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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
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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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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
Personal Aesthetic & Main Project Ideas
Eclectic Aesthetic and Project Inspirations
Continuation of Minimalist Aesthetic with More Functionality
Buzzfeed told me “Cottagecore” aesthetic. But is it true?
Personal Aesthetic
Eclectic Minimalism
Traditional Galician Aesthetic
Adventurecore and Vinyl Art Speaker
Custom Pressed Longboard Deck
Personal Aesthetic – Alternative Minimalism
Main Project Plans and Inspirations
Personal Aesthetic: Reminiscing Aesthetic
Personal Aesthetic
Plans & Inspirations: Toy Piano
Modern Bohemian Planter
Rugged Minimalism
Minimalist aesthetic
Hidden book compartment espresso box
Soda Can Tab Guitar Strap
From Snowboard to Coat Rack: Ski Town Aesthetic
An Homage to Stuffed Animals: Childhood Stuffed Animal Recreations
Patchwork teddy bear
License Plate Frame
Cybernetic Scorpion: An Upcycled Circuit Sculpture
Upcycle Design Report: A Witch’s Cabin
Pop Art with 3D Print Scraps
Soda Can Succulent Planter
The Pink Embroidered Tote
Upcycle Project – Coasters from 3D-Printer Waste
Upcycle Steampunk Lamp
Ghibli Jeans Upcycle
Collage Cards Design Report
Progress on the Upcycled Helmet
Four Point Hat – “Ski Bum” Aesthetic
Organic Patchwork Platters
Tired Peacock Chair
Vintage Americana Chalk Bag Made From Thrifted Levi’s
Baroque Violin Lamp
Opposite of my Upcycle Project: Brutalist Aesthetic
Ornate Wood Carving
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic – Cyberprep
The Opposite of Artificial Nature: Pristine Futurism
Opposite Aesthetic of Upcycle Project
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic: Realism
Upcycle Project Opposite Aesthetic – Modernism
The Opposite of the Pixel Aesthetic
Opposite to Beauty in Death: Y2K Futurism
The opposite of the sports bar aesthetic: Upscale cocktail lounge aesthetic
Opposite Aesthetic: Minimalist Kitchen Space
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic: Cyberpunk Maximalism
Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic – Industrialism, Consumerism
Opposite of Earthy Neutrals? Neon Futurism.
Opposite Aesthetic: Corporate
Seeing vs Feeling: The Divide Between Realism and Abstract
Industrial Steampunk
The Opposite of Patchwork Aesthetic
Brutalist Sculpture: Vision to Reality
Looney Tunes Upcycle Progress
Upcycle Progress – Futuristic Memphis Aesthetic Fruit Bowl
Opposite of Upcycle Aesthetic
1960’s Office Aesthetic
Post 3: Upcycling Progress
The Dive in to Neuroaesthetic Design
Stuffed Animal Recreations: Upcycle Progress
Headcover progress
Decopunk Assassin’s Teapot, Update 1
Upcycle Project Progress
Upcycling a Sleeping Bag into a Lightweight Ski Touring Jacket Update
Upcycled Bicycle Stool
Pixel Art 3D Print Upcycling: Progress Update on Grid Mapping & Material Gathering
Ghibli Lamp Update
Upcycle Progress/Process: A Witch’s Cabin
Violin Lamp Progress Update
Upcycling Progress: LeBron James Hennessy Lamp
Artificial Nature Upcycle Project Progress Update
Upcycling Progress – License Plate Frame
French Gothic Stained Glass Light Fixture: Update
Upcycle Project Process
Upcycle Project Progress – Soda Can Planters
Recycled Aluminum Spoon Post 3
Quilled Weather “Tile”
Upcycled Project: Light Academia Coffee Tray
Patchwork Teddy Bear
Golf club headcover
Upcycling Project – Post 2
Transforming 3D Print Scraps into Pixel Art
Beauty in Death: Strangler Fig Lampshade Concept
Artificial Nature: Bringing Discarded Circuitry Alive
Upcycled Bed Frame – Rustic Minimalist Aesthetic
“Stained Glass” Lamp
Upcycling Concept: A Witch’s Cabin
Upcycle Project – Baroque Introduction
Upcycle Project: “Ski Bum” Hat
Recycled Paper Mosaic: The Great Wave
Upcycling Project – Frutiger Aero
The Sports Bar Aesthetic: An Upcycled Bottle of Lebron James Hennessy
Upcycling 3D Printer Scraps
Upcycling aesthetic: French Gothic Stained Glass
Upcycled Fantasy Helmet
Upcycled Mirror Project
Suspended in Mid-Century
Hyperbolic Distortion: Upcycled Paper Beehive
Upcycle Project: Looney Tunes Backgrounds
Retro Futurism
Ghiblicore Upcycled Lamp Shade
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