Nico DeLuca-Verley and Blake Stephenson: Week 10 Kite

     Our Delta kite was designed to include pieces of the flags from our home state. On the left wing, the kite is decorated with 11 stars. Since Nico is from Rhode Island, the right side of the flag includes an anchor and a little flag at the bottom that says hope on it. Blake is from North Carolina so the right side includes a large N and C that lay beside the anchor. The color scheme we used includes the all American red, white, and blue. Then the panels include a golden yellow, black, white, and a lighter blue as well. 

     Our kite was assembled by the instructions that professor Scott sent to us.

     The materials we used were...

Nico DeLuca-Verley: Week 7 Dubai Lamp

 Ghosted and Parent Shape

 Material Selection

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Light On

     The inspiration for my lamp came from a building in Dubai, Saudi Arabia. The building is called the Burj Al Arab and is a hotel that is on its own island a couple hundred feet from shore. It was originally designed to resemble the abstract shape a sailboat makes when fully rigged. This lamp represents that same idea and has a rounded base and tall sides. The building has a large steel part that rises as a mast up the middle of the building but I have chosen to use a flat plane to do this same action. A flat plane cuts the rounded object up to the top of the piece. The lamp has a rounded shape cut out of the center so that the bulb is easily accessible.

     The actions I used to create parent shape were mainly curve, loft, booleandifference, split, and trim. To make the horizontal cross sections I used the contour action and started half an inch from the bottom and went all the way to the top in two and a half in increments. For the vertical sections I used the section command to create 8 different cross sections of the lamp that were organized in a compass rose fashion. Then I used the script to create the individual cross sections of the lamp two dimensionally. Finally I took the horizontal section that I wanted the light to connect to and created the one inch hole that it would fit the light.

     The materials I used were a walnut for the vertical sections and an ash for the horizontal sections. For the light bulb I used a glass for the outer glass, a light material for the light, and metal for its fittings. Finally, I used a plastic for the chord.

Nico DeLuca-Verley: Week 5 AeroGlass Sunglasses

Isometric Drawing

Orthographic Drawing

Ghosted Image

Material Assignment

Ghosted With Orthographic Drawings

      The intent of my design is based on a combination of ideas from different companies. I liked the way that RayBans fit my face and I liked the style of a lot of the new Toms sunglasses so I decided to used the exact dimensions of my RayBans and combine them with a sleek new design inspired by some Toms sunglasses. I also like the circular lens look and thought it would compliment the design nicely along with some other retro features. For example the wire half circle ear pieces are inspired by some older RayBan glasses.
  
     The commands I used were mainly curve and extrude for most parts. I utilized what we learned in class with the crv2view command and was able to accomplish curving the front part of my sunglasses. I also used booleandifference, extrude, filletedge, pipe, sphere, split, and blend. I was able to fix some naked edges using the join edges tool as well.

     The materials I used were mainly grouped into three different parts. Although I changed some colors in some of the renderings, I stuck to the materials. For the lenses I used glass. For the bodies and the nose rests, I mainly stuck to a clear plastic, but for the eyeglasses on the far left on one rendering I used an aluminum. For the wires, hinges, and screws, I stuck to metals that included copper, brass, aluminum, and stainless steel.

Nico DeLuca-Verley: Week 2 Flashlight Sleeve

 Ghosted Image

     My inspiration for my flashlight sleeve came from the design of my bike handle. I liked the way the many small details supplied a nice grip but were comfortable due to the slight inward curve of the handle. I also wanted to include some smoother parts to contrast the complicated handle of the design, so I included the clean double rings at both the bottom and top of the flashlight.
     The commands I mainly used were rotate, revolve, extrudecrv, booleandifference, curveboolean, the F10 control key, cylinder, sphere, split, and trim.
     The materials I used included aluminum for the body that I painted a darker red, glass for the lens, and then a light source for the 9 bulbs in the center.