Below are the results including a poster made for it and a few other renderings.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Xbox 360 Controller
This project is slightly different to everything I've posted earlier but it's something that I really feel belongs here. The assignment involved picking a product to model up in Rhino and thinking it wouldn't be too complex, I decided to model an Xbox 360 controller. Much to my surprise it ended up being extremely complex however after hours of slaving away in front of the computer, I'm extremely pleased with the result which looks mostly lifelike apart from a few small details.
Below are the results including a poster made for it and a few other renderings.
Below are the results including a poster made for it and a few other renderings.
Dining Design - Final Presentation
After consultation with my teachers about early concepts, the decision was made to go ahead with outdoor furniture concept which would be used for casual Australian dining in a variety of arrangements.
The Slice casual outdoor dining furniture is designer to represent the Australian culture and their way of eating. It's a versatile product that can adapt to a range of different requirements, all while holding up against everything the Australian environment can throw at it.
Storage:
When it's not in use, the product pivots 90 degrees vertically to free up space in the backyard.
Day Bed:
The product forms a day bed with all the pieces of flat on the ground so the user can spend some time in the sun reading a book.
One Sided Dining:
By rotating either end of the Slice, the user will end up with a large dining table and a single row of seats for a small family meal.
Two Sided Dining:
In order to accommodate a large group of people, the other side can be rotated in order to form a table with two rows of seating for up to 6 people.
The final presentation for the Dining Design project required the presentation of progress models as well as final concept models, multiple posters, technical drawings and an aural presentation. Below are both images of the models as well as copies of the posters and technical drawings.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Dining Design - Concept Presentation
After a few weeks to work on concepts, we were tasked with returning to class with at least three concept posters and accompanying models to put forward our ideas to our tutors and others in the class. As Australian cuisine involves foods from all different cultural backgrounds, the majority of the concepts I developed were centered around the foods we eat. I chose to look more towards the casual outdoor meals and ended up looking for ways to bring the fun and playful experience of take away fish and chips to the home.
Concept 1 involved recreating a traditional take away plate for fish and chips and taking it from a disposable one time use form to being something with a longer lifecycle and more class. The result is a press molded porcelain plate which recreates the fold lines of the original in order to keep the traditional roots.
Similarly to concept 1, concept 2 was also focused on recreating the playfulness of eating fish and chips outdoors but within the home. This concept however, did so through appearing to be a bowl made of newspaper although actually being constructed of press molded porcelain.
And just to be completely different, concept 3 was designed with the way Australians eat outdoors for casual meals, or more formal family meals. This concept involved a rearrangeable furniture setup which could adapt to a few different dining styles. In order to keep with the traditional look of Australian outdoor furniture, this concept was to be constructed through the repetition of a single shape which would be made out of Teak.
Dining Design - Understanding the Culture
Dining Design is the second major project for this assignment and as you could probably realise from the name, it's to do with the food we eat and the way in which we eat it. The project began by choosing a culture which had significance to us, either through it being our heritage or something we were interested in learning about. From there we were to set out and research the cultures traditional eating, dining, food preparation and food based celebrations.
The overall aim of the project was then to design a product, furnishing or implement that would enrich the dining experience of the chosen culture.
Being Australian, it only made sense for me to design for the Australian outdoor dining culture and the Australian barbeque.
For the first week of submissions, we were each required to work on an essay which defines the cultural and social significance of a dining rituals history and also make a presentation poster which can be used to graphically describe the rituals traditions and social significance. This poster is attached below.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Urban Tribes - Final Presentation
The Urban Tribes project has finally reached a conclusion and while earlier on I may not have felt too inspired about the whole project, I'm quite pleased with my final product. At first I felt a bit skeptical about actually picking a tribe within society then doing research and making assumptions about the lifestyles of that particular group. While I still don't fully agree with the practice, I can definitely say that it's played a major role in the development of this project and all the earlier notes have given me something to refer to from time to time during the design process.
I've attached the posters which will be submitted for presentation along with the model below but for easier reading the text below comes straight from the posters.
The design is sculpted by both the metrosexual fashion and the metrosexual lifestyle. Similarly to metrosexual fashion, the product consists of layers, which individually are quite simple, however when pieced together form a more complex result.
Continuing with the idea of fashion, the colours of the wood used to construct the product, reflect the colours commonly found within the metrosexual wardrobe.
The magazine rack has the ability to contain five magazines. Enough for the modern metrosexual to keep up to date with current trends without cluttering their home with past issues.
Within the rack, the magazines each have their own position to slot in to when they're not being read."
The design is sculpted by both the metrosexual fashion and the metrosexual lifestyle. Similarly to metrosexual fashion, the product consists of layers, which individually are quite simple, however when pieced together form a more complex result.
Continuing with the idea of fashion, the colours of the wood used to construct the product, reflect the colours commonly found within the metrosexual wardrobe.
The magazine rack has the ability to contain five magazines. Enough for the modern metrosexual to keep up to date with current trends without cluttering their home with past issues.
Within the rack, the magazines each have their own position to slot in to when they're not being read."
Presentation Poster 1:
Presentation Poster 2:
Presentation Poster 3:
General Assembly Drawing:
CNC Routing Cutting Diagram:
Presentation Model:
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Urban Tribes - Concept Generation Part 2
Sometimes inspiration can be hard to come by but that soon changed when I decided it would be best to force myself to mess around with some foam core and make a few models. Fortunately the results were successful until I ran out of foam core and sharp blades.
This led on to spending a day in the workshop with block of blue foam and plenty of time to experiment. The results were a heap of models which will hopefully prove helpful in the near future.
After spending a few days working on sketching out ideas on paper and in foam, I decided to spend some time modelling a few of my top concepts and rendering them to better understand what the result could potentially be.
This resulted in the four concepts shown below.
Concept 1
Concept 2
Concept 3
Concept 4
This led on to spending a day in the workshop with block of blue foam and plenty of time to experiment. The results were a heap of models which will hopefully prove helpful in the near future.
After spending a few days working on sketching out ideas on paper and in foam, I decided to spend some time modelling a few of my top concepts and rendering them to better understand what the result could potentially be.
This resulted in the four concepts shown below.
Concept 1
Concept 2
Concept 3
Concept 4
Friday, August 27, 2010
Design on Show
The Design on Show project called for a visit to the Sydney Design Week exhibitions which were situated throughout the city. The aim of the project was to visit the design venues then to review and critique the exhibitions before communicating our thoughts on the venues through both writing and modelling. Below is both the written content from my submission along with images of the final A3 presentation.
Workshopped
Workshopped is currently in its 10th year of operation as a part of Sydney Design Week. Set up in the lower floors of Chifley Plaza, it’s displays the works of emerging designers and aims to help them make connections and create relationships with the rest of the design industry.
The works selected for the exhibition have all been selected in order to nurture emerging Australian designers. In order to be considered for the exhibition, designers had to respond to the proposition that “great design endures, demands attention and is fit for purpose”
As I walked around the exhibit it came to my attention very early on that many of the showcased works utilised the latest in both materials and manufacturing. In contrast to the Australian International Design Awards, which seemed to take a very technological approach, the workshopped exhibition seemed to be more focused on industrial processes used in the creation of the product
While the location and set up of the exhibition is obviously chosen to maximise exposure, in my opinion I feel it really doesn’t suit the works on display. While I’d go so far as to say I find the majority of the works inspiring, I found the setting at the base of Chifley Plaza amongst a mass of lunch time conversation to be major distraction which at times made it hard to even concentrate on the surrounding works. The chaotic scene I describe however doesn’t end there. The fact that the lower half of the exhibit basically had two main functions: (1) Serve as a walkway; (2) Show of the Workshopped exhibition. For this reason, it often felt as though there was no way to escape the crowd and peacefully take in the exhibition
The Workshopped exhibition, to me has to be the most important of the exhibitions showcased as a part of Sydney Design Week. It showcases young talent and gives them the opportunity to show the can perform at a high enough level to impress the masses of not only design fans but even the people who happen to be making their way through the building and stop off at the exhibit along the way.
Australian International Design Awards
The Australian International Design Awards, like workshopped are help yearly as part of Sydney Design Week at the Powerhouse Museum. The exhibition showcases the works completed by graduates in their final year of university.
Contrastingly to the designs selected for workshopped, the designs shown in the Australian International Design Awards are all the product of final year projects by university students around the country. The work displayed, unlike Workshopped, which has a focus on technology and manufacturing processes, seems to be more focused on innovation and the incorporation of new technology.
While the work within the exhibit is great to look at and learn more about as it’s something I’ll be engaging in during the coming years, I have to say that the exhibition as a whole really lack a soul and a presence. The exhibit is horribly small and cramped to the point that some of the works are nearly on top of each other, reaching out for a little bit more space. Unfortunately for the designers, the nothing more positive can be said in reference to the location of the exhibition within the museum. During Sydney Design Week, the markets filling the corridors all but block off and sight of the AIDA and if it weren’t for the fact that I’d visited the exhibit on previous occasions I would have found myself asking for directions. Unlike workshopped which is positioned in a busy place where people actually get to see the designs, the AIDA exhibition seems almost like a foreign territory to the paying customers of the Powerhouse Museum who casually stroll past it without knowing what they’ve missed.
While the setup of the exhibition may not accentuate what it has to offer, the products displayed really are what we can look forward to in the future. For viewers of the AIDA, the works are created by the young recently graduated designers who will be designing long into the future and continuing to turn out revolutionary technologies such as the LONGREACH Buoyancy Deployment System, which has the potential to save lives without putting the lives of others such as lifeguards at risk.
Workshopped
Workshopped is currently in its 10th year of operation as a part of Sydney Design Week. Set up in the lower floors of Chifley Plaza, it’s displays the works of emerging designers and aims to help them make connections and create relationships with the rest of the design industry.
The works selected for the exhibition have all been selected in order to nurture emerging Australian designers. In order to be considered for the exhibition, designers had to respond to the proposition that “great design endures, demands attention and is fit for purpose”
As I walked around the exhibit it came to my attention very early on that many of the showcased works utilised the latest in both materials and manufacturing. In contrast to the Australian International Design Awards, which seemed to take a very technological approach, the workshopped exhibition seemed to be more focused on industrial processes used in the creation of the product
While the location and set up of the exhibition is obviously chosen to maximise exposure, in my opinion I feel it really doesn’t suit the works on display. While I’d go so far as to say I find the majority of the works inspiring, I found the setting at the base of Chifley Plaza amongst a mass of lunch time conversation to be major distraction which at times made it hard to even concentrate on the surrounding works. The chaotic scene I describe however doesn’t end there. The fact that the lower half of the exhibit basically had two main functions: (1) Serve as a walkway; (2) Show of the Workshopped exhibition. For this reason, it often felt as though there was no way to escape the crowd and peacefully take in the exhibition
The Workshopped exhibition, to me has to be the most important of the exhibitions showcased as a part of Sydney Design Week. It showcases young talent and gives them the opportunity to show the can perform at a high enough level to impress the masses of not only design fans but even the people who happen to be making their way through the building and stop off at the exhibit along the way.
Australian International Design Awards
The Australian International Design Awards, like workshopped are help yearly as part of Sydney Design Week at the Powerhouse Museum. The exhibition showcases the works completed by graduates in their final year of university.
Contrastingly to the designs selected for workshopped, the designs shown in the Australian International Design Awards are all the product of final year projects by university students around the country. The work displayed, unlike Workshopped, which has a focus on technology and manufacturing processes, seems to be more focused on innovation and the incorporation of new technology.
While the work within the exhibit is great to look at and learn more about as it’s something I’ll be engaging in during the coming years, I have to say that the exhibition as a whole really lack a soul and a presence. The exhibit is horribly small and cramped to the point that some of the works are nearly on top of each other, reaching out for a little bit more space. Unfortunately for the designers, the nothing more positive can be said in reference to the location of the exhibition within the museum. During Sydney Design Week, the markets filling the corridors all but block off and sight of the AIDA and if it weren’t for the fact that I’d visited the exhibit on previous occasions I would have found myself asking for directions. Unlike workshopped which is positioned in a busy place where people actually get to see the designs, the AIDA exhibition seems almost like a foreign territory to the paying customers of the Powerhouse Museum who casually stroll past it without knowing what they’ve missed.
While the setup of the exhibition may not accentuate what it has to offer, the products displayed really are what we can look forward to in the future. For viewers of the AIDA, the works are created by the young recently graduated designers who will be designing long into the future and continuing to turn out revolutionary technologies such as the LONGREACH Buoyancy Deployment System, which has the potential to save lives without putting the lives of others such as lifeguards at risk.
Urban Tribes - Concept Generation Part 1
Upon completing the process of profiling the metrosexual target market, the next step taken was to generate concepts for the market. Ones which will suit both their lifestyle and their beliefs. I began by researching the fashion of the metrosexual which involved examining what they wear from day to day as well as on special occasions such as nights out with friends.
What I concluded from this visual research was that while metro fashion usually involves simple pieces of clothing, they're layered one upon the other to form a more complex and more complete outfit. In terms of colours a lot of these layers seem to follow an earthy theme through the utilization of a lot of greens, browns and greys.
Once again, on the topic of fashion and going off previous research it became apparent that a lot of metrosexuals keep up to date and ahead of the pack in terms of the latest styles and fashion by reading magazines.
Concept 1 - Magazine Display Rack
This concept was one, which arose from researching the lifestyles of modern metrosexuals and analysing their choices in fashion. As previously mentioned, the fashion choices of metrosexuals normally involve layers of simple, plainly coloured clothes. One of the main contributors to these outfit choices are the magazines which play a big role in the metrosexual lifestyle.
This led to the design of a magazine rack which can be comfortably mounted and used on any wall within the home. To imitate the theme of layers and simple colours, layer cut plywood would form the minimal smoothly curved form of the product.
Concept 2 - Scribble Pad Watch Date Organiser
Similarly to concept 1, concept 2 also arose from analysing the fashion trends within the metrosexual tribe.
Often this urban tribe display their personal image not only through clothing choices but also by wearing accessories such as watches. This concept gives the consumer a way to use their watch more extensively by setting alarms from written memos or dates saved within their phone. Users can designate different watches to different occasions.
In order to look at place in the metrosexual home, the scribble pad would be constructed from white porcelain with sensors underneath to capture information received from the stylus marker and control the system.
Concept 3 - Single Handed Bowl
The third concept resulted from the need of a busy lifestyle. Metrosexual males are renowned for putting more effort into their appearance than the average male even when that requires an early morning wake up before work. This concept provides a simpler way for metros to move around their home while eating breakfast in order to use their time more efficiently in the morning. The matte finished wooden bowl and spoon can be carried around the house using one hand without the risk of spilling its contents.
What I concluded from this visual research was that while metro fashion usually involves simple pieces of clothing, they're layered one upon the other to form a more complex and more complete outfit. In terms of colours a lot of these layers seem to follow an earthy theme through the utilization of a lot of greens, browns and greys.
Once again, on the topic of fashion and going off previous research it became apparent that a lot of metrosexuals keep up to date and ahead of the pack in terms of the latest styles and fashion by reading magazines.
Concept 1 - Magazine Display Rack
This concept was one, which arose from researching the lifestyles of modern metrosexuals and analysing their choices in fashion. As previously mentioned, the fashion choices of metrosexuals normally involve layers of simple, plainly coloured clothes. One of the main contributors to these outfit choices are the magazines which play a big role in the metrosexual lifestyle.
This led to the design of a magazine rack which can be comfortably mounted and used on any wall within the home. To imitate the theme of layers and simple colours, layer cut plywood would form the minimal smoothly curved form of the product.
Concept 2 - Scribble Pad Watch Date Organiser
Similarly to concept 1, concept 2 also arose from analysing the fashion trends within the metrosexual tribe.
Often this urban tribe display their personal image not only through clothing choices but also by wearing accessories such as watches. This concept gives the consumer a way to use their watch more extensively by setting alarms from written memos or dates saved within their phone. Users can designate different watches to different occasions.
In order to look at place in the metrosexual home, the scribble pad would be constructed from white porcelain with sensors underneath to capture information received from the stylus marker and control the system.
Concept 3 - Single Handed Bowl
The third concept resulted from the need of a busy lifestyle. Metrosexual males are renowned for putting more effort into their appearance than the average male even when that requires an early morning wake up before work. This concept provides a simpler way for metros to move around their home while eating breakfast in order to use their time more efficiently in the morning. The matte finished wooden bowl and spoon can be carried around the house using one hand without the risk of spilling its contents.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Urban Tribes - Product Mapping
Urban Tribes. What is an urban tribe? Well, an urban tribe is a group of people with a way of life which is not defined by geographic location or their heritage, but rather by their looks and lifestyles.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Self Service User Interface - Automated Bus Ticketing Machine
This project aimed to produce a concept for a self service system and the interface to go with it. My concept was an automated ticketing machine, which passengers would use to purchase their own tickets after boarding the bus rather than purchasing the ticket from the driver. The touch screen interface was designed to be as simple and intuitive as possible as it could have potentially been used whilst a bus was moving.
The final submission required for this project included a report along with two posters, both of which are shown below.
Southern Cross Package Design Awards - BRAUN Series 3 Shaver
The 2010 Southern Cross Package Design Awards were a fresh change from the briefs I'd become used to, as we were presented with a variety of real world industry set briefs. Each of which had its own set of requirements for submission.
My selected brief was one for Procter & Gamble and was one which required the redesign of an existing products packaging from P&G's wide range of existing brands. Having recently purchased a BRAUN Series 3 Electric Shaver and at the time noting the excessive use of material, it was my decision to redesign the package for the said product in order to give each piece of the packaging more meaning and a longer lifecycle.
The response to the set brief resulted in half of the packaging having an extended use as a wall mountable docking station which also organises all the other pieces within the products packaging while the other half of the packaging transformed into a sturdy, foldable instruction manual. The below images show the final renderings of the proposed packaging concept.
My selected brief was one for Procter & Gamble and was one which required the redesign of an existing products packaging from P&G's wide range of existing brands. Having recently purchased a BRAUN Series 3 Electric Shaver and at the time noting the excessive use of material, it was my decision to redesign the package for the said product in order to give each piece of the packaging more meaning and a longer lifecycle.
The response to the set brief resulted in half of the packaging having an extended use as a wall mountable docking station which also organises all the other pieces within the products packaging while the other half of the packaging transformed into a sturdy, foldable instruction manual. The below images show the final renderings of the proposed packaging concept.
Monday, May 3, 2010
Electrolux Design Lab 2010 - Modular Zeer Fridge
The 2010 Electrolux Design Lab competition required the thoughtful design as space efficient home appliances which would shape how consumers perform certain household tasks in the year 2050. My response to this brief was the Modular Zeer Fridge.
The Modular Zeer Fridge is a completely modular solution for various sized households as each individual compartment can be stacked or wall mounted. Spray-on solar cells on the doors of each compartment provide the small amount of electricity needed to power the enclosed induction fan while the circulating warm air draws moisture and heat from the core of the refrigerator.
This heat is pulled from the refrigerator core through two layers of porous ceramic along with the moisture obtained from the layer of moist Silica gel. The warm air then carriers the moisture to be dehumidified and reinjected back into the Silica gel to begin the cycle again. The outer layer of insulated ceramic is utilised to keep both the moisture and warmth within the refrigerator.
This process of evaporative cooling allows the Modular Zeer Fridge to keep a constant temperature in all conditions while running entirely off the air and ambient light within the kitchen.
The Modular Zeer Fridge is a completely modular solution for various sized households as each individual compartment can be stacked or wall mounted. Spray-on solar cells on the doors of each compartment provide the small amount of electricity needed to power the enclosed induction fan while the circulating warm air draws moisture and heat from the core of the refrigerator.
This heat is pulled from the refrigerator core through two layers of porous ceramic along with the moisture obtained from the layer of moist Silica gel. The warm air then carriers the moisture to be dehumidified and reinjected back into the Silica gel to begin the cycle again. The outer layer of insulated ceramic is utilised to keep both the moisture and warmth within the refrigerator.
This process of evaporative cooling allows the Modular Zeer Fridge to keep a constant temperature in all conditions while running entirely off the air and ambient light within the kitchen.
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