Process

I began the project by browsing existing designs for succulent planters. My initial designs were more geometric and simple. I was researching planters that looked better in groupings like this one:

versus planters that looked better on their own (due to their more complex nature) like this one:

. I decided that I wanted to create a more intricate design for my planter so I decided to focus on just one. 

I noticed that the base of planters are usually a hexagon-type shape. I started with this shape and used Fusion360 to create a shape that looked like a hexagon had been twisted and pulled upright. This would show movement and fluidity in the design. 

At first this design was much more complex than I was used to with Fusion360. I spent the first few days playing around with different functionalities of Fusion360 so that I could find the best way to create my planter. Eventually I decided to make hexagons on different offset planes and use the loft functionality to fuse them all together into one fluid shape. I shaped out the center for a space for the succulent and then pulled the upward-facing side up even further to give the shape more of a twist.

This is the finished design in Fusion360: