Final Project – Brutalist Desk Lamp
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Brutalist Inspired Desk LampA vibe light featuring adjustable colors and effect via phone/computer.Unrulr
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Unrulr Documentation Project Overview This project explores how power, authority, and image are constructed—and how easily they can be disrupted. I chose to work with ornate, traditional frames because they are historically associated with wealth, legitimacy, and permanence. They present their contents as refined, controlled, and untouchable. That visual language closely mirrors the gilded aesthetic…
Electric Car Design – Cardboard Rally Car
ELECTRIC CAR DESIGN UNRULR POST HERE OVERVIEW In this project, we were tasked with making a 1:4 scale model of the front-end of a car out of cardboard. The catch: it had to look like an electric car. Our group based our design on a classic rally car. The two main ways we achieved looking…
Final Project
Inspiration: The vanitas genre, rooted in 17th-century Dutch and Flemish still-life painting, served as the conceptual foundation. Its recurring motifs, skulls, hourglasses, candles, and flora, carry symbolic weight around mortality and the passage of time. Artists like Pieter Claesz and Maria van Oosterwijck informed the visual language, while Neal Auch and Jan Fabre shaped the…
Electric Car Design Project
For this project, my team designed and built a retro-futuristic electric car model out of cardboard, inspired by the Hyundai N Vision 74. We leaned into cardboard’s naturally boxy properties to replicate the car’s geometric aesthetic, incorporating defining features such as an exaggerated lip, fenders, grilles, long rectangular headlights, and fog lights spanning the bumper…
Upcycle Project
For this project, I designed and built a Mid-Century Modern desk terrarium from scratch. I sourced a large glass jar from an antique store and constructed a custom wooden base using scrap wood I already had on hand. The base features signature MCM angled 4-base legs with dado joints at each corner, which I cut…
Upcycle – 8-Bit Lamp
UPCYCLE PROJECT UNRULR POST HERE Overview The goal of the Upcycle Project was to pick an aesthetic and then “Upcycle” pieces of trash or scrap into a product that matched the aesthetic of choice. I decided I would like to make an 8-bit lamp, and after many hours of mistakes (and a few victories) I…
Final Project
This is my personal Final Project for AOD. In this project we were allowed to make an artifact that fit a specific aesthetic of our choosing. This project did not have any constraints pertaining to how we made our artifact which was really freeing and made this project super fun. My personal project revolved around…
New and Improved Gothic Book Cover
Here is the final product of my gothic book cover design. It fits any 8″x6″ notebook inside, so that I can reuse it whenever I run out of paper. The cover is made out of suede leather and coated in mink oil to make it darker. Although it makes it darker, it only stays at…
Group 9’s Electric Vehicle
Final Update on the Cardboard Car: Group 9 continued putting in work, building off of the frame from last time. The final design features lightning bolt shaped headlights, and a curved front bumper.
Upcycled Reusable Book Cover
Here is my finished Gothic book cover. I’m happy with how it turned out functionality but I think I could have done better at reaching the gothic aesthetic. I realized quickly after trying to darken the material that it was not actually leather so a lot of the techniques I had found for darkening wouldn’t…
Minimalist Wallet – Final Project
For this project, I wanted to create a minimalist wallet. I’ve had a few different wallets in the past, and none have really worked for me. I recently upgraded to a Ridge wallet, but the issue with that is that it’s difficult to get a card out of the middle of the wallet. To fix…
Caustics Lamp
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Upcycle EEL MOBILE
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Brutalist Pot
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Electric Car Design
This was the 2nd project in AOD, where we had to discern what elements of a car design help us instantly determine if the car is gas powered or electric. We were tasked with taking those elements, CADing up a design and then producing that design into a cardboard model. No paint, no glamor, just…
Electric Car Design
For this project, our goal was to design the front of an electric car that doesn’t necessarily look like an electric car. We took inspiration from some high-performance electric cars as the front usually looks pretty aggressive, unlike regular electric cars. Assuming we would use the front grill to redirect air over the windshield, we…
UpCycle – Minimalistic Lamp
The 1st AOD assignment. In this assignment we were all tasked to research 3 distinct, and historical aesthetics which will then be applied to a custom artifact. This artifact is meant to represent the chosen aesthetic and we are constrained to only upcycle already existing items. IMG_6191 More Images: Upcycle Project
Upcycle Project – Hazel’s Compass
Here is my upcycle project. For this project, I decided to go with a pirate aesthetic. I decided that I wanted to make a compass that always points towards Hazels, similar to Jack Sparrow’s compass that always points towards what you want most. The upcycle material that I used was a piece of wood from…
Final Project
Final ProjectAfter deeply considering the budget, resource and time constraints, it appears more ideal for me to pivot my final project idea from a Stirling engine cup coaster (which was my preliminary idea going int this) to a kinetic wood/3D printed tabletop sculpture, that pulsates with a handheld crank. I believe this is more in…
Electric Car Design
Electric Car DesignElectric Car Update: Inspired by the Hyundai N Vision 74 and its adjacent contemporaries in the field of retro futurism, comes our cardboard electric car submission. We found that the inherently boxy features of the N Vision 74 plays directly into the unmalleable nature of cardboard, enabling us to achieve more geometric shapes…
Upcycle
UpcycleUpcycle Project: Wabi-Sabi Headphone Stand A headphone stand is an item that adds to the flair and organization of my desk. If you make the case for a messy desk existing as the epitome of wabi-sabi, I would simply ignore you. Much of the color tones, textures and materials for the project will be dictated…
JI Final Project
For this board, I used Walnut and Maple for the wood. Checkout my Unrulr post to get a full story of the project: JI Final Project Unrulr
Electric Car Design JI
To see more details of the project, please check out Andrew Sultans Unrulr: JI Cardboard Car on Andrew Sultan Unrulr
2026 Upcycle Project JI
To see full details of my project, check out my Urulr post: JI Upcycle Unrulr
Upcycle – BlokeCore
The living room just got a bit more blokeish. I wanted to upcycle something practical that I could use without needing too much supplies. I spent a bit too much time trying to sew the jersey to the lamp shade before settling for fabric glue (much more practical!) The darker cloth lays a nice dim…
Final Project – Painting Bike Frame
For my Aesthetics in Design graduate class, I painted a bike frame. A few weeks before the final project details were released, I found an abandoned bicycle with a “free” sign on my street. The groupset was completely wrecked (I think it was from the 70’s), but the frame was in good condition. I disassembled…
Minimal Bike Mounts-Final Project
OVERVIEW: The goal was to make a simple, yet durable bike rack for mounting equipment. I planned for the design to utilize raw materials, and have simple curved geometries. The referenced aesthetic: Minimalism Reduction of elements: Use only using aluminum. Simple: The design is minimal with very little components to assemble (total of 3 components).…
Electric Car Design
OVERVIEW: The objective of this project was to design and build a scaled down, three-dimensional front-end model of an electric vehicle. Using cardboard, hot glue, and translucent materials for lighting elements, we created a simplified representation of an EV front-end. Our design focused on clean, simple lines with a modern yet timeless aesthetic, avoiding unnecessary…
Upcycle-Minimal Belt Buckle
OVERVIEW: I designed a minimalist belt buckle with a clean, simple aesthetic, modeling the design in SolidWorks before fabrication. Using scrap 6065 aluminum, I machined the main buckle frame. To verify the scale and fit, I also created a full 3D-printed prototype of the assembly. The project emphasizes both sustainability and simplicity, while serving the…
Electric Car Project
For this project, we started by researching designs that felt truly electric, looking at futuristic cars from media, film, and existing EV manufacturers to see what visual elements really say “I’m electric.” From there, we gathered insights by talking to car enthusiasts and asking what they’d actually want in a personal electric car. The conversations…
Upcycle Project
After breaking around 6 hockey sticks throughout the course of this season, I initially started brainstorming ways I can use this leftover material to create something. I have this empty space below my TV, that I’d been wanting to put a table in. I figured since these sticks are made of carbon fiber, some plexi-glass,…
Final Project
Aesthetic: Nautical Project: Hat / Key / Jacket Rack with Hooks For my final project, I made a wall-mounted rack that can hold hats, keys, and jackets while adding a coastal/nautical vibe to it’s space. Here are the three characteristics I wanted to showcase: 1. Painted wooden board featuring an ocean scene with mini sailboats.…
Final Project
For my final project, I wanted to create a Boba Fett helmet with an electronic eye piece and laser pointer. I started with a lot of CAD, which took a few iterations. I then asked Riley if he would be kind enough to print it out for me, and thankfully, he was. I then started…
2026 Final Project
See Lily’s 2026 Aesthetics of Design Final Project The Proposal: A Little Library! I have wanted to make one forever. It will be mounted on a post, designed to function as a neighborhood community tool. The library will be a small house-shaped wooden cabinet with a hinged door, interior shelf(ves?), and a post/base to stand. The…
Electric car
See Lily’s 2026 Aesthetics of Design Electric Car Project Initial Ideation: We started off our project by each putting together some sketches and words that define electric cars to us to share next time we met. When we did meet we discussed how the main elements were things like smooth looks, continuous, glowy, and a modern…
Electric Car Project
For this project, we built the front end of a car that needed to feel electric. We took inspiration from Star Wars speeders and other fantasy/futuristic vehicles that seemed otherworldly to help create this aesthetic. We had old pill bottles for headlights, which helped with a unique front end. We also added bands of cardboard…
Upcycle Project
See Lily’s 2026 Aesthetics of Design Upcycle Project The Inspiration: De Stijl De Stijl emerged in the Netherlands in 1917 as a response to the devastation of WWI, with artists seeking to restore a sense of universal balance and spiritual harmony to everyday life. Pioneered by figures like Piet Mondrian and Gerrit Rietveld, the aesthetic strips…
Upcycle Project
For my upcycle project, I wanted to make a world map that I could insert pushpins in to mark places I have been. I gathered supplies at Art Parts, which were mostly an old chalkboard for the base, some thin pieces of wood for the frame, and nails. I took old bits of tinfoil and…
Project 1: ‘The Ultimate Hotrod’
I have created what I perceive as ‘The Ultimate Hotrod’. I constructed a replica model of a traditional old “Hot Rod” in the form of a 30’s Ford. This model can be utilized as a decoration or a tabletop item, with the goal of it bridging the gap between a “realistic” Hot Rod and an…
Project 2: Electric Vehicle Model
Myself and a team of four individuals were challenged with constructing a 3D front-view design of a unique electric vehicle. We brainstormed and sketched ideas, followed by CAD, then began constructing our vision out of cardboard. The project emphasized having minimal color, and rather to focus on geometrical aspects of the product. The design our…
Final Project
Final Project This cat perch was built from scrap wood sourced from Facebook Marketplace and designed around the core principles of the Bauhaus aesthetic: clean lines, geometric shapes, and bold, intentional color. The base is a flat sheet of wood framed by longer pieces to create structure, originally planned to mount to the window with…
Electric Car Project
Electric Car Design This electric car was built entirely from cardboard, tape, glue, and a strip of acrylic glass, designed and assembled by a team of five. The process started with inspiration images and rough sketches, but the team quickly found that building directly was more useful than planning on paper. From there, it became…
Upcycle Project
Upcycle This upcycled jewelry stand was built from a wooden table found at Goodwill, transformed into a functional piece that embodies the wabi-sabi philosophy of finding beauty in imperfection and natural materials. The project went through several iterations, from an engraved jewelry box to a log-based stand, before landing on the right form. The table’s…
Final Project: Dark Academia Desk
Unrulr Project: https://api.unrulr.com/public/posts/rewash-wing-freezing/share For my final project, I started by 3D printing my CAD model from SolidWorks, which took about 11 hours to complete. After the print finished, I removed the support material and moved on to painting. I chose a color scheme that stayed true to the original design, mainly dark brown tones with…
Electric Car Project – Group 1 (Solomon Kamusiime)
Unrulr Post: https://api.unrulr.com/public/posts/dedicate-pounce-engraving/share For this electric car design project, we started with a few initial sketches, but they felt a bit too basic. We shifted toward a sharper, more angular concept to give the car a faster, more aggressive presence. Taking inspiration from the look of a shark, we aimed for a design that felt…
Electric Car Design
This is the final design of our electric car. It is intended to be a design adaptable to a sports car, SUV, coupe, or sedan alike. Its primary features are the curved hood and geometric panels which create a visual contrast. Project Description This project was a group effort to design a good looking…
Electric Car Project
Inspired by EVE from WALL-E, our team designed a sleek, minimalist electric car constructed from cardboard. We began by cutting and scoring the cardboard to achieve the precise angles and overall form. For the lighting features, we laser-cut acrylic pieces and then shaped them with a heat gun, allowing us to create the specific light…
Upcycle Project: Victorian Style Lamp
I designed this lamp focused on the defining qualities of the Victorian aesthetic. For the exterior, I layered a white tshirt and a blue sweater over the frame. Blue and white were prominent colors during the Victorian period, creating a sense of refinement to reflect the royal family that the aesthetic is based off of.…
Final Project: Fauvism Globe
For my final project, I created a globe inspired by the Fauvism aesthetic. The three key characteristics of Fauvism that I used are non-naturalistic color, high contrast and vibrant palettes, and apparent visible brushstrokes. I used the CU Boulder art studio and wood shop to do most of my work and the staff is always…
Upcycle Project (Mid-Century Futurism Lamp)
Project Description This is my historical aesthetic upcycling project! I chose to build a lamp based on the aesthetic of futuristic decoration and furniture design of the 1940’s to 1970’s. During this time, in primarily the United States, Western Europe, and the USSR, World War Two, the Space Race, and other technological developments of the…
Upcycle : Art Deco Inspired Plate
Unrulr Project: https://api.unrulr.com/public/posts/zap-luckily-frill/share This is my finished upcycled Art Deco plate. It started as a plain white plate, but to better match the aesthetic, I painted it black. The goal was to lean into the bold contrast typical of Art Deco, using darker tones paired with metallic accents like silver and gold to create a…
Electric Car – Adam Brookes & Team 1
Here is a few photos of my team’s (Team 1) cardboard electric car design with the inspiration and final product. We were tasked with making the front end of an electric car with cardboard, so we decided to include incorporate a lightbar with pop-up headlights to make a design that has a futuristic look while…
Final Project: Solarpunk Tow Truck Model
For my final project, I looked to bridge the gap between the first two projects of the Aesthetics of Design course, and develop a contrasting scene through the use of multiple aesthetics. Previously, I developed a cardboard model showcasing my take of ‘the ultimate hotrod’ which referenced a hotrod aesthetic. My final project utilizes this…
Final Project – Adam Brookes
Final Update: 100%. I am finished with the memphis milano mirror frame! It took me a lot of work to complete, but I am very satisfied with the result. I initially started out with two sheets of plywood that I drew on since my previous idea of a cnc machine doing some of the work…
Final Project
Lily Lee Final Project Unrulr Final Project: DVD trashcan I really could not think of what to do for the longest time, then I remembered I really needed a little trashcan in my car and I decided to design my own. This trashcan will be mainly based on an early 2000s DVD player with the…
Final: Industrial Shoe rack
For my final project, I chose to create an industrial-style shoe rack. It consists of two 2″ x 10″ x 48″ planks of wood attached to black iron pipe frames, with strap ties attached to the back to keep it from shearing from side to side. It not only serves as a shoe rack, but…
Electric Car
Lily Lee Group 5 Electric Car Unrulr Just a quick initial update for our E.V design project, for group 5! After meeting a few times, we’ve made it to the sketch in the first picture (sketched by Lily!). Our group started with some good overlap in ideas. There was a general interest in the…
Final Project
Final Project 3d wood block modern art sculpture. Focusing on shape, light, and contrast.
Upcycle – Adam Brookes
My project is finally done! Since it took me such a long time to figure out exactly what I wanted to do, I had a lot of work to do this past week. Last week I said that I wanted to try a statue head flower pot and then after my post I realized that…
Upcycle
Lily Lee Upcyle Assignment Unrulr For this assignment I am planning on focusing on the 80’s exercise aesthetic I chose for the first assignment. This semester I really want work with fabric and textiles, so instead of making a lamp or something like that I really want to work on sewing and building clothes. For…
Electric Car
Here is the front of the electric car my team designed as a group. It is the eel-mobile, and is electric-eel themed. The hood ornament is two eels in love! We felt that by including electric eels, it would signify that the car is electric. In addition, the design overall is inspired by various marine…
Final Project: Forestcore Headphone Stand
I made a headphone stand. I needed a place to put my headphones that isn’t just on a desk or hanging off a tack on the wall. I wanted to make a special one of these that can last a while. The aesthetic that I have chosen is a forestcore aesthetic. I have plants and…
Electric Car Design
Our group chose two inspirations for designing a new electric car. Those were Wall-E and Tron. Using aspects of both those movies we created our final design for the front of an electric car. Electric Car Design : Unrulr Of our many ideas, the most important one was wanting strips of light pretty much everywhere.…
Final Project
In November of 1959, Jacques Plante (pronounced zhock plont) introduced the goalie mask into the National Hockey League made of fiberglass molded to his face. And thus a wave began of goalies finally wearing face protection. It wasn’t until Doug Favel of the Philadelphia Flyers debuted a colorful mask ahead a Halloween game in 1970.…
Electric Car Design
This is my team’s Electric Car Design made out of cardboard. We were aiming for a look similar to EVE from WALL-E. We cut and scored our cardboard to get the angles we wanted, and then we laser cut out acrylic before bending it with a heat gun to get our light patterns we wanted.…
Final Project
For my final project, I designed a desk lamp inspired by the Cyberpunk aesthetic. The lamp combines a 3D printed base with integrated LED strip lighting to create a glowing, high contrast look similar to the neon identity discs seen in Tron. My goal was to create a functional object that looks like it belongs…
Electric Car
Electric Car Group designed front end of an electric car. Laser cut cardboard and assembled with hot glue
Upcycle: Wild West Jewelry Box
This is my Upcycle Project! I chose the Wild West Aesthetic, and I wanted to create a Jewelry Box. I upcycled wood from a baseboard, an old jewelry box for structure, and another scrap of wood. The process initially involved using a scroll saw to cut the joints of all of the baseboard pieces. Once…
Upcycle
Surrealism is combining realistic forms with illogical relationships. My initial concept is to create a chair out of ivp flooring, and make it look like it is being torn out of the ground. My base idea is just the drawing currently, but I have also thought of implementing the foam padding on the bottom of…
