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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 2025
Initial Progress on Upcycle: “Kawaii” – Kirby
Upcycle Progress // Kensue Kiatoukaysy
Guest Lecture – Greg Whiting
Upcycle Progress: Two-Way Wallet
Upcycle Progress: Bookshelf
Aesthetic Game: Greg Whiting
Guest Lecture – Greg Whiting
Upcycle Progress: Steampunk Fastener Steam Engine
Upcycle Progress: Mycelium
Upcycle Project 2020: Initial Progress
Design Game: Harley Davidson + Snowblower
Aesthetics Game: Shabby Chic Set of Screwdrivers
Aesthetics Game 2020: Novelty Roadside Architecture and Coat Hangers
Guest Lecture: Greg Whiting
Upcycle Inspiration: Upcycled Fashion
Upcycle Inspiration – Folding Table
Upcycle Inspiration Metal Spoons and Lighting
Upcycle Inspiration – Mobius Cube Side Table
Upcycle Inspiration
Pods for Presentations
08 Upcycle Specs, 1,2, and 3 Point Perspectives
Upcycling Inspiration // Engraved Mandalas
King of Cards: A Magic The Gathering Story
Shotgun Shells Coat Hanger
Upcycling Project Inspiration/Update
Upcycle Inspiration: Fast Food Wrappers
Upcycle Inspiration: Mosaic Art
Upcycle Inspiration: Plastic Spoons
Upcycle Inspiration: Dynamic Rope
Upcycle Inspiration – Wine and New Zealand
Upcycle Inspiration: Lights and lamps
Upscaling Inpiration: Wooden Bead Bracelets
Upcycle Inspiration
Upcycle Inspiration: Scrap Electronics
Upcycle Inspiration: Terrariums
Upcycle Inspiration: Motorcycle Brake Rotor Art
Upcycle inspiration: Turning plastic caps into art?
Upcycle Inspiration: Egg Shell Egg
Upcycle Inspiration: Garden Planters
Upcycle Inspiration: Plushies
Upcycle Inspiration: Bottle Caps
Upcycle Inspiration: Wallet
07 Process and sketching
Upcycling Inspiration: Street Art
Upcycled Two-Way Wallet
Upcycle Inspiration: Aurora Borealis
Upcycle Inspiration: Vintage Cigar Holder
Upcycle Inspiration: Roller-coaster
Upcycle Inspiration: Expended Bullet Casings
Upcycle Inspiration: Kirby Sculpture
Upcycle Inspiration // Kensue Kiatoukaysy
Upcycle Inspiration: A Tribute to Ovechkin
Exploring Aesthetics: Space
Upcycle Inspiration: Bookcase
Upcycle Inspiration – Memory Box
Upcycle Inspiration – Steampunk Fastener
Upcycle Inspiration // Vintage Romantic
06 Ideation Techniques
05 Upcycle examples and Aesthetics Tour
Upcycle Inspiration 2020: Pocket-Sized Sketchpad
Upcycle Inspiration 2020
Upcycle Inspiration: Mycelium
Aesthetic: Boho
Aesthetic Exploration // Psychedelic 60’s
Aesthetic Exploration: Kitsch
Kensue Kiatoukaysy: Exploring an Aesthetic // Video Game Realism
Four-Barreled Rifle-Shotgun
Exploring Aircraft Influence Noah Verspohl
Aesthetic Design: 80’s and 90’s Retro Art Style
Exploring an Aesthetic – Mountain Biking
Modern Sculptures and Aesthetics Jamie Frankel
Aesthetic Explorations – Chronograph
Aesthetics of Design: Audrey Hepburn
Aesthetics Explorations 2020: Vintage
Aesthetic Exploration 2020: High Fantasy
Aesthetic Explorations – The Maori Aesthetic
Explore an Aesthetic – Phil Lewis
Aesthetic Explorations 2020: Fire Aesthetic
Aesthetic Explorations: A Future of Neon and Chrome, Cyberpunk
Aesthetic Exploration: Steampunk
Polka dots and Yayoi Kusama
Aesthetic Explorations – Ultra Thin Geometry
Aesthetic Explorations: Exploring Apple Wallpapers
Aesthetic Exploration: Crust Punk
04 Aesthetics Tour
The Peter Mckinnon Aesthetic
Aesthetic Explorations 2020 – Biomimicry
Aesthetic Explorations: Indoor Plants
Aesthetic Exploration: Steampunk
Aesthetic Exploration: Studio Ghibli Movies
Road biker “roadie” aesthetic
Aesthetic Exploration: Psychedelia
Aesthetic Exploration: Rolex Watches
Explore an Aesthetic: Modernist Architecture
Aesthetic Exploration: Brutalism
Aesthetic Exploration: Voxels
03 Definitions of Aesthetics 2
Exploring the Aesthetic of Realism
Aesthetic Exploration 2020: Oceanic
Aesthetic Exploration: Art Nouveau
Aesthetic Explorations: Tessellations
Aesthetic Exploration 2020: Painting by the Numbers, an Aesthetic Exploration of Algorithmic Art
Aesthetic Exploration: ‘Kawaii’/’Cute’
Exploring Gears and Bolts/Steampunk Aesthetics
Aesthetic Exploration: Retrofuturism
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