Kathrine Clark: Week 5 Sunglasses

 

Week 5 Project

Sunglasses

This project was an awesome challenge. Working with a design that was not mine proved to be quite a learning experience. Trying to envision the structural design protocol was tricky so I worked with Brendand Faulkner and we helped each other with many of the basic commands that we learned thus far. Ultimately Uriel Brown’s sketch was brought to life.

In order to flesh out the original drawing, I used surfaced curves and made solids. It made it much easier to join and fillet. The bitmap command was helpful in recreating Uriel’s product design. Incorporating the ortho’s was a multilayered back and forth process that was repeated many times before it was done with ease.

Since the lens shape reminded me of goggles, I thought to combine a sunglass style with a google appearance; the result is the Pyramid Sun Goggle. The lens colours were selected specifically for snow sports to reflect the sun. The frame and arms complement each other as well as the lenses for the winter athlete.