Slide and Stand: Main Project Report, part 2
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Hello! The purpose of this desk is to reflect on its creation, including answering these questions: Compare your original project intent to what you ended up with. How did the public react? What did you learn from your project, and from the class? What will you do next with the project? What do you wish you…
Final Report part 1 : vanity mirror
Seeing as this is my first kind of physical and functional project, I want to keep it pretty simple while still challenging myself to learn things like wiring the lightbulbs and make them have dimming capabilities. I wanted to create something I knew I would use. I am a big fan of Pinterest and DIY…
Main Project Final Report Part 1: K. Gresh
Main Project Final Report: Part 1 I had a design change for the main project. My original design was for a remote controlled automated horse jump. While the idea and design were great, the necessity and inspiration for the jump faded, and the lack of storage for such a large item was the primary reason for the design change. The main…
Main Project Final Report: Part 2 – K. Gresh
Puppy Palace The puppy palace project was designed for a miniature French Bulldog. The inspiration arose from the cutest, adorable Frenchie puppy which was chosen for his small size, non-barking nature, lovable, sweet, easy, and mellow attitude. The puppy’s size allowed him to be taken everywhere so staying at home, or restricted to a crate/area…
Final Project Report 2: iTunes Hologram
I now have had the pleasure of presenting my iTunes Hologram at the engineering expo. What a treat to be there among so many innovations and brilliants minds! NEXT STEPS My next steps for my project may be broken down as follows: Create additional videos. Attain footage from four directions to create an image that…
Final Project Report Part 1: Japanese Jewelry Box
For my final project, I chose to design and fabricate a Japanese style jewelry box. I began with the idea of creating a mechanical puzzle. I did research on some common puzzle solutions, but most of the puzzles that I found and considered to be interesting involved fabrication methods that were too far out of…
MoonSkate Final Report Part I
The MoonSkate is a combination of two products from my childhood: Moonshoes and skateboards. I decided on this project due to my love of skateboarding and a drive to innovate on this passion. In the early stages of my project, I drew upon some aesthetic inspirations that did not translate that well onto my first…
Main Project Report 2017 Part 1: Heart Rate LED Monitor
Inspiration I got the inspiration for this project as I was working on the Upcycling project. Halfway through, I got the idea of making a desk lamp out of an old engine valve cover. Since I was already well into my Upcycling project, I decided to make the lamp as the final project. After thinking…
Final Project Presentation: Dummy Roping Calf
Presentation of final project on 5/1/2017 Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHRIvGnWa_c&t=3s Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJlTcBx_f-g&t=3s
Final Project Report Part 1: Wooden Backgammon Board
Presentation Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fPdzBhEv5cPzd-YES6qS2Lah-4Thd8mJGLfKf6Ea8eg/edit#slide=id.p Constraints :-Dynamic-Material-Skills Original Thoughts:-Interactive Game-Chess-Checkers Our only real constraint or direction for this project is that it must be dynamic. To me the idea of movement didn’t come from a sculpture with a moving hand or a robot on wheels. I want my project to have a human component and…
Magnetic Levitation Stand Report 1
For those of you unfamiliar with my project, I decided to try my hand at a magnetic levitation stand. Basically, this is just a series of magnets, both electromagnets and traditional metal magnets, used to keep another magnet suspended midair. The idea came from a camping and fishing trip I had last summer to Hells…
Final Project Report 1: Laser Cut and Etched Nightstand
How the Idea Came About Things I wanted my design to revolve around: Furniture Laser cut and etched design Something resembling a circuit board design Wood Things I needed to refine: What type of furniture What style of furniture The exact etching design Initial Prototype To help narrow down my design I created a quick…
Final Project Report Pt. 1: Bamboo Fly Rod
Well I’m not gonna lie, I wrote my final Report Part 1 and when I prompted the draft to publish, the website gave me this “failure notice” in return. I have done my best to recreate the original content, but may revisit this post during the summer, after final deliverable pressures have eased up. My…
Final Report Presentation: Electric Longboard Balerion
https://goo.gl/photos/i5scHVCy89LBUo6YA
Final Report Pt I: cloudfootstudio & Thinkly
https://cloudfootstudio.com https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/thinkly/id1223786056 It took me a while to decide what I was going to do for my final project… I considered a sort of large-scale upcycle project with reclaimed materials and wind to generate electricity, but I’m pretty sure I came up with something better. I’m going to design a website: a personal and…
Dynamic Infinity Mirror + Blake Arellano
Project Description This infinity mirror incorporates random movements, light patterns, and color patterns encased in a modern 3-D printed shell to create a futuristic and modern aesthetic. Project Posts/Timeline Main Project Inspirations Top 5 Constraints Design Review Project Aesthetics Compared to 20th Century Design Movements Construction Timeline Final Stretch Progress Final Project Report pt. 1…
Perpetual Motion Machine Report Part 1
What a fun, interesting, and frustrating project. For everything that went right, 3 things went wrong but I am very happy with how it all turned out. Budget: I was far below my allowed budget! I was able to build it all for $110 and a lot of man hours! Process There were many steps…
Main Project Report 2017 Part 1: Windmill
For my project, I decided to try and make a windmill with a classic countryside aesthetic. It was modeled after old windmills that have stood for hundreds of years, and almost become part of the landscapes in some rural areas. The project was inspired by an old stone windmill that was near my house when…
Wine Coffee Table Final Project Part 1
Original Ideas For my main project I wanted to construct a piece of furniture that could store wine bottles. I was trying to achieve the vineyard aesthetic by using oak wood, or wood that is stained to a similar color, wine boxes possibly, wrought iron, the steel hoops that hold wine barrels together and other…
Rotary Candle Holder: Final Report Part 2
Hello again, for one last time! This is an extension to the “Rotary Candle Holder: Final Report Part 1” blog where I discussed the mechanics of the rotary candle project. The purpose of this post will be to reflect on the process of its creation, including answering the following questions: What does it all mean? Compare your…
Final Project Report: Rotating Candle Holder
Introduction Overall Description & photos described in detail For this project I decided to make a rotating candle holder, inspired by a traditional incense burner called the Majmar. In my country, the Sultanate of Oman the Majmar has been used for thousands of years to burn incenses in a protective and stylish way, like a candle holder. It…
Main Project Final Report 2017 Part 1: Jewelry Box
What: A jewelry box for my mom. It ended up being more of just a box. Ideas: My original idea was some sort of box that had draws, this didn’t pan out because I was not sure how I would get the draws to work and buying the draw components ended up making the design look…
Rotary Candle Holder: Final Report Part 1
Let’s start at the end. The featured image above shows my final product for my main project this semester in Aesthetic of Design. It mainly consists of two parts: The rotary candle holder and the base. The base was completely handmade, but besides my initial intentions, most of the rotary candle holder is the original…
Golden ratio sculptures
Spiral sculptures by John Edmark http://www.johnedmark.com/ Trained in computer science and then product design at Stanford.
STEAMPUNK CLOCK| Marcus Gurule
Link to presentation: https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=zXnk947ERPk
Bear Spray Light Final Part 1
My dad is one of the brightest and most creative people I’ve ever met and ever since I was a little girl, we have always been thinking of new products to develop, whether it is for our outdoor recreation business or just for convenience. When thinking about a main project, I decided that I wanted…
Smart Mirror Final Report Part 1
What is a Smart Mirror? For my final project I decided to create a smart mirror. A smart mirror combines the uses of a traditional mirror with a digital aspect to bring up-to-date information to the user directly on the mirror surface. For the most part this information is simple like time, weather, calendar, and…
YAYA: Final Report #1
This blog post will cover the how I completed the most recent version of the backpack. I say the most recent version because I plan to make more versions comma most likely to more . which I will cover in the next blog post . I will explain how I took the previous version and altered…
Final Report #1 – Illusionist Locket
For the final project, I want to try and make the necklace pendant from the movie ‘The Illusionist’. After I first saw that movie, roughly ten years ago, I really wanted the necklace that was in the movie. Even though that was a really long time ago, every time I see that movie I still like…
Final Project Presentaion: Heat Ano (Colored) Butterfly Knife
Here is the video of my final presentation:
Main Project Report Part 1: Contemporary Asian Chess Board
On the first day of class, during some brain storming for my upcycle project, I stumbled upon a chess board, which I started sketching. As I thought more about it, a chess board seemed like an timeless art piece, seen at home in many diverse environments: City parks, fancy hotel lobbys, living rooms, and more. …
Main Project Report Part 1: Tie/Belt Rack
My final product turned out great. I managed to press fit my bearings into a block of wood that I was able to round off and fit to my organic aesthetic. I am currently still working on doing some kind of laser cutting on the upper edge of the wood top. manufacturing and assembly wise,…
Final Project Report: Dynamic Infinity Mirror
The Beginning I have always loved the color black. I think it is futuristic, classy, and sleek. If you look around my room or even in my closet, most of my items are black. My computer, keyboard, printer, water bottle, decorations, etc. I just love the modern and sleek look of it. So it made…
Standing desk: Main Project Report, part 1
Hello Everyone! The purpose of this post is to explain everything about how I made this standing desk: this is my completed standing desk full solidworks I am going to skip the part where I introduce my inspiration and initial design sketches, because those are already discussed in previous posts (see the prototype presentation).…
Rick Totem Final Report Part 1
Background I built a totem themed with the character “Rick”, from the TV series Rick and Morty, for my final project. A totem is an artifact that many people brings to music festivals. A totem is generally an art piece that is fastened to the top of a long pole, that is carried around at festivals. Primarily,…
Construction Timeline-Dynamic Model Boat
This was construction timeline for my project. I have been very busy with my other engineering classes, and it seems this particular post slipped through until now. I apologize for the delay. There were several aspects of this project that I know would take time-building the sailboat most of all. I have built models before, so I know…
Main Project Report 2017 Part 1: Lazy Susan (Tori Herfert)
WHAT AND HOW? Overall Description My final project turned out just the way I wanted it to. I ended up not going with the original plans I had to paint flowers on to it, because I made it like this on my first attempt and regretted it after. The flowers I had in mind were…
Bear Spray Light Final Report Part 2
After completing my second prototype, which was my first 3D printed part, I realized that I needed to change the design to fit the 9V battery I am using for this project. I also wanted to go back and add a hole for a button that was already pre-measured instead of guessing after the fact.…
Final Stretch: Pencil Holder
The last two weeks were semi productive but I haven’t been able to make any real progress on my project. I finished the cad drawings and discussed how to machine it with Greg Potts. The material only got here last Friday so i have not had time to go into the machine shop. I have…
Construction Timeline: Pencil Holder
April 1st: Try out many sketches, decide on final shape April 5th: Brainstorm materials and how it will be manufactured. April 7th: Order materials (2 week lead time) April 14th: Finalize CAD Drawings April 21st: Receive materials April 24th: Start machining Present final on May 1st
20th Century Design Aesthetics: Pen/Pencil Holder
These are examples of pen and pencil holder with different aesthetics. The first one is a rounded aesthetic. This one is very nice but is only possible to manufacture with the use of a CNC lathe. I think it has very nice features and is probably my favorite. Due to the fact that it is…
Top 5 Constraints: Pencil holder
For my project I am going to create a pencil holder. I think I will have a colorless/metallic aesthetic. Everything I already own is in this category with few exceptions. Everything is black, white, grey, silver. I will stick with this aesthetic and make an aluminum pencil holder. It will be sitting on a thrust…
Main Project Inspirations: Pen holder
For my project I had a few sources of inspiration. I had always grown up with a toothbrush holder in my bathroom that was free standing and held 4 toothbrushes. It was black and metallic and i always liked the look of it. It looked something like this. Different colors obviously. As a young kid…
Final Project Placeholder: Ski Table
The video of my presentation can be seen above.
Shipping Pallet Garden: Final Presentation
Watch final presentation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZJpg1roPRw Watch prototype presentation here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6-sinySjLE Pictures of the final product at the ITLL Design Expo on April 29th, 2017. Curtesy of Professor Jean Hertzberg.
Main Project final stretch update
My final project has taken a slight turn in the fact that the original design had some flaws when i tried to bend the wood for my first iteration. The second version of the design has all of the materials purchased for it and will begin manufacturing this week. After all of my cuts are…
Max Scrimgeour: Desk Lamp Final Report Part 1
My final project was a geometric pine and LED desk lamp. My final project was originally slated to be a different variety of desk lamp but due to manufacturing failures the final design was iterated upon until the final selected design was chosen. The original design was to be made using thin sheets of pressed maple…
Final Project Presentation: Pizza Bed Stand
Hey there folks! Here are videos of my final presentation, it’s broken up into two parts. Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xT8A-3v67c Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOst1ur_o_M
Main Project Presentation: cloudfootstudio & Thinkly
Video here (only 6 minutes because phone died), full presentation here (auto-plays in your browser). Website = https://cloudfootstudio.com Podcast = https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/thinkly/id1223786056 Artist storefront = https://society6.com/cloudfootstudios/prints?show=new
Final Project: LED Heartrate Monitor
https://www.dropbox.com/s/msphxfaix0feq0m/IMG_2656.MOV?dl=0
Final Project Presentation- Vanity Mirror
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Final Project Report 1: iTunes Hologram
What a remarkable journey it has been both ideating and implementing my iTunes Hologram design. Please see below for details on my process. INSPIRATION a) iTunes & iPod 2000-2011 Ad Campaign My hologram is created based on one of the most successful advertising campaigns ever executed. My project is inspired by the iTunes and iPod…