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Progress

Wristwatch Project: Progress

Progress Update: Scandinavian Lamp

Progress: Snuffle Mats

Progress – Cargo Kite

Progress Update: Airfoil Can Crusher

Post – 10 – Progress

Progress

Post 6: Project Plans and Inspiration

Post 4: Japanese-Oriental Futuristic to Brutalist Industrial

Camping Table – Specifications, Constraints

Specifications and Constraints

Post 9: top 5 specifications, top 5 contstaints

Wind Turbine Specs and Constraints

Driftwood Light – Specifications and Constraints

Game Board – Top 5 specifications, Top 5 constraints

Project specifications and restraints

Specifications and Constraints

Mid-Century Modern Xylophone: Top 5 Specifications, Constraints

Alexander Calder Style Kinetic Sculpture: Top 5 Specifications and Constraints

Post 9: Top 5 Specifications, Top 5 Constraints

Post 9 – 2024 Specifications and Constraints

Post 9: Top 5 specifications, top 5 constraints

Specifications and Constraints: Cargo Kite

NASA Pragmatism Project: Top 5 specifications, top 5 constraints

Main Project plans and inspirations

Post 9: NeuMouse Requirements and Restrictions

Top 5 specifications and constraints

Post 9: Specifications and Constraints

Specifications and Constraints- Abstract Art

Specifications and Constraints — Gameboy

Post 9: Top 5’s

Post 9: Brutalist Lamp

Opposite Upcycle Aesthetic: Art Nouveau

Post 9: Top 5 Specifications, Top 5 Constraints- Ari Matrajt

Design Preview: Mcbling Guillotine

Post 9: Top 5 Specifications, Top 5 Constraints

Plans and Drawings – Western Fashion Aesthetic

Post 8 – Victorian Detective Kit –

Steering Wheel: Specs and Constraints

Design Preview Report: Spotify Jukebox

Post 7: Main Project Aesthetics: Plans and Alternatives

Design Preview – Cargo Kite

Post 8: Design Preview Report: Van Build Bed/Couch

Minimalist Expanding Coffee Table

Final Project – Country

Design Preview Report

Brutalist OR Space Age Desk Lamp

Design Preview 1 – Stop Motion Dinosaur

Design Preview – Game Boards

Design Preview: Mid-Century Modern Xylophone

Design Preview Report: Custom Bike Frame

Post 8 – Gear Wall Art Design Preview

Design Preview: Retro Ski Bench

Design Preview Report: Scale model of long range spacecraft

Time’s Gamble: Making a Miniature Roulette Table Wristwatch

Post 8: Design Preview

Post 8: Design Preview

Post 8: Design Preview

Design Preview – Minimalist Nature Aesthetic

Bikebags – Plans and Alternatives

Post 8: Design Preview Report

Steering Wheel Design Preview

Design Preview Report – Whimsical Storybook Castle for Guinea Pigs

Design Preview Report – Brutalist Lamp

Design Preview Report – Snuffle Mat

Post 7: Barbell Plans and Alternatives

Design Preview Report: Ari Matrajt

Post 8: Design Preview Report

Main Project Plan – Foldable Couch

Post 6: Personal Aesthetic

Project Aesthetics: Levitating Nature Scene with Steampunk Elements

Post 7: Main Project Aesthetics: Plans and Alternatives.

Main Project Aesthetic: Sink Pedal

Main Project Aesthetic Plans & Alternatives: Truss Kite

Main Project Aesthetics: Plans and Alternatives

Main Project Aesthetics: Plans and Alternatives

Post 7 – Main Project and Alternative Aesthetics

Aesthetic Exploration and Different Ideas – Brutalist Lamp

Brutalist vs Space Age vs Nature Aesthetic Desk Lamp

Main Project: Pixel Aesthetic and Alternatives

Main Project Aesthetics: Plans and Alternatives

Main Project Aesthetics: Plans and Alternatives

Main Project Aesthetics: Plans and Alternatives

Main Project Aesthetics: Plans and Alternatives

Personal Aesthetic and Main Project Plans

Main Project Aesthetics – Organic Modern Alternatives

Main Project Aesthetics: Plans and Alternatives

Upcycle Progress

Main Project: DIY Dark-Minimalist Barbell

Main Project Plans and Inspiration

Main Project Plans and Inspiration

Main Project Plans and Inspirations: Space-Age Spotify Jukebox

Post 6: Main Project Plans and Inspiration

Post 6 – 2024 Main Project plans and inspirations

Main Project Plans and Inspiration: Industrial Nine Photo Frame

Clean Energy Machines

Main Project Plans and Inspiration

Gothic-Gothic Revival Endtable

Kite Project Inspiration

Main Project Plans and Inspirations: Truss Cargo Kite

Main Project Plans and Inspirations: Space Exploration

Main Project Inspirations – Brutalist Table Lamp

Main Project Plans – Stop Motion Puppet

Main Project Plan: Minimalist Furniture

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