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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
Older Student Work
Light fixture
A/V music tech
Furniture
Mirror
Pet Accessory
Product Design
Sculpture
Wall art
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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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2016
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Current Course (2025)
Schedule 2025
Final Specs 2025
Design Preview Specs 2025
Blog and Blog Comment/Critique Policies
Presentation Critiques
Pod and Critique Facilitator Responsibilities
Sources for materials
Student Resources
Zotero Library Access
Designers and fun links
Syllabus
Initial Assignments 2025
Final Project Presentation: Levitation Stand
Main Project Presentation: Wine Coffee Table
Final Presentation: Lazy Susan by Tori Herfert
Standing desk: Presentation Placeholder
20th Century Design Movements
Bear Spray Light Presentation
Main Project Presentation: Laser Cut and Etched Nightstand
Main Project Presentation: Rotary Candle Holder
Final Presentation: Dynamic Infinity Mirror
32 Wrapping Up
31 Design Awards
Final Project Presentation: Bamboo Fly Rod
Ben Fried Presentation: Chess Board
Rick Totem Presentation
End-of-Semester Final Portfolio Template
30 Current Designers: Hadid, Pagani, Jobs
29 Current Designers: Stewart, Rashid, Lovegrove, Behar
28 Glass sketching and Phillipe Starck
Final Stretch: LED Heartrate Monitor
Shipping Pallet Garden: Final Stretch Progress
Final Stretch: Bed Stand
Final Stretch: Vanity Mirror
20th Century Design Movements: Upside Down Fish Tank
Design Loop Reality | Cardboard Lamp
Final Stretch Progress | Gear Clock
Final Stretch: Tori Herfert, Lazy Susan
Construction Timeline
Top 5 Constraints
Skills and Aspirations
Final Stretch: Wine Coffee Table
Final Stretch: Jewelry Box
Final Stretch: Bamboo Fly Rod
Final Stretch Nightstand
Final Stretch: Candle Holder
Final Stretch Progress: Origami PopUp Book (Main Project)
Project Aesthetics Compared to 20th Century: Origami Pop-Up Book
Final Stretch: standing desk
Final Stretch Progress: Japanese Jewelry Box
Final Stretch: Upside Down Fish Tank
27 Chairs: Eames Lounge, Monobloc, and Beyond
Final Stretch: Levitation Stand
Final Stretch: Chest
Final Stretch Progress: Rick Totem
Final Stretch: Boat Tank Aesthetic
Final Stretch Progress
Construction Time Line
Final Stretch: Windmill
20th Century Design Movement Comparison – Levi Caffes
Final Stretch Progress: Studio Website & Podcast
Final Stretch Progress: Bear Spray Light
Final Stretch: MoonSkate
Final Stretch: Trebuchet
Final Stretch: Checkmate
Final Stretch: Heat Colored/Anodized Butterfly Knife
Final Stretch: Steampunk River Cottage
Final Stretch: Solar System Lamp
Final Stretch: Zoetrope
Final Stretch: Perpetual Motion Machine
Final Stretch: Jon Nelson
Final Stretch: Heart Rate LED
Construction Timeline: Saxaphone
Final Stretch: Saxaphone
Final Stretch: Smart Mirror
Final Stretch
Final Stretch Progress: Rotary Candle Holder
Top Five Constraints
Final Stretch Progress: Dummy Calf
Final Stretch Progress
Construction Timeline
Final Stretch Progress
Final Stretch Progress: Electric Longboard
Construction Timeline: Electric Longboard
Final Stretch Progress: Laser Cutting
Final Stretch Progress: Dynamic Infinity Mirror
26 Timeline to Chairs
Final Stretch Progress: Tori Herfert
Final Stretch Progress: Belt/Tie Rack
HeartBeat Sensor Timeline
Construction Timeline: Vanity Mirror
Construction Timeline: Trebuchet
Shipping Pallet Garden: 20th Century Design Movements
Shipping Pallet Garden: Construction Timeline
25 Golden Ratio
Construction Timeline: Wine Coffee Table
Construction Timeline: Upside Down Fish Tank
Construction Timeline: Laser Cut Nightstand
Construction Timeline: Studio Website & Podcast
Construction Timeline
Construction Timeline: Windmill
Construction Timeline: Perpetual Motion Machine
Construction Timeline: Authentic Candle Holder
Construction Timeline: Japanese Jewelry Box
Construction Timeline: Dynamic Infinity Mirror
Construction Timeline: Solar System Model
Construction Timeline: Table Stand
Construction Timeline: Heartrate LED Sensor
Project in 20th Century Aesthetic: Tablet Stand
Construction Timeline: Katherine Yarnell
Construction Timeline: Jewelry Box
Construction Timeline: Levitation Stand
Construction Timeline: Zoetrope
Construction Timeline: Pizza Bed Stand
Construction Timeline
Construction Timeline: Rotary Candle Holder
Construction Timeline: MoonSkate
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