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Final

Today's class (4/26) is the beginning of your two week final 'project of choice'. Please begin work on this project during class if not meeting with me directly. This project is half due in one week on May 3rd and entirely due for our last class on May 10th. 

On May 10th each of you will need to give a short presentation covering three projects from your work in this course over the semester. One of these projects must be the final project of choice. Please create a PDF, slide show etc. of your presentation that you will present with. I do not want to see you scrolling your page on our site as a method of presenting your work. 

I will meet with each of you individually during class to check for any missing work to date and to also discuss what you'd like to do for the final. Some ideas are to pick a topic centered around your dream job as a product designer. Or use any topic of interest that relates to 3D modeling, rendering, simulation etc. that I can help  guide you in. Some students will also use the skills they are learning in this class to help complete projects in other courses. I am open to that option if the amount of work matches the timeframe. 

As always Upload rendered images of your design to your page and upload your 3D files to a shared Google Drive folder linked to from your page. 


Kick it

Your task this week is to design, model and render a footwear concept of your choosing. In class we'll model a sneaker form using a hybrid NURBS and SubD workflow. Techniques learned in previous lessons will be leveraged and combined. 

Upload rendered images of your designs to your page for next week and upload your 3D file to a shared Google Drive folder linked to from your page. 


Beats by You

This week you'll be designing, modeling and rendering a headphone design inspired by a specific musical artist, album or song. In class we'll explore hybrid modeling approaches starting with SubD surfaces and detailing after conversion to NURBS polysrfs. Decals, custom texture mapping and alpha channels will also be discussed and shown. 

As always Upload rendered images of your design to your page and upload your 3D files to a shared Google Drive folder linked to from your page. 


Light it up

This week your assignment is to design a lighting product. We'll use solid modeling, deformation tools and emission materials for the demo in class. Let your design light shine!

Upload rendered images of your designs to your page for next week and upload your 3D file to a shared Google Drive folder linked to from your page. 


Midterm

Today's class (3/22) is the beginning of your two week midterm 'project of choice'. Please begin work on this project during class if not meeting with me directly. This project is due on your class pages April 5th. 

I will meet with each of you individually during class to check for any missing work to date and to also discuss what you'd like to do for the midterm. Some ideas are to pick a topic centered around your dream job as a product designer. Or use any topic of interest that relates to 3D modeling, rendering, simulation etc. that I can help  guide you in. Some students will also use the skills they are learning in this class to help complete projects in other courses. I am open to that option if the amount of work matches the timeframe. 

As always Upload rendered images of your design to your page and upload your 3D files to a shared Google Drive folder linked to from your page. 


Jump like a Grasshopper

This week you'll be using Grasshopper which is a node based algorithmic modeling interface within Rhino. We'll play with making patterns for bracelet designs in class using distance logic, image based form finding and voxel geometry for closed printable solid meshes. Design several bracelets of your own over the coming week and  Extra credit if you 3D print any of your designs for next week!

Upload rendered images of your designs to your page for next week and upload your 3D file to a shared Google Drive folder linked to from your page. 


Le What?

This week your assignment is to design, model and render a product for the brand Le Creuset https://www.lecreuset.com/ . In class we'll look at their classic Dutch oven design paying close attention to the brand language. We'll also work with mesh displacement from image maps for modeling more realistic food quickly.   

Upload rendered images of your designs to your page for next week and upload your 3D file to a shared Google Drive folder linked to from your page. 


Let it flow~~~

This week your task is to design, model and render a product with flowing liquid. Refer to the Helpful Stuff folder on our site for a video refresh of what was covered in class. 

Upload rendered images of your designs to your page for next week and upload your 3D file to a shared Google Drive folder linked to from your page. 


Furniture

This week you'll have two models to complete and render. The first is a copy of an Eames molded plywood chair that we will do together in class. The second model can be any famous furniture design of your choosing. The site https://www.dwr.com/ is a great resource for picking the second half of this weeks assignment. Refer to the Helpful Stuff folder on our site for a video refresh of what was covered in class. 

Upload rendered images of your designs to your page for next week and upload your 3D file to a shared Google Drive folder linked to from your page. 


Glasses

This week your task is to design, model and render a family of three drinking glasses. Refer to the Helpful Stuff folder on our site for a video refresh of what was covered in class. 

Upload rendered images of your designs to your page for next week and upload your 3D file to a shared Google Drive folder linked to from your page.