What inspired you to create the object that you did?
In all honesty, I wanted to create this object because it was the first thing to truly catch my eye whilst watching the Objectified documentary. This object, The SK 1, is one of the many tabletop radios made by Arthur Braun, and Fritz Eichler. In current time, I love listening to music through the radio or through my home speakers simply using people's playlists on YouTube and Spotify. This object resonated with me personally and I appreciated that. I listen to music from right when I wake up to until I fall asleep! Secondly, the vintage design on this radio really tingles my aesthetic! From the knobs, to the meter, to the frame and the grid of dots really interested me! When I first saw this object, I instantly began to inquire how I could somewhat duplicate the design in TinkerCad with my limited 3D Design skills ahaha.
This object relates to the film as it appeared in the scenes where the interviewer discussed design with Dieter Rams, the former design director from Braun. Rams had said that "good design is as little design as possible" and that really resonated with this radio design. The concept itself was simple on the outside which was excellent in on itself, but at the same time this design was one of the key designs that took the world of radios by storm (Noe).
Side Note: I'm pretending to be working for Braun for this project hahaha
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Process
First, I had taken a cube and rounded one of its edges with a cylinder! I then duplicated that one cube three more times and reflected them both on the y and x axes. I also added extra cubes down the middle so I could elongate the cube shape into a rectangle. From there I looked at the measurements with the ruler tool and created another rectangle that could create a hole in my prior structure.
Secondly, I created a similar sized rectangle to the hole rectangle prior, estimated some measurements, and made this new rectangle hollow. This rectangle would be inserted into the frame created just before.
Next, I took a cylinder, reduced and enlarged it to the size I wanted and created a hole in the hollow, light brown rectangle from prior. Then I created a white, thin cylindrical shape to fit in the new hole. I made a frame for the new structure and put it all together.
Then I took the pre-made ring shape in TinkerCad and halved it to create the half-circle meter. For the little red indicator, I minimized a cylinder to that size and coloured it red. For the knobs I took the cylinders and minimized them as well, changed their colours and played with the bevel setting. For the text, I just used the pre-made text setting, minimized it and placed it at the bottom of the meter. Then, for the dot grid, I created another thin cylindrical shape and turned it into a hole. I started with one hole shape, then doubled it, then grouped it and etc. Essentially, I didn't have to do it one by one haha. For the little feet at the bottom, I took the pre-made roof shape and cut off the pointed vertex at the top with a hole-cube. Oh! Also there is a transparent flat cylindrical shape in front of the meter and halfway into the black knob. It's meant to represent the glass. I then grouped everything together.
Lastly, I added a television antenna onto the radio. Why? Because it seemed fun! I wanted to implement a bit more of a vintage atmosphere to it, and what's better than antennas! This brings me back to the first television I had ever owned coming to Canada haha :) Anyways, for the antenna I took the pre-made hemisphere shape and placed it at the top right above the black knob on the meter. I then took cylinders and minimized them to create that layer-ish look, cause you can shrink or stretch the antennas. And, at the ends are just small spheres!
As a little bonus, just to not leave the back clear and bare faced. I made a little battery compact area. I used multiple rectangles to create the black outline and another rectangle to fit the hole that was present when making the outline. (This will be shown with the following pictures below!)
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Finished Product
Cited Works
Heaven, Documentary. “Objectified | Documentary Heaven.” DocumentaryHeaven, uploaded by Gary Hustwit, 10 Sept. 2014, documentaryheaven.com/objectified.
Noe, Rain. “A History of Braun Design, Part 3: Audio Products.” Core77, 20 Apr. 2013, www.core77.com/posts/24768/A-History-of-Braun-Design-Part-3-Audio-Products.
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