Set and Personal Aspirations

Skill Set and Personal Aspirations

Skill Set and Personal Aspirations

Skill Set and Personal Aspirations

Skill Sets and Personal Aspirations: Alex Rivas

Skills and Aspirations

Skill Set and Personal Aspirations

Skill Sets and Personal Aspirations: Jason Savath

13 Arts and Crafts Movement

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Aesthetics of Design by Jean Hertzberg and students is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0