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Design game photo, Bauhaus lampshade. Steel rod, glass, black, red and white colors, arranged in a geometric repeating pattern.
Nixie Clock | 3/16 Progress Report
Nixie Update! I’ve received all my components in the mail, and need to schedule a few hours in the electronics lab to start soldering. Some sweet photos: Nixie Tube! I love the look of these. I haven’t seen them fired up yet, but I can’t wait! Empty board! This will be split down…
Speaker Guitar Progress
I spent a fair amount of time working on this project over the break. Â I currently have both amplifier circuits wired and functioning with an input from the waveform generator so we are off to a good start. Pre-Amplifier For the pre-amplifier I simply copied a popular design seen a lot in guitar forums originally…
Carbon Fiber Longboard Progress (3/28)
After deciding to change my project from a carbon fiber table to a carbon fiber longboard, I made some good progress over break. I made a pattern of a board on a piece of large butcher paper and used a utility knife to cut out the deck shape in a foam core. I then used…
Rear view mirror update 3/28
The project is going slowly… I just took the 3D printer tour the week before Spring Break. This week’s task will be Solidworks drawing and hopefully 3D print the mirror casing.
Rankin Progress Update
Up to now, I’ve essentially spent time prototyping IR motion sensors for the interactive features of this exhibit, and I’ve had basic success getting those to react and drive the illumination of a light. Now comes the actual fabrication, where I start building the casing and the exterior of the enclosure. I’m experimenting with a wood…
3D Printer Progress
I spent most of my spring break making progress on this project (yippee), and while it wasn’t an exceedingly fun week, I’m satisfied by the project’s status. As a reminder, I’m working on a 3D printer that won’t look like crap sitting in the corner of my living room. Most DIY printers and kits (i.e. affordable…
Pre Spring Break Progress
At this point I have all of my material purchased and sitting at my house. After taking a look at the amount of carbon fiber that I ordered, I realized I would need quite a lot more to create a decent carbon fiber coffee table. I personally wasn’t very invested in the coffee table idea…
Design Videos from DeZeen
Lots of great short videos on various design topics posted on Vimeo by DeZeen, an online architecture and design magazine.
A dress with parking sensors…
Anouk Wipprecht integrates parking sensors and headlights into 3D-printed fashion collection from Dezeen on Vimeo. I wonder how big the battery pack is, how long it lasts and where it is in the dress.
WIP Part 1: Cutting and Assembly
The Process Wanting a cheaper manufacturing option, I looked around YouTube for how people made their models before the days of 3D printing. I came across a video, which you can search for under ‘Iron Man Helmet Build’, that basically walks you through how to make a high quality prop model. The basics steps…
Immersion Wheel Progress Update
I wasn’t impressed with the moire effect produced by two perforated steel plates. Even after painting them with vibrant colors, they had a dark heavy look to them. So I’ve pivoted toward acrylic to allow more creative freedom in etching a specific motif. I’ve been working on a design that is a hybrid of sacred…
Progress Update
This week I managed to successfully filter input audio using the MSGEQ7 IC. This chip allows you to input the audio signal, and it will assign a value between 0 and 1023 for each filter range: 63Hz, 160Hz, 400Hz, 1kHz, 2.5kHz, 6.25kHz and 16kHz. After some frustrations (poor data sheet and a few mistakes while…
Progress Report March 17
I am still in the part acquisition phase and planning for manufacturing phase of my project. So far I have acquired the tubeset that I will use, and the fitting lugs, I still need drop-outs, braze paste, and paint but those should arrive soon. I plan to begin cutting the tubeset.
Infinity mirror project progress
Since the frame material just arrived on this Tuesday and I got three midterms this week, so I didn’t do a lot this week. I will try my best to achieve the goal I set on my timeline from last week ‘s post for this spring break. I will update more progress on next progress report.
Bladeless Fan Progress
I have made a bit of progress on my project, but I do feel I am falling behind a bit. I will spend a lot of time over spring break so that I can catch up. So far I have sourced the components I am going to use for my project. I have sketched up…
Personal Tattoo Machine – Project Progress
My project’s timeline has shifted a bit, as I knew it inevitably would. These last couple weeks have been exceptionally busy, and I haven’t had much time to devote to my project, other than to research parts for purchase and to brainstorm designs for my future prototypes. I am planning to make substantial progress on…
99% Invisible – A Podcast About Design
I’ve been listening to this podcast for a while now, and it has quickly become one of my all-time favorites. If you love podcasts, design, history, interesting stories, or just some strange amalgam of them all, then you’ll love 99% Invisible. Recommended Episodes: – Episode 110: Structural Integrity – Episode 114: Ten Thousand Years –…
Brittany Warly project update
My original idea was to make a fiber optic chandelier, but it turns out that my design is starting to look more like a jellyfish, so I have decided to turn it into a fiber optic jellyfish. I have finished assembling all of the main components of the project. I went in and saw Tim…
20 Pictionary
I wanted to give the opportunity to practice sketching concepts, so we played a home-made version of Pictionary in class. We had four teams of 3-4 students each (this was the Friday before Spring Break, after all). At first I used a ‘medium’ difficulty wordlist from the Game Girl. The artist from each team came…
Nick’s Timeline Update
I am currently finishing up designing all of the individual mechanical components that will go into my surreal stirling engine. That should be done by this Friday, so I can 3D print and test the parts over break. Also over break, I will plan out how I will make the whale. The dimensions obviously rely on the…
The Pearl Street Progress
Unfortunately this week I have been bogged down with another studio project and had limited time to work on my Pearl Street design. I have made some progress though in designing the buildings via Sketchup and preparing them to be 3D printed. I have decided on using translucent filament for my 3D buildings and believe…
Desk Garden Update 3/17
I now have a pretty solid idea of what I want this thing to look like! I haven’t had time to do any CAD (surprise surprise…), but I’m planning on doing that soon. I’ve got the electronics, and I played around with some of the LEDs and the RedBoard (basically an Arduino Uno). Turns out…
Alcohol Stove Update 3/16/16
So far, I have gathered most of the necessary materials and made the first basic  prototype stove. The prototype is very crude and has made it clear that in order to produce an excellent stove very high precision is key. I plan on making a few more prototypes to really get a feel for how…
Longboard progress
I am clear now on what I am designing with the board. The focus is on the deck, and I need to track down the wood. I still can’t find Canadian hard rock maple locally, I may have to special order it or consider other types of wood. Â I have looked into grip tape (which…
MIDI Drum Pad – Update 3/16/16
This inspiration for my project was the Rock Band drum set. Â I read that these drum sets can be used for a bunch of different projects pretty easily, and have quite a few decent piezoelectric sensors inside. Â So, to start off, I disassembled the drum set to see what all was inside. The…
Desktop Radial Engine Updates
I’ve been steadily plotting away on my little engine. I currently have 28 parts done. Cameron, in the machine shop will be making my master cylinder on the cnc milling center tomorrow. The bronze for the pistons will arrive Friday along with the 100 bolts the assembly will require and the tubing for the air…
Useless Box Progress (Design Fabrication Timeline)
So far on this project, I am on pace to finish at the same time as I originally planned to. However, from class I discovered that I should most likely finish much faster than I had planned and should be farther ahead than I am right now. Currently, I have not physically made any completed…
Rena Project Updates
As for my update for this week, I will be going over my revised timeline in summary. I will be going for an aggressive schedule starting this Friday. My plan is to compress about 3-4 weeks of work all into Spring Break. This means purchasing all of the remaining materials, detaching the existing umbrella fabric,…
Mechanical Jewelry Project Update
As I continue with the project, I was originally playing around with the idea of using existing, recycled gears. After spending several hours at the local McGuckins, I discovered that the size of gears I want are mostly found in only plastic. I want to use recycled gears, but I am afraid of the potential…
Mechanical Clock – Update 3/16
This week I made significant progress with the mechanical assembly of the clock. Using an online gear maker I’ve begun prototyping the gears. This coming weekend, I’ll have the entire prototype assembly built. That will allow me to test the mechanism before I begin the final assembly with wooden laser cut gears and an aesthetic…
Badran: Sand Picture 16th of March Update
I think I am off to a good start on my project. Since my design review presentation I have followed the schedule as much as I could. Even thought I am not as far as I want to be, but I feel that I am getting promising results with all of my tests and prototypes.…
Wine Knife Progress
Busy week, machined three parts so far, four if you count the failed aluminum spring bent during milling. Surprisingly the parts which I though were tiny are good sized by a machinist point of view. I was able to save some money as a few remnant aluminum pieces became available that were big enough to use for the tooth, bottle opener,…
Macro Music Box Update 3/16
I now have everything I need for successful completion of this project. I’ve been buying (and returning) lots of random components but now have all the parts I need. I’d found a large variety of different colored bike chain and bought many different ones to see which one fits my aesthetic best, and I’ve decided…
Backlight Panorama Progress (Week of 3/14/16)
As far as progress on this project, I’m definitely not as far along my timeline as I would like. My goal is to make up that lost time over Spring Break. I’ve purchased the LED panel and have wired it up so that I have the system working. I found an old laptop case in…
Barn Door Update
I have made some progress taking the pallets apart and laying out the wood slats in a pattern that I like. I have become a bit concerned that the big, solid wood door will make the already small space seem even more confining. My original idea had been to incorporate some stained glass or something…
Project Update – Immersion Wheel
The two steel plates have been cut into circles that are just about identical in size and center. Each has an inch wide band of steel welded around the circumference, which serves as a frame. The frame both protects the user’s hand from the otherwise sharp perforated edge of the plates, and a handle to…
Cafe Racer Update
So far my cafe racer project is off to a good start. I have completely stripped the bike including the electrical system. Since the above picture was taken, I have also taken off the carbs, stock airbox, and hack-sawed part the back frame off. I also bought some sweet renthal ultralow handle bars and placed…
Project Update: Lugged Carbon Frame
Practical Aspects A lot has changed. I learned a lot very quickly, and could no longer justify strict adherence to my original plan. It would be chasing the wrong goals. My original schedule (dates mark completion): 3/6 Mold (70%) 3/13 Composite Testing (started) 3/20 Geometry finalization (DONE!) 3/21 start carbon fiber (plans drawn, waiting on…
19 Bauhaus and Beyond
Today we finished discussing the timeline of 29th century design movements. Everything changed around 1920; Modernism rose with it’s ‘less is more’ austere designs, lacking in ornamentation and cultural references. Now we live in the Post-Modern era, where the value of symbols in ornamentation is more appreciated. I had a lot of fun writing these…
Lazy Susan Kitchen Device (LSKD) Update 3/16/2016
There have been 7 iterations of my design thus far: Â Iteration 1: The initial design combined the functions of both a spice rack and paper towel holder. I wanted the user to be able to spin the spice rack so that they could reach any spices on the rack without moving it. So a…
LED Orb Update 1
I’ve spent the last few weeks tinkering with Arduino code and discussing the project with others to get ideas. Â I got some code to work that uses a potentiometer to change the brightness of the LEDs and another potentiometer to control the flash rate of the LEDs, but not in the same script. Â I talked…
Design and Fabrication Timeline
Final Design I developed a final design for the information display by proportioning the display window to fit two LCD displays. Additionally, I added another element to the side, which will light up in orange LED. This was done after receiving feedback to include more features to the previously more simple design. I really like…
The Illusionist Locket – CAD
Hey all! So  over the past while, I have been working on making the CAD of this project (for those non-engineering folk, CAD stands for Computer Aided Design). This was not super easy, but I’ve recently had a lot of time on airplanes and in airports so making this has been not too hard. Below…
Project UPDATE: Glass Writing Boards – March 16th
Here are updates on my project since my design review (link). What may be most helpful is my list of refined questions and things to focus on. I gained a lot of insight when I finally talked with Charles who owns and runs Boulder Glass (he is a great guy and really giving of his…
Anfal’s project progress
Designs by on day 2 of Graduate Fashion Week at The Old Truman Brewery on May 31, 2015 in London, England. Hello! New Project So, I’ve changed my project entirely and have decided to make a smart garment instead, also known as e-textile. In search for materials and ideas for my old project I…
Infinity Mirror Clock project update 1
So far I have about 80% of the project done. Â The mirrors work so well when they are turned on and definitely create the desired infinity effect! Â The big things I need to figure out are how to 1, get the clock to be more apparent when the LEDs are off, 2, wire the LED…
Project Update 3/16 | Peter
I haven’t had much time in the past week to work on physically progressing my project much farther. I have put a decent amount of time into trying to source magnets from a cheap and reliable source. In sourcing the magnets, I believe that I can get all of my magnets for under $25 which…
Progress
My bicycling chariot progress has taken a few steps forward and back lately. I have finalized the design, geometry, aesthetic, and components. However, I have been practicing my welds for a couple weeks and unfortunately it has been difficult to not blow through tubing using MIG and the wall thickness I desire. This has caused…
Sami’s Schedule and Progress Update
There has been quite a lot of progress to my project since I last posted on it. My LED light strand finally came in and it works great! The system I purchased has a wireless controller with over 20 color options which should provide a good interactive element to the project. I also found out…
Mechanical Buffalo Update
“Ralphie I” was just a simple snap fit box. See:Â http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1384028 “Ralphie II” is a snap fit box with four movable legs. “Ralphie III” will integrate the mechanism that moves the legs. The internal ends of each leg will be modified to incorporate this mechanism. *** Solidworks Ralphie II: Printed Ralphie II: Gold PLA print at…
Project and Schedule Udpate
My levitation audio visualizer is off to a good start. I have created a detailed BOM for the build, and I have ordered/received the parts required to prototype and functionally development one column. The remaining items to be purchased are only the ones that will be needed during the assembly of the final unit. As things are still in flux,…
Brendan’s Project timeline
Currently, I am still working on the Solidworks model. Once this is done and I receive training on how to weld, I should be good to go to start the project. 3/16 – MIG Welding Workshop 3/16-3/18 – Consult colleagues about desired type of welding (MIG, TIG, etc.). If TIG is desirable, I’ll sign up…
Timeline
Here is my scheduled timeline for my wind turbine project. 3/29 – Have all components ordered / bought 4/1 – Have all components in hand 4/6 – Construct propellor assembly, create wind vane 4/8 – Attach blades to motor shaft with arbor 4/11 – Create mounting tower (reduced size for presentation purposes) 4/13 – Troubleshoot…
18th lecture: 20th Century Timeline
Our current aesthetics are the culmination of influences stretching back to the beginning of the Industrial Revolution and beyond. Today we talked about economic, political and artistic influences from 1880 to 1930, when big changes happened. Full lecture notes:18 20th Century Timeline
Marble Music Machine
I ran across this video and thought it was worth sharing. I think it is an amazing intersection of engineering and art. Enjoy! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q&w=560&h=315]
Personal Tattoo Machine – Top 5 Constraints
The cam which translates the rotational motion of the DC motor to translational motion of the needle is the most critical component of my project. I plan to make several prototypes of the cam to test the varying travel of the needle. This is important because if there is too much travel on the needle,…
Personal Tattoo Machine
Introduction The sharing of ideas between individuals is a beautiful thing, but it has the potential to be rather difficult. Taking the idea in your head and adequately expressing it in words is the most direct and accessible means of expressing one’s own ideas, but the complexities and finer details of the idea can often…
Nixie Clock | Top 5 Constraints
For reference, here’s a link to my Nixie Clock Design Review! Â Time Like everyone, this is probably the most substantial. We’re in the middle of capstone final project deadlines, so juggling the two is going to need to be a constant thought! Wood Selection This is my “Known Unknown” right now- I have a general…
17 Geometric Aesthetics
Today: Full notes here:17 Geometric Aesthetics All designers carry a sketchbook New TA starting next week: Thomas Problems posting video? Post to YouTube, then insert link. Clay workshop from Bernt Savig, local sculptor and art instructor. $20 per person in materials, modeling clay, armatures, tools. Options. Start with an Most Popular; I’ll arrange this for…
16 Anthropomorphic Aesthetics
Today:Â Full lecture notes: 16 Anthropomorphic Aesthetics Part 1, 16 Anthropomorphic Aesthetics Part 2 Last Presentations Shawn Sprinkle + ? Universal Principles of Design General Aesthetics 20 Aesthetic-Usability Effect Anthropomorphic Aesthetics 26 Anthropomorphic Form 34 Baby-Face Bias 242 Uncanny Valley 240 Top-Down Lighting Bias Included in notes, but not covered in lecture Face-Ism Ratio Waist-to-Hip…
Locket Constraints
Personal Time I don’t have very limited time to work on this and having to sand individual parts will be very time consuming. I need parts that fit together but I don’t want to spend time sanding a bunch of parts that break. I will have to balance making the part good enough to work…
Shen’s top 5 constraints
3D printer availability. My frames are depended on the 3D printers. So far the 3D printer availability is not bad in the ITLL. Shipping time. Many of the cheap parts on eBay are shipped from China, this can take half a month. Coding skills. In order to display the graphics on the TFTs, I need…
Brendan’s top 5 constraints
Here is a link to my design review for reference: https://www.aesdes.org/2016/03/01/design-review-report-swing-bike/ Due to my unique situation, time and resource wise I actually don’t have a lot of constraints on my project. Since I have a number of places and connections for welding (friends, coworkers, being able to use welding equipment off campus, etc.) I have…
Bladeless Fan 5 Constraints
Creating a handheld fan is no easy task. Add to that, the fan bladeless and even more challenges pop up. For this post I am focusing on the top 5 design constraints from a manufacturing, usability, and aesthetics standpoint. Making the product printable. Without the resources for molding, and the complex shapes that this project…
Yusen’s top five constraint
There are some constraints in my project that I originally neglected. Machine shop availability. I went to fleming to reserve the mill machine and the schedule looks pretty busy. Time. I tried to begin the soldering this week. And the process took me much longer time than expected. Shipping time. The shipping time is delayed…
Rankin Top 5 Constraints
For this project, I have a lot to get done- I need to create the designs, build an interactive circuit, construct a couple of huge boxes, weave a bunch of branches together and then move it all to campus. Here are what I can see being my top 5 contraints/challenges to overcome. Time. With the…
Matt’s Constraints
My project is on the surface fairly straightforward (in my mind at least), although there are definitely some hurdles that I will need to overcome in order to get this finished on time. Quantity of Keys: I have a lot of single string assemblies to make and tune, around 30-40 of them (depending on which…
Jake’s Top Five Constraints
After spending some more time on this project, some more constraints have arisen that I did not see in the beginning. My top five constraints are: The pitch – getting the diameter and lengths of the tubes right so that the chimes actually sound good. Â There are some equations for this but it may take…
