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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
Other
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
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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