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2025
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
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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Resources
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Main Project Final Report Part 2: 2-Size Tablet Stand
Project Final Stretch: 2-size Tablet Stand
Main Project Final Report Part 1: Dummy Roping Calf
Main Project Report Part 1: 2-size Tablet Stand
Main Project Report Part 1: Trebuchet
Final Report Part II: Zoetrope
Main Project Report Part 2: Trebuchet
Main Project Final Report Part 2: Heart Rate LED Monitor
Main Project Report Part 1: Rustic Ski Table
Main Project Report Part 2: Rustic Ski Table
Main Project Report Part 1: Steampunk Clock
Main Project Report 2017 Part 1: Origami PopUp Book
YAYA Final Report #2
Main Project Report: Part 2
Main Project Report: Part 1
Shipping Pallet Garden: Final Report Part 2
Upcycle: Corian box
Main Project Report 2017 Part 2: Windmill
20th Century Design Movements: Snowboard Cup Holder
Construction Timeline: Snowboard Cup Holder
Final Report Part 2: Origami Pop-Up Diary
Main Project Final Stretch Progress: Snowboard Cup Holder
Final Presentation Post: Origami Pop-Up Book
Aesthetic Exploration: Guitars
Main Project Report Part 1: Snowboard Cup Holder
Main Project Presentation: Pencil Holder
Main Project Final Report Part 1: Pencil Holder
Lock box presentation
Main Project Final Report Part 2: Pencil Holder
Main Project Report Part 2: Snowboard Cup Holder
Final Project Report Pt. 2
Top 5 Constraints: Lampu
Model Boat Project: Part 2
Main Project Final Report Part 1: Lampu
Main Project Report Part 1 Lockbox
Final Project Final Report 2017 Part 2: Lampu
Final Report 1: Saxaphone
Construction Timeline: Lampu
Final Report 2: Saxophone
Main Project Final Stretch Progress: Lampu
Main Project Final Report Part 2 lockbox
20th Century Design: Perpetual Motion
Love that whiplash curve
Bad Design is Inspiring Too
Technomadics?
From art project to a new industry: racing mechs
Great use of Vantablack, light absorbing paint
Schedule 2017
Material source for upcycling
Schedule 2019
Initial Assignments
01 Intro
02 Definitions of Aesthetics
test post
03 Aesthetics Tour 1
Dada – Art Against War
Aesthetic Explorations: Football Helmets
Aesthetic Explorations 2019: Minimalism
Aesthetic Explorations 2019: Craft Beer
Retro Futurism
Aesthetic Explorations 2019: Spooky Art
Running through Time
Aesthetic Exploration – Simulated
Ibrahim Alhajji
Aesthetic Exploration: Snowboarding
Sunn O))): From Amplifiers to Altars
C’est Normal
Aesthetics Exploration: Calligraphy
Aesthetic Exploration: Swimwear
Aesthetic Exploration: Sports Bike
Aesthetic Explorations 2019: Aviation
Aesthetic Exploration: Soviet Propaganda
04 Aesthetics Tour 2
Aesthetics Exploration: Aesthetics of Modern-Day Music
Aesthetics Exploration 2019: Pyramids of Giza
Aesthetic Exploration 2019: Beer Tap Handles
Aesthetic Exploration: Chiaroscuro
Aesthetic Exploration: Dress to Kill
Aesthetic exploration- Seal carving
Aesthetic Exploration: A-frame Houses
Aesthetic Explorations 2019: Dieselpunk
Aesthetic Exploration: The Third Eye
Aesthetic explorations 2019
Aesthetics Exploration 2019: CU Boulder Architecture
Aesthetic Exploration – Mosaics
Aesthetic Exploration: Glitch
Rocky Mountain Underground
Super Computer
Aesthetic Exploration: Minimalism
Aesthetic Exploration: Product Design Sketches
70’s New York Punk
Aesthetic Exploration 2019: Water-cooled PC
Organic Design
Aesthetic Exploration: Calaveras
Aesthetic Explorations – Biomimicry
Aesthetic Exploration: ASAP Rocky
05 Aesthetics Tour 3
Aesthetic Exploration: Topology Optimized Designs
Upcycle Progress- Pop-up Book
Aesthetic Exploration: Android Jones
Tinfoil Insects
Upcycle Progress: Tin Can Candle Holder
06 Ideation and Process
Upcycle Progress: Cork
Upcycle Progress: Cardboard Fire Pit
Drawstring T-Shirt
Up-Cycle Progress: Book Ends
Upcycled Skyline
Up-cycle Project Progress : Paper Dress
Upcycle Progress: Pennies
Upcycle Progress: Plastic Waste
Upcycle Project: Wooden Paintstick Mirror
Upcycle Progress: Mechanical Countdown Calendar
Aesthetic Exploration: Steampunk
Upcycle Progress: Beer Can Furniture
Wine Bottle Holder
Upcycle Project: Zoetrope
07 Process and Sketching
Up-cycle Project
Upcycle Progress: Leftover Cardboard
Upcycle Progress: LEGO Mosaic
Upcycle Progress: Miniature Landscape
Upcycle Project – Colorado Flag
Upcycle Progress
Upcycle Progress: Cardboard Lamp
Upcycle Progress – Wood Veneer Scraps
Up-Cycle Progress: Power Line Insulator Lamp
Upcycle Progress: Fabric
Upcycle Progress 2019
Upcycle progress: Helmet Decoration
Upcycle Progress: 3D Product Design Sketch
Upcycle Progress / Design Process
Upcycle Progress: Silverware Holder
Upcycle Progress: Board Game
Upcycle Progress: Drawer
Upcycling Paper Towel Cardboard Tubes
Upcycle Progress: Wall Mount Piece
Upcycle Progress: Layers
Upcycle Progress/ Design Process
Upcycle Progress: Ideation & Materials
Upcycle Progress: Patterns of Circles
Upcycle Process: Safety glove for cutting in kitchen
Upcycle Progress: My Design Process
08 Teams
Up-cycle Progress: Jewelry from a mug
Upcycle Progress: Kintsugi
Movie Night: Helvetica
Up-cycle Project : Inspiration and Progress Report
09 Upcycle Specs and Perspective Sketching
Up-cycle Progress: Inspiration
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