Vitaliy Pankov: Week 10 Shoe

This has been the most exciting, yet the most tedious project since the beginning of the class. I enjoyed working on it and I wish I had more time to perfect it. My main goal was to keep all the geometry clean and smooth. I started out with a side-view sketch which I then imported to Rhino using PictureFrame command. Once it was there, I began constructing the main shape. It took some time to make it look exactly how I wanted. Once it was done, I started building the sole. Command such as "Curve From Two Views" was extremely useful. it helped me construct all major surfaces. Loft command was used to to construct shoe laces. Overall, I am satisfied with the result because it ended up looking very similar to my initial sketch. I would have definitely done more to this project if I had more time.

Vitaliy Pankov: Week 9 Lamp

When designing this lamp, I was being inspired by simple, organic forms, such as honeycomb and pine cone. I always like their patterning and wanted to achieve something similar with my lamp design. I purposely made my lamp dense in order to conceal the presence of the light bulb inside. My goal is to find a non-flammable material that could go inside and cover the inner walls of the lamp.

Vitaliy Pankov: Week 8 Tubular Chair

For this assignment I created several different chair models. In all three of them I tried to capture minimalistic style which is common for a modern interior decor. I used images of kitchen and living room interiors as a background for some of my renderings. I believe that the biggest challenge of this assignment was to keep the design simple, yet fresh and elegant.

 

Vitaliy Pankov: Week 7 Sunglasses

When I first started working on this project, my initial design was completely different. It seemed somewhat sloppy and amateur to me, so I decided to revise it completely. After producing several different design variations, I picked a photo of a male model off the internet, imported it into Photoshop and sketched a few more ideas. Out of those I then picked my final design. I sketched all three orthographic views in Photoshop and then, using "Path" tool, created clean and smooth curves on top of my original drawing. That helped me achieve clean working environment in Rhino afterwards. As you can see on the renderings, the sunglasses have the logo of my initials engraved on the sides. I came up with this logo a few years back and thought it would be great to use it in this project. I would not consider my sunglasses "aviator" style even though they do bear certain resemblance. Instead, the shape is inspired by the wings of a butterfly. 

Vitaliy Pankov: Week 6 Ring

I have designed two engagement rings: one for a male, and another for a female. Both share similar structure, materials, and are decorated with ornaments that flow along the diameter. I have tried to utilize as many techniques that we have learnt in this class so far as possible. While building those models, I also paid close attention to the smoothness of the surfaces and used Zebra tool to evaluate all major surfaces. I wish I knew more about Rhino so that I can push the envelope even farther, yet, I am still satisfied with the result. I created different renderings with rings placed into different environments. In some of them I was trying to deliver the idea of so-called "teaser" shots.

Vitaliy Pankov: Week 3 Mouse

I have created a wireless computer mouse with slight variation in the the buttons. This mouse is offered in wide variety of colors.