In the fall 2002, I started metal machining under Prof. Beach in his Computer Aided Product Realization course.
Below you can find the products I created.

I designed a logo based on a painting by the expressionist Egon Schiele. The final design was cut from two-colored plastic sign stock. (larger version)

For our first individual design project we had to develop a bottle opener for crimped and twist caps. We were only supposed to use 2d contour shapes, so I decided to work on a steel rod for a nice 3D feel. The final design was machined from stainless steel. (larger version)

My first final design project the "PhotoDock", was a wall mounted laptop storage that leverages the laptop’s display as a digital picture frame. The goal is to deliver all of technology's benefits without the looks. Initial research, sketches and a product brief are available, but the project changed to a "Oceanic Sushi Plate" featured below. Request documents at georgpetschnigg at hotmail.com

One wonderful aspect about design is to see how designs evolve. While working on the PhotoDock I decided to develop a process that united computer graphics and mechanical engineering. The outcome was the oceanic sushi plate "ShushiPlate Cr", a sample prototype of a series of sushi dishes that could have surface finishes ranging from still sea to tidal wave. I would really like to produce the whole series one day. (larger version | Final Presentation PowerPoint 7.6Mb)

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