01 Computer-aided design
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"The Coffin Assembly Set": A morbid take on the classic IKEA assembly set, this small set of pieces can be put together to create a your own custom coffin just the way you always imagined it. The kit is designed as a way for people to come to terms with their mortality: it forces them to confront the inevitability of death and consider their own final resting place. This product would provide some much-needed levity in the face of our fear of dying. This caption was written with an AI system.
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To give my "product" some artistic flair (and more importantly, to figure out what the assembly set might do) I generated a description of the assembly set using the large language model GPT-3.
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Most of the time was then spent in Fusion 360 designing the parts and previewing the 3d model to make sure it all fit together.
After the print, I took the bad boy to the studio for some money shots.
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Vinyl Cutting
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"The Coffin Assembly Set": A morbid take on the classic IKEA assembly set, this small set of pieces can be put together to create a your own custom coffin just the way you always imagined it. The kit is designed as a way for people to come to terms with their mortality: it forces them to confront the inevitability of death and consider their own final resting place. This product would provide some much-needed levity in the face of our fear of dying. This caption was written with an AI system.