Last time we decided to make an individual design. So I made a sofa and a shelf that used a similar design. I used Grasshopper for all of the processes.
For the final shot, I decided to break it down into two parts: shell and light.
I changed the shape because the previous one is too thin to make it, so I adjust the thickness.
" Portable Lantern "
I made a portable lantern for this assignment, which means everyone can easily handle and control the lantern anywhere. Since this lantern can be folded flat in a cylindrical shape, it can be conveniently carried in a bag. The light bulb inside is detachable and can be turned on and off like a flashlight with a switch located at the bottom. When the light is turned on, the overall color of the lantern is brightened by the light. It has a pretty design and can be very useful when camping or traveling with a lightweight. It is about 30-40centimeters long and weighs about 2 kilograms.
- Materials: Stainless, Wood (No heat conduction allowed from a light bulb)- Scale: L 30-40cm- Weight: 1-2kg- Intended location/audience: Traveling, Camping
[FINAL RESOLUTION]
* Pink colored stainless version *
* Wood Version *
[OTHER PERSFECTIVES]
[ACTUAL SCALE]
The animation can This animation easily explains the meaning of "can be folded flat in a cylindrical shape."
[REFERENCES]
My 'Portable Lantern' was inspired by camping/book lanterns, such as the products above.
For this assignment, I choose a Lantern for my parametric furniture. Firstly, I draw a map of the object before using Rhino and Grasshopper. Some key points of this lantern are holes and shape. The shape is like a convex vessel, which can twist since it has soft material. On the inside, there is a normal cylinder-shaped light.
After that, I made a demo version of my furniture by Grasshopper. For the next step, I will put a light into this lantern and work on some details of the object.
I made an animation of the lantern which helps to understand what 'can twist' means of my map of the lantern.
[Animated Object]
What I realized through this assignment is Grasshopper makes it easier to create parametric structure!
Originally I wanted to make an animation of the bloom of flowers, but I thought that is gonna be way too hard for me and I will spend about a month. So I changed my mind to make waves. Firstly, I made a random curve, used the 'random' tool. And I used a lot of the 'move' command to make the length of the object. Finally, I copied+paste the structure and put some different cute colors. Also with the Remap value, make the all movement together! and I really love how the outcome came out.
For the first blog post, I have done Grasshopper tutorials, follow them, and created my own design according to the functions in the tutorials. My goal is to make a unique shape with basic functions in Grasshopper. At the time, I used a rendering tool for the colors, but I would like to try some color functions in Grasshopper next time. The most difficult part was memorizing knowledge of functions. Certainly, Grasshopper thought that it would take longer if he did not understand and memorize the functions, although it could help to create works more easily in Rhino 7. However, I believe that once get used to the Grasshopper, all the functions included in the Rhino 7 will be useful and easy to use using shorter working hours than ever.
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[Castle Project]
[Surface Design Project]
[Reverse Engineered Project]
[Chess Set Project]
[3D-PRINTED CHESS SET]
[Concept]
This is my final concept for this project. The reason that I choose this concept is I want to reverse it to creative and ideal shapes but I also want to keep the SYMBOLIC imagery of each piece.
[6 Different Pieces in a line]
I used my favorite colors; pastel, this is my representative colors among the entire of this course. Similar to the Reverse Engineered project, I choose to not use any shade or darkness on my object because that is more comport to the mood/tone of the LEGO concept. I also tried to make it looks like a 'product design' concept.
[The entire set Mocked up on a chess board]
I challenged two different styles of rendering, another one is the black/white glass. The rendering took about 3hrs 40min, and I really love how they came out after. One thing I want to fix is the shades. It could be more realistic if with some shades on the bottom of the pieces.
[Photo/video documentation of printing process]
I failed twice while I was printing, the first was because I made a mistake with setting before printing. the first time, I printed whole pieces at the same time, but that was not the right choice. I did not check the 'brim', so they were just fell down. So I choose to give them brim to hold the bottom strongly. But the main problem of the second and third was the scale. I divided the number of printing as 3 times, so the scale was not balanced between each other. The last day of finishing my 3D printing was Tuesday, Nov. 30. (it took about 2 hrs ~ 3 hrs for each piece) Anyway, I learned a lot of processes of the 3D printer while those mistakes.
[Final 3D prints]
I really appreciate that I could learn about the 3D printing process while this course. I strongly recommend this course to other students and I believe that I am gonna take 310 class next year.
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I made a new concept for the Chess Set Project. I combined chess pieces, lego, and garden light together. Fitstly, I pointed a symbol of each pieces to recognize, and reverse them to lego shapes. For the body part, I used garden light shapes to look more balanced, but the shapes are still the lego. I would like to put more details when I redndering them after, such as edges and curves.
Basically, the chess set breaks out into 6 parts; pawn, bishop, rook, knight, queen, king. So I brought my concepts which something can be 'growing up'. For thumbnails, I realized the character shapes are a little bit complicated to make a real shape, so I choose 'The Eiffel Tower' for my final selection.
And I break it out into 6 parts and focused on the details of the Eiffel Tower. It looks a little difficult to make in Rhino, so I will simplify the design. However, I will think about more options after, because I believe that gives me more directions to make a unique design.
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