Modern Aesthetic Tom Drum
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The final product! A home made drum in a modern aesthetic. Utilizing geometric but smooth edges, symmetry, and a bright but natural color I’ve made something I’m very happy with and something that fits the aesthetic. At the moment the drum is not round enough for me to properly tension it, so it doesn’t sound…
Electric Car Project
Group 4 Electric Car Cardboard DesignElectric Car Unrulr Journey
Final Object 3
Here is the link to the Unrulr post for my final object 3. Please note again that intentionally did not post full documentation for this one either, as I may be interested in commercialization. Thank you much! 🙂
Final Object 2
Here is the link to my Unrulr post on object 2. But please note I intentionally did not post the full documentation because I may be interested in commercializing this at some point 🙂
Final Project- Modular Armchair
Unrulr link: https://api.unrulr.com/public/posts/refresh-napping-confusing/share . This modular armchair can positioned into any of 4 ways: armchair, loveseat, daybed, and low armchair+footrest.
Final Project – MCM Inspired Chair
A dowel-constructed oak armchair with hand-upholstered cushions. Final Project Unrulr Journey
Motorized Bike & Rack
Post 1: I have a garage where I work on old cars and motorcycles and just for fun a couple years ago I decided to put an engine on a bicycle and turn it into a motorcycle (2nd to last picture). The concept as a whole reminded me of the old school board track race…
Upcycle Project
An Abstract Wine Cork Painting inspired by the “European Luxury Culture” aestheticUpcycle Unrulr Journey
Group 1 Electric Car Design
This is the final design of the Group 1 electric vehicle project. Our group decided to combine sharp and complex geometry with a glow and futuristic look to bring a new style to electric cars. The design uses triangles and sharp edges to give the car a new shape not familiar with modern cars. See…
Electric Car
This project proved to be a little difficult at the beginning seeing that all of us had different ideas and we couldn’t come to a solid final design for a little while but we knew we wanted to go for a more sports car aesthetic. When we finally decided on a final car design we…
Upcycle Project – Grounded Tea Table
A small tea table made from two antique ironing boards and two stones. Inspired by Japanese architecture, furniture, and design practices. Upcycle Project Unrulr Journey
Final Project
Unrulr Documentation Ursa Borealis Background Context: Romantic Luminism: An American art style that uses light and aerial perspective to show the splendor of the landscape and create a specific mood. The 3 main ideas in this aesthetic I implemented: Sublime: Romanticism rejected industrial geometry and favored the awe-inspiring phenomena of the natural world. The glowing,…
Electric Car Design- Raphaelle Lepere
Unrulr link: https://api.unrulr.com/public/posts/citrus-national-eligibly/share
Upcycle Project
Ta-da! I present my golden age of piracy inspired memento-in-a-bottle for my Upcycle project. This momento of some of my favorite people is going to live on my shelf wherever I go in the future as long as I never drop it, because one day, these might be the good ‘ol days. And because I…
Valve Cover Coatrack
Post 1: For my project I really was liking my industrial aesthetic more than the others I choose and I found this old Chevy valve cover on eBay. My goal is to paint the Chevrolet script to make it stand out more and then mount it vertically to make a hat / coat hanger. I…
Upcycle Project- Brutalist Record Player
Unrulr link: https://api.unrulr.com/public/posts/moaning-filling-bagged/shareI made this record player as an exploration of the Brutalist aesthetic. I used a record player I thrifted, tore it apart, and rebuilt and rewired it into a concrete case. The lid of the record player doubles as a stand for it to rest on when being used. Along with the…
Final Project
For my final project i decided on something much simpler, a lamp. what i went with is a lamp with modernist aesthetic , mostly because i was inspired by the parts i used for lights that i found. When researching modernism i found that a core of the aesthetic is the use of light and…
Upcycle Project
Initial DesignThis is my initial design based off of upcycling aluminum cans and wires. I wanted to base it off of Solarpunk! Supplies, ConstructionI used tape, gloves, scissors, boxcutters, three aluminum cans, a bead roller, bead templates, 22 gauge wire, and multiple miscellaneous tools. I did all of my work over a cardboard box to…
My Spring 2026 Semester: In a Post!
Hello all! Thank you for stopping by to look at my creations this Spring of 2026 semester. I have learned so much about crafting, iterating, fabric selection, and sewing techniques. My upcycle project was the start of it all, and for that I upcycled: scrap fabric for the lining, a zipper that was unused from…
Electric Car Design
Electric Car DesignThis is my electric car project! MY team and I based our design off of retro cars and tried to diverge from modern electric vehicles. (more…)
Final Project – Washi Paper Lamps
For my final project, I designed and fabricated two handmade washi (rice) paper lamps from scratch, inspired by traditional Japanese lighting design. The subject of this project focuses on the intersection between light, material, and form. This washi paper and simple structural frames were used to create functional yet expressive objects. The aesthetic I was…
Electric Car Design – Team 1
For this group project, we worked together to build a more aesthetically cohesive electric car front-end design. Our final project, shown in the Unrulr journey below, was based on several traditional car designs we liked. These included the NA Miata’s size and pop-up headlights, as well as the Rivian’s lightbar. Overall, this was a fun…
Final Project: Modular Wall Organizer
For my final project I designed a 3D printed wall organization system in the Bahaus Aesthetic. All of the parts are modular and use the same fitting system to the backplates. Also the backplates can either be laid into place or snap fit into place, making the whole system plug and play. I chose those…
Electric Car Design
Our team designed an EV shell out of cardboard. We wanted to make an SUV, and tried to focus on maintaining smooth edges to go for a clean electric SUV look. Electric Car Design
Upcycle Design Project – Magsafe Dock
For this very fun and creative upcycling project, I chose to create an artifact in the style of the early 2000s clear-plastic iMac. Using materials from Art Parts (an Awesome place!) and 3D printing, I was able to make a functional, in my opinion, cool desktop Magsafe phone charger. The full journey and documentation can…
Upcycle Project: Upcycled Rope Boxing Wraps
For this project I recycled some rope to make boxing wraps. They were pretty uncomfortable but got the job done. I was going for a kind of underground/old school fighting aesthetic. Upcycle Project
Aesthetics Explorations – Three Eras of Apple Design
For this assignment I chose to focus on three distinct era’s of Apple’s design athestics. The Unrulr posts below show Early Apple, Clear Plastics, and 2010s Apple. I did a deep dive into the key characteristics, materials, people, and emotional factors of each of these Apple time periods. I then picked one of these athletics…
Group 11 Electric Car Design
This is the final product of the Group 11 electric car project! I had such a fun time crafting up this design with my groupmates Brenna, Dylan, and Charles. I think that our project turned out very clean and we incorporated a lot of aspects that are commonly seen in combustion but now could be…
Upcycle Project
I am happy with the way my first project turned out. I made changes throughout and adapted as I found different materials and refined my design. I am most happy with how the wood accent turned out and I may add some more wood finish as I plan to keep the lamp around. Aesthetic The…
Electric Car
For our mid semester project we had a team project to create a model electric car. The most important part of this project was making it identifiable as an EV, we used tropes such as lots of horizontal lines and lack of a front grill to communicate this. Opposed to many real modernist electric cars…
Upcycle: Retro Revival Clock
This is the Retro Revival Clock! I cleaned her all up today and made sure all of the orange acrylic is clean and added in the battery so she’s fully functional! I sanded down the outer edges an cleaned up any black residue left by the laser cutter so that if touched it’s not leaving…
Upcycle Project: Kelp Forest Lamp
This is my upcycling project! I decided to follow a Biomorphism aesthetic. Biomorphism emerged in the early 20th century and emphasizes organic forms, natural patterns, and a sense of movement and fluidity to evoke lifelike qualities. Artists such as Jean Arp and Joan Miró are notable figures associated with biomorphic forms in their work. As…
Final Project – TETRA
This project was inspired by the aesthetic of Light and Space. The led sections have sequences that are adjustable through a web app. Work and videos are available at: TETRA Journey
Final Project: Rooted
Rooted is an interactive cabinet built at a time when community feels more fragile than ever. In a political climate that increasingly targets and divides the people who make up our communities by origin, by identity, and by belief, this project is a quiet act of resistance. A reminder that we are more alike than…
Electric Car Design
Electric Car Design Group 11 Project Check out our timeline and progress throughout this project to its completion on Unrulr (Link).
Final Project (Arts and Crafts Guitar Stand)
I’m tired of leaning my guitar against the wall and worrying about it falling over, but most guitar stands look like the image to the left which I find very ugly. Some stands can be less of an eyesore with more natural materials and simpler more minimalistic designs as seen in the center image. These…
Upcycle – Steampunk Airship Battle Map
For my upcycle project I am working on creating a dnd map that is in the Steampunk aesthetic. The pillars of Steampunk that I found were adventurous, Victorian themed, and a emphasis on mechanical mechanisms and steam power, specifically with a used of copper and bronze, for “retro futuristic” applications. For my dnd map I…
Cardboard Electric Car
This is our cardboard model of an electric vehicle. For this design we really want to capture the essence of sporty or luxury cars that have a sleek look to give that feeling of fast. We also want to clearly advertise the electric aspect by using staples of the electric car aesthetic such as led…
Gothic Helmet Stand
Here’s the final product, I ended up using some tape on the bottom to fully secure the positioning of the rim pieces, and also create some soft feet for the stand to sit on rather being directly on the metal. I found a piece of foam and glued it on the top to have a…
Upcycle – re/strata
re/strata: A Constructivist Bookshelf Fig. 1 – re/strata, unloaded. Against wall, view from slightly left of center. Constructivism is an early twentieth-century art movement that originated in Russia, emerging alongside the rise of socialism and the modernization of post-Tsarist society. Rather than treating art as something purely decorative, Constructivist artists aimed to merge art with…
Final Dice Project
Here are my final 3 (2.5) dice. The closest one was the one handcrafted from wood and then painted. This one had issue with the actual facing of the die and getting it to be even but with some work in the itll wood shop I was able to get it pretty close. The second…
Final Project – RUO
RUO Audio Player – Cam BandoniMeet RUO: Desktop Audio Streaming Console. I believe I achieved the simple goal that I set at the onset of this project which was to put a modern twist on the designs that used to be a huge part of Scandinavian home audio aesthetics. After MP3s and streaming rendered physical…
Bauhaus Laptop Stand
Idea: Bauhaus Laptop Stand This project began with looking at Bauhaus furniture that really spoke to me. Looking at these designs made me think of a product that I have been needing and searching for: laptop stand. The linkages in the chair and table designs from this era, I think, could pair really well with…
Electric Car Project
This is the teams initial brainstorming that we did on a figjam page. We found some car designs and concepts that spoke to us more than others. This was some of the early progress that we made as a team soon after we starting getting our hands dirty and prototyping some designs. We decided to…
Final Project: Minimalist Chess Set
For my final project, I am looking to make a chess set that utilizes ideas from the Japanese minimalism aesthetic. Some of the features that I am thinking to use in this design include… (1) Attention to the details of the checkered pattern and overall design rather than a cluttered board. I am going to…
Final Project
For my final project I wanted to make a Bluetooth speaker inspired by the Midcentury Modern aesthetic. This aesthetic is characterized by straight lines and gentle curves, natural materials, and practical use. See here for my preliminary design ideas and intentions with the aesthetic: Preliminary Design. I used bevel cut plywood to form a seamless wooden…
Tell Me You’re An Electric Car
My electric car design ream started out with some preliminary sketches just to get an idea of where to go. Sketches. We spent hours prototyping in the BTU using hand cut pieces just finding the right shape. Prototyping. We decided to go with something generally smoother but with a square headlight bar and sharp wheel wells. Full Project…
Upcycle
I chose to make an industrial inspired lamp, characterized by exposed structural elements, such as steel pipes. Upcycle Aesthetic Exploration. I began by drawing up a schematic for the lamp to find the assortment of piping needed. Original Schematic. After experimenting with bulb fixtures, I decided the safest and best-looking approach was to purchase a…
Upcycle Project
This is the Art-Deco styled clock that i worked on for the upcycle project. The materials that i made it out of were the wheel well of an old plane as well as some scrap wood for structure and bicycle parts in the clock work, many of the other parts were made using 3D prints.…
Final Project – Scrap MotorCycle
The Idea: Aesthetic: Fabrication Scrap Yard It looks like something built in a machine shop after hours, the look is very raw, functional, and completely exposed. Every weld bead, fastener, and cut mark is visible, with no effort to polish or hide imperfections. The surfaces carry their history such as mill scale, light rust, heat…
Upcycle
Had a lot of trouble finding the jacket to use as the base from a thrift store, eventually landed on the one and started drafting with tape on it. Drafted the design of a racing jacket that takes inspiriation from the original Apple macintosh, being the catalyst for the 80’s Retro Tech Age aesthetic. Included…
For my final project, I wanted to challenge myself with a material that demands more patience and technique but offers far greater freedom of form: clay. I used the opportunity to explore one of my favorite aesthetics — Surrealist Whimsy, drawn from the world of Adventure Time. The goal was to create something with intentionally…
Electric Car
Here are initial sketches. We are aiming for a very minimal grille that feels less “dense,” and we plan to achieve that by using the interior ridges of the cardboard. We also prototyped a scoring method that lets us create smooth curves with minimal creasing. This is still an early stage, but our plan is…
Electric Car
For this group project, we set out to design an electric car that pushes beyond the aesthetics of what exists today. We spent a lot of time discussing what visually defines an electric car — the front light bar, the somewhat Tron-inspired aesthetic — and how to build on those cues in a fresh way.…
Final Project
For my final project, I chose to do joinery woodworking. Specifically, my project would be functional and have no fasteners of any kind such as glue, screws, and dowels. See aesthetic here. Much like the Upcycle Project, I began with conceptual drawings and a Solidworks model. Because my toolbox would not have any fasteners, the…
Electric Car
This is our finalized front bumper of the cyber truck. We chose the cyber truck because of all the flat faced geometry that makes it a unique car design. What we didn’t realize is that can also make it look more simplistic. Kevin laser cut all the cardboard for this project before passing it off…
Upcycle Project
This is a Japanese tatami-style bed I made for my cat out of a reclaimed pallet. I used the upcycle project as an opportunity to practice and further explore my skills in Japanese joinery — a craft I deeply enjoy for the way it bridges functionality and visual beauty. There’s something compelling about a practice…
Tell Me You’re An Electric Car
Most electric cars have ugly front ends. We decided to make them cool. My team and I came up with some concept sketches. We combined the elements we liked and left the ones we didn’t. Concept sketches. The team met multiple times in the BTU to plan, cut, and assembly the electric car front end.…
Final Project: Retro Futuristic Lamp
For this project I wanted to move away from working with non-traditional engineering materials and work more with materials I am experienced with such as steel and aluminum alloys. I have always liked the look of the retro-futurism aesthetic and wanted to try my hand at making something in that light. I took inspiration from…
Final Project
here is my final project to see the full journey click the link:final project
Tell me you’re an electric car
this is our electric car design project the bulk of the posts were made by my teammates so their journeys are linked below: link to the electric car design project additional link to electric car design project
upcycle project
this is my patchwork punk tote bag I made for the upcycle project. the journey can be viewed here: upcycle project
Electric Car Design
For this project, we were tasked with creating the front end of an electric car out of cardboard with the stipulation that it could not directly copy any one car, but must look electric at first glance. My team aimed to follow a similar footprint as a Porche, with identifiable electric features added, such as…
Final Project
My Bauhaus jewelry box, created as part of the final project. To see my journey, click the link here:Final Project Unrulr Journey Project
Coastal Mirror
For the final, I created a mirror inspired by a New England Coastal aesthetic. It features an iridescent tile frame that uses three different colors to create some asymmetry between the sides. See more about the process here.
Upcycle Project: Ginkgo Leaf Paper Towel Holder
For my Upcycle Project, I decided to use scrap wood to make a ginkgo leaf inspired paper towel holder. This holder uses 3 different woods: pine, white oak, and birch, and was made with inspiration from the Art Nouveau Aesthetic. The Unrulr Journey for this project can be found below with more information Unrulr: Upcycle
Electric Car Design
My group’s electric car design, created as part of the Tell me you’re an electric car…without telling me you’re an electric car. To see my group’s journey, click the link here:Electric Car Unrulr Journey Link
