Papercraft Object Initial Progress

To begin my process of modeling an apple I traced out the shape I wanted and then mirrored it for symmetry. Then I copied and rotated the wireframe at the center until I had a 3D wireframe. From there I traced the veritcal lines horitzonally and had an even more detailed wireframe. The image above was my attempt to create an apple with curved lines and using the loft function, then switching between mesh and NURBs to create foldable sections. This resulted in too many pieces for my liking when it unrolled.

Above you can see the more successful more geometric apple, better suited for papercraft. Though there were fewer planes using this approach, I needed to individually create each plane using sweep1 and sweep2. Once I had this outer shell I needed to do even more work to cut into it.

To create this cross section I deleted a quater of the visible planes and drew new lines connecting the top and bottom halves of the apple. When I print it, this section doesnt bend anywhere but the middle and is unwrapped separately.

To create further detail I modeled a simple leaf and stem to scale. Here is the entire unwrapped model from top view:

After printing a small copy of these unwrapped shapes I prototyped the physical object. Aside from the struggle of making an object so small, I was overall satisfied with the shape of the apple. The next step will involve the addition of a stem and leaf on a larger version of this model.

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Papercraft Object Process 2

First I scaled up my apple in Rhino to what I felt was an appropriate size. I’ve decided now that I want to try something larger, but the size I set it to for this prototype was about two inches in diameter. I bought colored card stock and separated each unwrapped layer in order to print. Then I discovered that my printer would not print on card stock and a trip to Staples was just as unsuccessful. So, I didn’t know how to proceed. I decided to just make an accurately scaled prototype of this type, having to try again in color on the next one. I’m still unsure how to approach the differently colored sections. I tried to trace the patterns from plain card stock onto the different colors, but my tracing paper didn’t leave much of a mark and was imprecise. I have to experiment with cutting out individual sections of the apple to attach to the rolled and taped version or finding some way to print on colored card stock. So far I’m mostly satisfied with this prototype...

Objectified Response: Laptop Sketch Model

This sketch model of a laptop was inspired by Apple's Macbook Air, as discussed in Gary Hustwit's documentary Objectified . I enjoyed this section of the film and that it addressed the thoughtless integration of well-designed objects in users' lives. I appreciate pieces of technology that are seamlessly intuitive to use thanks to the hard work of their designers. I wanted to replicate this laptop with the idea in my mind of creating something that feels so natural to a user that it seems "undesigned". I liked copying the simplicity of the Macbook Air, both as someone who prefers products without any unnecessary parts and as a student using Rhino for the first time.

Loft and Sweeping Rail

I loved the exploration of this exercise. I struggled to pick just ten I like so I included 15 of my experiments for this project, even though not all 15 "can hold water". What I struggled with the most was definitely sweeping rail. While I got the hand of the Loft function fairly quickly, sweep1 and sweep2 were a struggle for me. My most successful attempt can be seen below, but I am going to continue experimenting with these functions until I am comfortable with them!

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