Thingiverse Mesh Mashup

1. Camera Gun
          The inspiration behind this is because when you take photos they are known as shots, but also when a gun is fired it is also known as shots. Just playing with the different meanings behind the same word. Also, it is said that cameras are as powerful as guns.

2. Think Tank (name inspo by Bryan Cera lol)
          The inspiration behind this tank is because of my love for photography and I recently got a beta fish, so I thought why not put the two together. So I found a model of a camera and a fish tank and put them meshed the two.

3. Man, a Dog's best friend
        The inspiration behind this piece was just messing with the saying "dog, a man's best friend", just changing the roles around by putting the dog head on the person and the person's head on the dog body.



4. Yoshi Planter
           Inspo behind this one is I asked my girlfriend of ideas to make and she said "make me a cute planter", so I found a cool looking vase and on the front page of the "newest things" Yoshi was there so I used him, replacing the little red thing on his back with the vase.


5. Hat Holder
          The inspiration behind this one was seeing all the funny ring holders that used actual hands, on Thingiverse. So I went along those lines and found a coat hanger and put heads on it and made a hat holder.
 

6. Rhino Shoe Horn
          So many people make fun of shoehorns, but they are literally such an amazing creation, so I figured why not put a shoe horn on an animal that has a horn, as their horn.



7. Revolving Film Canister
             A lot of my ideas went back to photography, so I drew inspo from there. this time using a pencil revolver holder but changing its purpose and size to make a film canister holder. I added a lazy susan on the bottom so that the canister could spin, mimicking a revolver.


8. Essentials Chair
         Not going to lie for this one I was having a hard time thinking of something, and as I sat there I thought about all the things my desk chair did not have (speakers, phone holder, cup holder) and mashed them altogther.


9. Creative's Mug Holder
        Inpso going into this one was for my drawing class I had to carry so much with me because my sketch book is 18''x24'', so I thought how can I make this so I can carry less stuff, then I combined some pencil holders with a mug holder and created a handle.





10. Camera Gear Holder
           Inspo behind this one was having an organization system that could hold all my gear. For the lens/camera holder I used this bullet shell holder that I stumbled across, and since the shape was perfect for lenses that was the first thing that came to mind. I also attached a memory card/usb holder and a go-pro holder.


Some of the things made seem pretty basic but this process of creating 10 concepts reminded me of my design drawing class, where we had to make 10 thumbnails of ideas we had in order to sift our way to the more creative and unique ones. 

(The objects above are not listed in order of when they were made.)


The camera fishbowl was picked as honorable mention for Bryan Cera's Object Design class -Brandon Barcena



Hyperlinks:
person: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:758728

dog head: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1217422

gun:https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:298188

yoshi:https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:927715/files

vase: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3117371

headphones: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:512987/files

chair: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:208296/files

boom box: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:15245/files

phone stand: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2120591

Laptop stand: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:810295

cup holder: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2271973/files

Fish tank: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:23286

Fish: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:654888/files

coat hanger: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2896129/files

head: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:455885/files

sd card holder: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:931121

shell holder: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3119580

go pro holder: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:32548/files

rhino: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:182261/files

Shoe horn: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2146775/files

Pencil Holder: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1623114/files

lazy susan: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1953369

revolver holder: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1459657/files

OBJECTIFIED Documentary Response

In the documentary, an individual, Karim Rashid, made a good point saying cameras to this day "are modelled off of the original silver film camera. So, in turn, it is the film that modelled the shape of the camera, and then all of a sudden our digital cameras have not filmed, so why on earth do we still have the same shape?"

He makes a point saying that we are so advanced with technology but yet we are afraid to admit that we live in, what Karim calls, the 3rd technological revolution. Commenting about how we are making things that do not relate to the times that we are living in.

The question about the shape of the camera is something that I never really thought about because ever since I have known cameras have been the same square rectangle that they always have been. It goes back to the point that Karim made, saying that we are making designs that are, in a sense, irrelevant to the rapidly evolving technological era that we are in.

This really got me thinking as to why nobody has designed a new shape or design for the camera, but then I thought there definitely have been changes because nowadays phone cameras are competing head to head with full one DSLRs. Allowing people to carry the power of a DSLR in their pocket. Companies have even started making really quality lenses for phones.

This relates back to the film because I am a photographer it shows me how the world's most influential product designers, an example could be Apple, are having an impact on my life. A common question that could be tossed around is why buy a DSLR that's bulky and super expensive when you can buy a super small and portable device that doubles as a phone and you still have all the specs as a DSLR for less the price.

First Tinkercad/ 3D modelling Experience

This was my first experience with any 3D modelling program. It was fairly easy to use, just a lot of getting used to the controls and all the keys reminds me of when I first started using photoshop.

I put some objects off to the side so that I could have easy access to them, using those basically as templates and I would duplicate them when needed. Definitely after more practice and playing around with 3D modelling, I know I will be able to make something more realistic and less child-like haha.

That's all for now,

Brandon Barcena