Products Mini Showcase

Environments Mini | Fall 2020 | Daniel Zhu — Design Brief: There is extensive research and development in wearable mixed reality devices. Unlike virtual reality, which completely immerses you in a virtual world by obscuring your entire view, mixed reality blends real and virtual to create hybrid experiences. For this project we are looking 10 years out, assuming that…

Environments Mini | Fall 2020 | Daniel Zhu — 10/27/20 STUDIO: Review of the syllabus, Canvas + Medium / General intro to environments / discussion of thresholds and liminal spaces / Discord demo/Project 1 intro. HW: Post a photo of yourself and 6 words to Canvas. …

Design Lab | 2020 | Daniel Zhu — PART 0: PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Collaborative Visualizing | 2020 | Daniel Zhu — Description: Having done units on perspective and figures respectively, this unit combines the two to focus on drawing the figure in a space, using the figure as both a measuring stick and an indicator of its use. Class 03/25/20: During class, we were giving a brief introduction to drawing spaces in two point…

Collaborative Visualizing | 2020 | Daniel Zhu — 0: UNIT DESCRIPTION After learning to draw hands and figures before Spring Break, we are transitioning into learning how to draw feet. I: PROCESS WORK 03/23/20: During class on 03/18/20, we went through a basic method of constructing a foot from an inner, bottom, and lateral view. …

Design Lab | 2020 | Daniel Zhu — PART 0: PROJECT DESCRIPTION Objectives: Able to see and translate natural and human-made forms through various mediums Able to translate how individual elements constitute a larger form Develop 3D forms which have meaning and are aesthetically balanced and composed Able to understand and speak to 3D form aesthetics, semantics, and their inherent meanings PART I: FORM + MATERIAL SELECTION

Winter Break| 2019–2020 | Daniel Zhu — During winter break, revisited my hometown and the church I grew up in. Hearing about a need for a redesigned website, I decided to volunteer to redesign it myself. Project Constraints: Website must incorporate GSuite Personal deadline of 1.11.19 PART I: WEBSITE REQUIREMENTS Objective: to explore the features that the website might have and to get…

Survey of Design | 2019 | Daniel Zhu — PROJECT DESCRIPTION: For this project, we were tasked with designing an object that emits and manipulates light for a specific context. Context: “Eating a meal with a few friends in a home” Project Constraints (from design brief): Must use the IKEA E26/27 screw socket/power cord assemblies we provide Must be lit using…