benny's world

 Sally, Mercedes, and I decided to design and create a character hat from a known anime show called One Piece. The hat belongs to a character named 'Ace'. Above is the completed laser cut paper hat that we glued and folded to perfection.  This was a challenging and fun project. 10/10 would do something like this again!

  After playing around with different ideas regarding a more natural drip aesthetic - While these designs were cool, I couldn't seem to find/ create one that I really liked the look of. I also struggled with screw placement and how I might fasten the natural design to the wall. I decided to go with a more conservative design as it's visually appealing to me, especially once screwed to the wall. At some point I'd like to figure out and design a more realistic drip design that I actually like, but at this point I am happy with how this came out.

I decided to pick one of the "Drip" concepts as my coat hook.  This sketch was one of the highest rated and arguably my favourite. I created a rough model of this concept in Rhino and I'm liking the idea even more. I believe this hook meets all the criteria - taking a creative approach to a simple but aesthetic and user friendly idea. 

My rough concepts for an ideal coat hook.   1. & 2. Drips - These hooks would be fastened to the wall with screws. Although simple, this design is one of my favourites.  3. BEN Hook - This hook would also be fastened to the wall with screws. I think this would look cool on the wall as well as fairly easy to print. 4. Hand Hook - This idea would be the coolest to create, however, the hardest. This would be attached via French cleat.  5. Gun Hook - Not the greatest looking design but with some adjustments/details I believe it would look great on the wall. This would fastened with screws.  6. Kaws Clown Hook - Another design on the more simple side of the bunch. The knob to hang a coat would be the nose. This would be attached to the wall via French cleat.   

 I decided to pick this model as my print as it's abstract yet symmetrical.  The top & bottom are both covered but the inside is hollow.  The settings for this print are in the above images. Using a 3mm brim for support. 

I used cylinders twisting two separate ways for this one. This one is made from "L" shapes rotated, tapered, and twisted. This was made by bending & duplicating.                                   Created by placing many cylinders, followed by twisting tf out of them.                                           All made of cones stacked on top of each other. I used walls & a LOT of commands. (almost broke my macbook)