Final Report pt 2: Arcade

Now that I have this fun desktop accessory that captures the feel of an old arcade, why did I do it? What is next for it? The inspiration of this project came from a love of arcade games. Playing things like Pac-Man and Galaga has always been something that I have enjoyed. The unique style…

Final Report Part 2

This semester was mostly focused on my senior design however I enjoyed spending time working on my aesthetics project. Aesthetics of Design helped give me new inspirations for sketching and implementing aesthetics into designs. I enjoyed creating my upcycle project and using blue plastic to represent the ocean. I’ve found an interest in creating art…

Final Report: Kinetic Sculpture pt. 2

Looking at my initial sketches, I’d say the final sculpture stays true to their intentions, while being a bit more sophisticated than what I had first envisioned. My aesthetic was fairly locked-in based on my components, so it would be difficult to stray from the Chinese New Year look I was aiming for. As far…

Final Project Report (P2): Dehydrator

  Notice, all images included are of the pieced dehydrator due to the original dehydrator breaking into multiple pieces. What was your aesthetic, and how well did you achieve it? Art Nouveau and personal aesthetic Symmetric shapes Could not get a metallic finish which makes the dehydrator standout to other appliances in the kitchen  …

Final Project Report 2

This year has taught me many things about the intersection of design and engineering. As an engineer, design often gets put in the background of many of the projects that I complete. A great example of this is my senior design project. This project is a gantry system that detects weld completeness in medical devices.…

Final Presentation

I built a bass amp. Two, actually. One is 50 watts with a 10-inch speaker and one is 200 watts with a 15-inch speaker. More accurately, I built the cabinets for two combo bass amps. I gutted a prior pair of amps that I owned before this project commenced. The 50-watt sits atop the 200-watt.…

Final Project Report – Part 2

Why and What Next? Reflection on the semester. Compare your original project intent to what you ended up with. What did you learn from your project, and from the class? What will you do next with the project? What do you wish you had done differently? I ended up making a sharp pivot on my…

Chinese Garden Fountain: Why & What’s Next?

Original project intent: I initially intended to have architecture incorporated into my design. I wanted to make a structure from small wooden sticks. I decided against this because I wouldn’t be able to capture the complex detail of the structure. I would rather forgo something than to completely butcher the execution in this case. I…

Final Report Part 2: Smart Mirror

What was your aesthetic, and how well did you achieve it? For my final aesthetics project, I applied a 1990’s theme to a smart mirror. I was going for a sporadic and random vibe from this piece. The outside and inside edges of the triangle both fall on ellipses, so while it appears random there…

Final Report Part 2: Infinity Mirror Clock

My aesthetic was supposed to take on a contemporary design. I wanted it to have a mixture of futurism, surrealism, and modernism designs. The frame was meant to be modernistic in that it s squared, using straight lines and no extra artistic components. I planned for the wood to be stained a dark color and…

20th Century Design

I am making a guillotine vegetable chopper with the French Patriotic aesthetic. This contrasts highly with many of the design movements of the 20th century. For example, the Futurism movement had to do with sleek curves and round looking designs, similar to the space age aesthetic of the 1960s. My guillotine will have sharp, defined…

Main Project Report Part 2: Shadow Art

What was your aesthetic, and how well did you achieve it? Dark, creepy, gore aesthetic Arabic calligraphy Similarities combine: sharp unexpected edges that vary in width. Excessive use of black and dark colors I chose to use the double-sided acrylic that provides brushed silver on black so that I can have light reflect on the…

Shut-Box

Next, I would like to add numbers to the opposite side of the tokens. I want to recut a few of the tokens so they don’t brush up against one another. Lastly, I want  to re-glue down the cork with wood glue to remove the air pockets. My project looks like my original intent besides…

Final Project Post 1 – Tudor Style Lock Box

What and How. https://vimeo.com/333693218 I designed a lock box based off of an old lock box that I already have. I have always been fascinated with its design and curious about how precise one would need to be in order to function properly. Details The box functions in multiple stages. First, the front bottom piece…

Final Report Part 1: Jaguar

For my Final Design Project I decided to recreate a design that I was fairly familiar with while working as a Mechanical Engineering Intern for Comcast last summer. One of the projects that I worked on while there was a device that had a very modern/futuristic aesthetic and worked as a voice activated speaker/voice assistant.…

Main Project Final Report Part 1: Shi-Shi Odoshi

What and Why? For my final project, I chose to make a miniature Shi-Shi Odoshi, which is a Japanese water fountain. Historically, it is used as a scarecrow in Japanese gardens to keep animals from destroying and eating the plants. My main motivation for choosing this was the fact that I have always been a…

Final Report Part 1: Camping Light – Peilin Yang

Dou Gong- Chinese-Brackets style Camping Light Inspiration: Dated back to nine years ago, 2010 EXPO was hold in my home town Shanghai. It’s an impressive and unforgettable memory for me when I was teenager. The China pavilion, colloquially known as the Oriental Crown, was the largest national pavilion at the Shanghai Expo . The architectonic feature of…

Shut-Box

Final Design Presentation https://youtu.be/UnJwwQhmF9E Below are some images of my final project:     Description: The objective of the game is two roll two dice and sum that total. Flip the tokens up that sum to this number and those tokens can no longer be used. Try to have all tokens flipped up. Aesthetic: “I…

Final Report Part 1: Makeup Organizer

For my final project, I made a magnetic makeup organizer. I was inspired by neon signs and the high-tech aesthetic. I wanted to make something that I would be able to use, but really focused on how it looked before functionality. I previously debated different neon signs, but chose the hello one showed below and…

Main Project Report 1: Bauhaus Shelf

My final project’s vision was to create a shelf that had a terrarium inside of it with a bauhaus aesthetic. First, I found a bauhaus design that I wanted to base my shelf off of. Initially the shelf had a circular shape but I found that the design and terrarium would work better with a…

Final Project Report Climbing Rope Chair

Here is my final project: a chair made from climbing ropes! I’m really pleased with how it turned out, and it’s actually very comfortable to sit in. the ropes stretch nicely and conform to your body as you sit in it. I’ve left it in the lobby of the Atlas building for the last few…

Final Part I

Hi Class, All of this work had to come to an end at some point, so I thought I would summarize what I have been working on and tell you all a bit about my project. To begin, I went into this class knowing that I wanted to learn more about micro-controllers and how to…

Fish Condo – Main Project Report

The main goal of this project was to create a double fish tank for my two betta fish, Coach and Doug. Betta fish are known as Chinese Fighting fish, and they cannot be held in the same container. Because of this, I wanted to create a single fish tank that could hold both of them…

Main Project Report Part 1 Diver Wall Clock

What and How: My main project for the semester is the diver watch style wall clock. I have been very interested in mechanical watches for a while now and among all the styles of mechanical watches I dig the diver watches the most. Nowadays the watch market is not only filled with big name brands…

Final Project Part 1: Wall Clock

What and why? For my Final Project I have decided to do a wall clock. My decision behind it was due to many reasons. First was the feedback I got from the previous project, where i focused too much on the functionality, which ultimately limited my choices in the aesthetics. For this project I wanted…

Final Stretch: Lava Lamp Tap Handle

Unfortunately, I was unable to create a silicone mold for the body of my handle, as the FormLabs printers in the Idea Forge were all out of order when I went to get my mold positive printed.  However, I did have some transparent PETG – a 3D printer filament that is stronger than typical PLA…

Fiber Optic Clock: What and How

For my main project, I designed and built a digital clock where the letters were created using fiber optic cabled inlaid into black epoxy resin. The purpose of this was to create the illusion of the numbers being like constellations in the night sky. Additionally, I chose to apply the aesthetic of Italian Futurism to…

Final Report Part 1

Final Project Inspiration I cannot pinpoint a single moment that gave me the inspiration to create my vegetable chopper guillotine. However, the inspiration for my creation can be credited to my love of history and possibly affected by my recent trip to New York in which I saw several pieces of art and sculptures at…

Final Report Part 1

For my aesthetics project I focused on improving the functionality of a chair. I purchased a tall chair from a thrift store and improved the interior space of the chair to utilize storage. I purchased multiple drawers and implemented them into  the overall design. This project was mainly completed using my woodworking experience. Special thanks…

Radio Project Report – Part I

I started working on cars years before I was able to drive. My first project was the restoration of a 1971 Jeepster Commando. I have had several automotive projects since then, of varying levels of magnitude. One of my current projects is a 1970 Chevrolet El Camino. When I got the vehicle it was missing…

Final Report pt 1: Arcade

[1] This project started with memories of arcade games, the lights, the music, and the joy that has come from experiencing a classic arcade. The idea was to capture these memories in a desktop sized piece. This pointed to the plan to create a scaled down arcade machine, that somehow encapsulated the aesthetic of an…

Final Report Part 1- Candle

This project was inspired by my daily use of candles. I decided to make my own candles so I can be able to have different designs and smells along with cheaper prices. I started by going online and searching for different methods to create different designs of candles. Once I mastered the method, I went…

Final Report: Kinetic Sculpture pt. 1

With my final project I set out to design a kinetic sculpture in the vein of the works of Alexander Calder. Early in the process, I settled on a Chinese New Year aesthetic, planning to utilize various artifacts associated with the holiday as my ornaments. My initial sketches pushed me towards a hanging mobile structure.…

Final Report Part 1: Infinity Mirror Clock

For my project, I made an infinity mirror clock that uses LEDs. The way it works is quite simple. AN LED strip is programmed to display time and is placed between a regular mirror and a one-way mirror. This creates an infinity effect and adds a really cool, futuristic aesthetic. I started off with some…

Final Assignments

Hi. I’ll try to collect all of the end-of-semester details here, in rough chronological order.   Make a post for Monday 4/22 with your project name and your name as the title. This will be a placeholder  so your pod can comment on your presentation regardless of the state of your final blog posts or…

Chinese Garden Fountain: Final Presentation

For my final project, I made a table top fountain with a Chinese garden aesthetic. Inspiration: The project required a specific aesthetic and a dynamic element. To start the process of brainstorming, I thought about the artifact first. I’ve always been a big fan of table top fountains. I was planning on buying myself one…

Final Project Part 1: iPad Smart Mirror

For my final project, I created a hand held smart mirror using an old iPad 2. My inspiration for this project came from seeing smart mirror type devices in science fiction movies and shows. I researched previously made smart mirrors online and found some good examples that helped me with my project. However, I was…

Final Project Report Part 1: Vortex Fountain

For my final project I wanted to design something that would be a conversation starter in my office of my new job after college.  After some research and consideration of what I had learned in the class and my previous course with this professor which was flow visualization, I settled on a fountain.  I stumbled…

Disco Light – Final Project Report Part 1

My main goal of this project is to make disco light that cast a good shadow. I purchased an acrylic cube as a base, an acrylic cylinder to put light color filter around the light, and all other electrical parts. Acrylic Cube: $26.99 Acrylic Dome: $16.98 Acrylic Cylinder: $11.99 12 Volt Battery: $3.42 Battery case:…

Main Project Report Part 1: Shadow Art

Presentation Video: <link> Inspiration and Project Idea: For my main project, I would like to create something that explores the contrast between light and shadow. My inspiration came to me when I was trying to fall asleep in a dim candle lighted room, and instead of closing my eyes I was staring at the resulting…

Final Project Report Part 1: String Art

The aesthetic that I attempted to achieve for my project was that of string and flow. I was inspired by how many aesthetics of the modern world have been simplified to a cleaner and sleeker look. I wanted to obtain that sharp yet flowing look for my art piece. Instead of an item I can…

Final Project (P1) – Kinetic Motion

Link to the presentation: Click HERE to Take you to the Presentation Overall description and photos, then details of what you have made: CAD drawings, fabrication description, costs vs budget, etc. All photos below were taken by me. This project started with my inspiration from David C. Roy who creates kinetic sculptures for a living.…

Final Project (Pt1): Floating Faucet

My project idea is a floating faucet fountain, where the water is leaving the faucet with nothing entering it. I have seen photos of similar design ideas but in a larger scale, which drove me to build a small floating faucet fountain that would add to the decoration of my apartment. I started to look…

Final Report Part 1 – What and How

For my final project I made the 50s style coat shown above! Process: Here is my original sketch that I made when I was still unclear what I wanted to make for this final project. Original Sketch After looking at the scene in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel when she wears the coat, I sketched the…

Final Project Report (P1): Dehydrator

For my project I built a food dehydrator. The aesthetic I planned to use was art nouveau which is an art form inspired by natural structures and forms, but in the end decided to add a personal touch to the device. I first planned to use sheet aluminum as the material, but after some research…

Final Presentation logistics

You will have a 15 minute slot for your final presentation. Your content should cover the two written final report blog posts: What and How, Why and What Next? Introduce your project, then present design drawings, budget, and details of the assembly process. Talk about what your original goals were, and what you achieved. YOU…

28 Current Designers

We did sketching of metal, talked about schedule and final assignments, and looked at current designers: Virgil Abloh, Renzo Piano, Martha Stewart, Karim Rashid, Ross Lovegrove and Yves Béhar. 28 Current Designers

Construction Timeline 2019

The timeline for this Aesthetics project can be grouped in the following way:   April 8-10: Finalize Idea/Aesthetic April 12: Order Materials Needed April 14: Create Simple Prototype April 15 – 18: Begin Construction April 19-21: Finalize Construction

Radio Project Status – Final Stretch

For my final project I am building a car radio to be installed in a vintage car dashboard. I do not like the aesthetic of modern radio units, but would like to have such functionality. Like many of my classmates, I am currently behind schedule. I was making progress over spring break, but have since…