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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.