Love at First Sight - Mr. Hu

I think that this piece is fairly self-explanatory. Most of the line convolutions may appear to be arbitrary, but they are actually the result of careful consideration which took me much longer than I had originally planned.

O, what a twisted, torturous path it is...

Love at First Sight - Mr. Cheung

You know that feeling, like in Hitchcock films, when the camera moves in while zooming out at the same time, or like when time turns upside down, clouds at your feet, nothing but grass and ocean above you, or maybe like an astronaut dancing with a ballerina in a Russian space opera (or maybe that simile is too random), and I think I tried to make it like that in my process, this movement, these blurred photographs (from a 1970s Polaroid) merged with these black and white patterns (from my laptop’s Autocad), like stars, like comets, like, like, like…

Love at First Sight - Mr. Shen

Mr. Shen here.

So, I was having a bit of trouble with this one. There were many things I wanted to try and things I wanted to avoid. I eventually was able to settle on the idea of an EP cover and backing.

So that's what we got here. When I cut my EP, this is what it'll look like.

The theme is just that sometimes, really, the eyes wander. The image on the back references the movie Say Anything.

What else is interesting is that four of the six tracks listed are songs that I've already written and recorded. Kuh-razy.

Cycles - Mr. Cheung

Two to hold hands with,

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I think there is rhythm in cycles. I challenged myself by trying to represent cycles without drawing circles. I started off by drawing straight lines, like a barcode, and then I repeated and repeated, breaking it a little here, cutting a little there, until this form came out, kind of like a kaleidoscope.


ii.

This is from Jean and I. The city like a swirl.

Look forward to your feedback!

Cycles - Mr.Hu

This was based on an idea I had while in my Industrial Design course, but I never had the chance to execute. It is a user interface for a UC Berkeley-run water bottle vending machine system that only distributes durable plastic and glass bottles for $4.

When empty, these bottles can be exchanged for a new bottle. The empty bottles are taken to an on-campus facility where they are sterilized and later replaced into the machines where they are redistributed.

One may cash out of the system depending on how many bottles one has consumed (tracked by barcode), i.e. after one bottle -$3 refund, after 2 bottles - $2, after 4 bottles, no more refunds, but as many exchanges as you want... forever.

The two sky blue rectangles are supposed to be revolving doors. The left one accepts your old bottle. The right one dispenses your new one.

Cycles - Mr. Shen

Mr. Shen here with the newest Kick Face Design project.

I apologize for all the photos. I just wanted to show as many angles as possible since I haven't really done something like this before (a model from scratch).

The materials used are a few foam discs, bamboo skewers, hot glue, a hard drive cable, a battery and some black electrical tape. I didn't actually have a huge idea of what was going on when building it. I just had a basic frame and, well, started adding more and more.

The idea is simply electric bicycles of the future used as transport. They will be, like today's hybrids, more affordable and practical. The only thing in this case, however, is that you don't really have or use pedals. So, I suppose, it's more like an electric motorcycle with the frame of a bicycle.

Race Cars - Mr. Hu

I know very little about race cars in general. I had to do a bit of research on stock car racing in general to get to know the subject a little (the bbc has a good article). In the end, I went with my sense that the sport of racing is extremely prone to accidents. Here is my photo/illustration mashup about the aftermath of such an event. It's but a small step on a long journey of what I hope will be progress for my illustrative skill.

By the way, there used to be a mesh of drawing and photo of a car crash in the background, but it just works better with the stars.

Race Cars - Mr. Shen

Mr. Shen here.

So, I was trying to work on a three-dimensional race car that could actually move. It's your basic rubber band racer. A problem arose when, well, it wouldn't work. (I'll re-edit this post with sketches of the preliminary designs soon)

So I decided on the next best thing and made a small diorama. It's a good template to start with. I plan on making a much more complicated one eventually with, I dunno, characters from many different films in one fictitious scene. I say Raul Julia as M. Bison using his flying boots to save orphans from a burning watermelon.

Race Cars - Mr. Cheung

I think, like the concept of race cars, I needed to do these fast and dirty. No clean lines, no precision, just grab and pull and take whatever you can with you and don't look back. I imagined racers trying to get to a new world as fast as possible. Maybe they'll find a cloud city for cloud cars, or perhaps they'll be chased by animals all the way to a picnic.

Vroom, vroom!

Deep Sea Fishing - Mr. Hu

This was my attempt to capture the feeling that I think we all shared during those brutal hours at sea. Oh, that cold, sad, gray sea.

Best viewed big.

Deep Sea Fishing - Mr. Shen

So the theme for this particular project was Deep Sea Fishing. It was to be based upon the fact that Jason, Jerry and myself went deep sea fishing and neither of us caught anything except, possibly, pneumonia.

So to play with that idea, I decided on making Deep Sea Fishies. They essentially resemble crackers for your gobbling.

The trick is, however, the boxes are always empty. Oh ho ho ho!

Kick Face Design Open

This is the first post of, I hope, many. The Current Assignment will be posted on the right-hand side as well as Upcoming Assignments for what we have planned.

Keep your eyes and oranges peeled, kids.