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WILLIAM VAN ZEE
DESIGN FALL 09
PROFESSOR THAYER
ALARM CLOCK PROJECT
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INSPIRATION WILL
Inspiration
The character I chose to be my client for this
alarm clock design project is Clint
Eastwoods character known as The Man
with No Name or Blondie from the film
The Good The Bad and The Ugly. My goal
was to study the traits, styles, and living
environment of this character and to use the
themes that I found to influence the concept,
form, and function of my final design and
model.
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MOOD BOARD WILL
Mood
BoardThe mood board was a tool to
start thinking about the kind of
setting this design would fit
into and the general design
aesthetic necessary to launch
this project in the right
direction.
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The storyboard was
a way of further
investigating the
attitudes and themes
represented by Clint
Eastwood as The
Man with No
Name by depictinga scene that could be
from his everyday
life.
STORYBOARD WILL
Storyboard
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THEME SKETCHES WILL
DARING STUBBORN
NONCHALANTDARING
The three themes I drew from C
Eastwoods character in the filmwere: stubborn, nonchalant, an
daring. I spent two weeks
brainstorming these themes into
sets of quick concept sketches th
could then select a favorite from
Sketching
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CONCEPT SELECTION WIL
SelectionAfter spending two weeks developing the sketch concepts for
my chosen themes, I selected a simplistic sketch with a
cylindrical form that represented the word stubborn. The
original sketch was approximately three inches in diameter and
had a multiple-screen readout on the top face and a snooze
button on the underside.
Although this original sketch fit my theme development I
planned to integrate further designs into my chosen era more
suitably.
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The next phase was to refine my
original concept sketch into more
detailed and thought-out clock designs.
CONCEPT REFINEMENT WIL
Design
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CONSTRUCTION FEASIBILITY W
FeasibilityFrom my selection of designs I chose my final design that I
felt fit Blondies persona while also fitting into the era.
The next step was to figure out specific dimensions,
building materials needed for the design, and construction
techniques necessary to build the model.
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FINAL MODEL WILL
ModelMy final model was constructed of wood, brass flashing, brass wire, and
Plexiglas. The main clock body was turned on a lathe, and the revolver
barrel accents were done with a mill. The final design has a small sunken
analog clock face with quarterly roman numerals. The bottom of the
clock has a rotating snooze function and a time set screw.