This is the first project from my 3D design class. Unlike what I originally thought, the course had nothing to do with 3D rendering, or anything related to computers. It actually turned out to be much more fun than that.
My professor was a 3D designer who worked mainly for museums, doing displays. She'd come up with how to set up the displays, how to upholster them, etc. Because of all the different places she's worked, she had a lot of useful hints to share (and a lot of funny stories!)
This is how the first part of this project worked:
1) we had to make as many different shapes as possible using only 4' x 4' pieces of white paper. No pieces could be completely cut off (if you took it apart it had to go back to being that one white sheet), and no angles other than 45 or 90 degrees could be used for folding.
2) then we picked our best 5, made good copies of them, and arranged them all on black foamcore (which is basically tough foam sandwiched between two pieces of thick black paper)
3) the end product had to look different from every possible angle
I spent a lot of time sitting on the floor in the classroom spinning this thing in circles before I finally glued them in place.
(FYI the grand total of shapes I made was 62 - sadly they, along with the project itself, died painful deaths at the hand of a thunderstorm I had to stand out in while waiting for the bus)
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