Iteration 104: It’s Not About a Watch

Earlier in the week, a post came up in my Twitter feed that stopped me in my tracks before sending me down a rabbit hole that I think I may be in for a while. It was a post about a watch—or at least the possibility of a watch—by a designer named Sebastian Stapelfeldt, who publishes under the name Carl Hauser. It’s a terrific 3D render that looks like something out of one of Syd Mead’s sketchbooks, which is one of the reasons it caught my eye. If that reference doesn't mean anything to you, Syd was an industrial designer and illustrator who is probably best known for his work on Blade Runner and Tron. I think first discovered his work in the late 70s, about the same time that I first saw the work of Frank Frazetta. Both of these guys were huge inspirations, though Syd's influence didn't really show up in my work until the mid-90s.

LINKS
Carl Hauser: https://www.carlhauser.com/
Carl Hauser (Twitter): https://twitter.com/crlhsr
Syd Mead: https://sydmead.com/
Frank Frazetta: https://www.frazettamuseum.com/
Imagine 3D: https://archive.org/details/imagine-3D-for-DOS
MS-DOS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-DOS
Siggraph: https://www.siggraph.org/
3D Studio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodesk_3ds_Max
Softimage XSI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XOxGqs0Ck8
Maya: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodesk_Maya
Lightwave: https://www.lightwave3d.com/
Universal Studios: https://www.universalstudios.com/
Blender: https://www.blender.org/
Ton Roosendaal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ton_Roosendaal
Blender 1.0: https://www.blendernation.com/2020/08/21/blender-1-0-rises-again/
Blender stories: https://www.blender.org/get-involved/user-stories/
David duChemin: https://davidduchemin.com/
David's post: https://davidduchemin.com/2023/06/having-not-gone-farther-on-regret-creativity/

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