Christopher Stucke Portfolio 2014 stuckecm@mail.uc.edu (937) 479–3999
Christopher Stucke stuckecm@mail.uc.edu 2463 Fairview Ave Cincinnati OH 45219 (937) 479-3999 References available upon request
E d u c at i o n
Work Experience
University of Cincinnati 2010–Present College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning Industrial Design GPA 3.53 (Dean’s list)
O-I (Owens-Illinois) Glass Packaging Global Innovation Co-op Design brainstorming and research, 2D sketching, rendering, 3D modeling and rendering
Beavercreek High School 2006–2010 GPA 3.45 (Honors Diploma)
Inch Inc. Product Design Research and ideation, 2D sketching, 3D modeling and digital rendering
Activities and Interests Eagle Scout, February 2010 • National Honor Society • Marching band • International Thespian Society • Outdoors—Backpacking ect. • Volunteer experience—High School and Cincinnatus Scholarship •
University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning Rapid Prototyping Center Associate Modeled and machined various 3D projects for the students and college
Freelance Work Jim Postel 3D Modeling, Rendering, Creating Photoshop and Illustrator layouts Beavercreek City Maintenance Worker Beavercreek YMCA Lifeguard
Skills Sketching; Alias Automotive, Showcase, and Solidworks; Adobe Suite; shop tools; operation of Bridgeport Autoprofiler and Zpint 3D Printer; photography
Fiero Concept
Christopher Stucke
Ideation
C i r c a 2005 Harkoning back to the era of the last Pontiac designs offers little discrepancy in form language, but some intriguing possibilities for a nine year update.
At its close, Pontiac’s radical designs were known for eccentric graphics tying up simple yet effective surfacing.
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Ideation
Forgetting
the kits for its own style
Fieros were characterized by their playful nature, but were renowned for the lap times that their weight distribution let them set. This new design favors a cab-forward look to emphasize the midengine proportions.
Playful as its nature lends it to, the old model was resolved to a kit car in many cases. The new design, at a relaunch, would need to exemplify Pontiac’s language in a way that could stay its own entity. stuckecm@mail.uc.edu
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Christopher Stucke
Ideation
Graphic Development Forgetting the rounded dual grill openings now more closely associated with BMW, the design fans out the graphics and opts for more trapezoidal shapes and tighter corners. stuckecm@mail.uc.edu
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Christopher Stucke
Form Development
Forgetting
the kits for its own style
Fieros were characterized by their playful nature, but were renowned for the lap times that their weight distribution let them set. This new design favors a cab-forward look to emphasize the midengine proportions.
Playful as its nature lends it to, the old model was resolved to a kit car in many cases. The new design, at a relaunch, would need to exemplify Pontiac’s language in a way that could stay its own entity. stuckecm@mail.uc.edu
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Final Direction
Luxottica Brand Concept
A
r e - i m a g i n i n g o f e n t ry - l e v e l b r a n d f o r
A collaborative studio focusing on trend research and development, this is my personal work for research, ideation, and eventual development of two editorial directions and several commercial.
Lenscrafters
Christopher Stucke
Trends
If
n o t i n f u n c t i o n , t h a n s u r e ly i n f o r m
The concept for the brand is a play on recent trends in athletic wear. Now more than ever, items like yoga pants are acceptable everyday wear without the actual athleticism.
With ever-widening press covering events like the Olympics and World Cups, the athletic look is increasingly popular.
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Christopher Stucke
Ideation
W h at
m a k es t h e e y es s p o rt y
Ideation for the look centers around popular athletic trends present in eyewear before, such as updating the sweat band and aviator looks.
Material separations, brighter color schemes and pattern inspiration from athletic equipment lent to a unique style for Alton.
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Christopher Stucke
Editorial Directions
A v i at o r s C at
with shielding illusion
e y es w i t h u p d at e d swe at b a n d
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Models
Christopher Stucke
Male and Unisex Commercial Collection
The
ta r g e t m a r k e t
Distilling these ideas into a marketable format required emphasizing one or two details of the concept per pair. Through branding and form language, the pairs achieve a diverse look while maintaining a cohesive style for the $99 price range. stuckecm@mail.uc.edu
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Samurai Sam
Toy Mechanism Both a design for replay value and a throwback to action figures of old.
Christopher Stucke
Ideation
A G.I. J o e
w i t h r e p l ay va l u e
• Build simplistic form on which to mount mechanism • One arm able to collapse and pull a bow string • Establish details and iconic warrior through attachments to the form stuckecm@mail.uc.edu
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Final Model
Christopher Stucke
Final Model
A c c ess o r i es • Laminated styrene bow that fires • Leather quiver • Battle Kimono and armor
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Form Language Apocalypse
A V o l k swa g e n
video game concept
The near future. Highways and busy roads
Its army of whimsical drones, fashion-conscious
The only car to prevail? The Volkswagen. Quiet
are patrolled, governed, and terrorized by the
robotic manikins, and highly con ceptual
enough to roll confidently by some monsters
monstrous creations of a supercomputer. At the
truckasaurus monsters harvest the designerly
without attracting attention, and quality enough
moment it became self aware, it also became
trim and extraneous tech from all other
to outsmart and outrun all the others.
self-conscious of how it visually represents
machines, proposing a great danger to drivers.
itself, and launched an attack to claim the
form languages of the world for itself.
Christopher Stucke
Concept Development
The
conflict
The rogue A.I. looks for a variety of details to assemble its perfect form language. Humanoid walkers strip department stores of anything vivid, but in great numbers can crowd and dismantle a vehicle.
Great robotic behemoths are so monstrous and conceptual that they more often than not detect vehicles through sound, and hovercrafts roam the skies scanning for emissions piercing reflections from designerly trim. stuckecm@mail.uc.edu
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Christopher Stucke
Inspiration
Minimalism
and
S t e a lt h
Although visually striking, these two styles are known for excelling at understated elegance, on and off the radar, and are geometrically forced to be consequent in their execution. stuckecm@mail.uc.edu
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Ideation
To
be continued
This project is currently in progress and will result in a fully modeled and fleshed out interior, complete with its own brand of understated trim and product awareness, as well as a design for the exterior. stuckecm@mail.uc.edu
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