Engage and Persist

Express

Digital Fabrication

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Iteration

The Swinging Carousel is a redesign of my client, Victoria's, Tea Time

escape room puzzle. It is a swinging carousel that lights up and spins.

The carousel is meant to represent the nostalgia behind

carnivals/fairs/amusement parks, with more miscellaneously nostalgic

objects as the chairs on the swings. It moves using a DC-motor connected to an Arduino. The motor attaches to a collection of gears, which work together to spin the carousel. I did not have enough time to add the lights, but there would have been LED strips wrapped around the top and the base.

I improved my iteration and digital fabrication skills a lot over the studio. I learned how to use Rhino effectively and made two semi-successful prototypes, which is better than my one, falling-apart prototype in my previous studio. I also improved in expression and persistence. I successfully managed to express my concept through digital and physical means, and even though I barely knew how to do anything at the beginning, I continued to work through setbacks until I ran out of time.