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,…

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…

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…

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.…

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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…

The video of my presentation can be seen above.

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.

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…

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…

Video Link:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EfArAceUPk

My presentation video can be seen here!   https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3PYkaDeD-Z6eWxkWVB2aU4zNG8    

Laser Cut and Etched Nightstand

Hi. I’ll try to collect all of the end-of-semester details here, in rough chronological order.   Make a post for Monday 4/24 with your project name as the title. This will be a placeholder for your presentation video only, so your pod can comment on your presentation regardless of the state of your final blog…

Today we finished our discussion of contemporary designers by looking at Steve Jobs and Jonny Ive, and their shared design philosophy. Then we broke into groups to sift through a variety of design competitions, looking at the winners. 31 Design Awards

This post serves as a place to store comments about the Rick Totem presentation, which can be found in the video below.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb2I-NXqB9Y

We are all done with sketching instruction. Now it’s up to you. Notice what you are seeing around you, and practice! Today we looked at the work of Zaha Hadid (‘Queen of Curves’), Horacio Pagani and Steve Jobs. In Jobs’ case we were able to talk about early influences and how they were expressed as…

Today we looked at how to represent metal in sketches; neutral, desaturated colors and fake reflections, suggesting a photography studio environment. We also looked at the work of a range of current designers: Martha Stewart – what is unique about her work? Organized clutter! Karim Rashid’s biomorphic shapes Ross Lovegrove: Captain Organic. Rejects biomorphism/blobism/consumerism, but…

Today we looked at how to represent glass in sketches; show something inside the glass, show its refractive effect, its shadow and glossy surface. Then we started discussing current designers; who comes to mind. Just a few from students: Martha Stewart Dyson Apple; Jonny Ive Elon Musk David Kelly IDEO/Stanford D-school Martha Stewart and Jonny…