Furniture and Product Design Portfolio

Furniture design

Portfolio 2021

Aashna Shah

Introduction

Aashna Shah

Curriculum Vitae

AASHNA SHAH Furniture designer ________________________________________________ WORK EXPERIENCE

1 year

EDUCATION

2019 | Master of Design in Furniture Design CEPT University 2012 | Bachelor of Design in Product Design Unitedworld Institute of Design ________________________________________________ CONTACT EMAIL

aashna2801@gmail.com aashna.pg190013@cept.ac.in PHONE

+91 9712612010

EXPERIENCE

LANGUAGES KNOWN

Furniture designer Sirohi (SSF) 1 month, 2020 - Internship Work from home, Based in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh - Working with weavers, executing design with welders and discussing designs with clients

INTERESTS

Product designer Sonant technologies 2 months, 2018 - Internship Design for manufacturing a device that allows users (Speech impaired users) to communicate with other people. Rapid prototyping using 3D printing technology.

Product designer Ticket design, Pune Graduation project, 8 month, 2016 Design proposal of Solar water purifier to be used in rural households. User survey and analysis, proof of concept prototype were part of process.

Product designer Ctech Lab, A Sine-IIT-B company Internship 2.5 months, 2015 Concept detailing for solar led lamp to be installed in a TATA Steel toilet. Design proposal for e-bike.

Design detailing of windmill to be used in urban settings.

English Hindi Gujarati

Innovation Social innovation Exploring new technologies Mechanisms Packaging design Sustainability Furniture design SOFTWARE SKILLS

| Solidworks | Keyshot | Rhinoceros | Adobe Photoshop | Adobe InDesign | Adobe Illustrator | CorelDraw

MANUAL SKILLS

| Prototyping | Woodworking | Sketching | Rendering | Mind mapping

__________________________ PORTFOLIO LINK

https://issuu.com/aashnashah2 https://www.behance.net/Aashna_Shah

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Introduction

Aashna Shah

Project Index

01 Intactonics

02 SymmetriShelf

03 Compactable

04 SheetChair

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Page 9

Page 13

Page 18

05 Linkseat

06 Jointifly

07 Waterlux

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Page 25

Page 29

Flat pack furniture system for urban nomads

Flexibility in Outdoor furniture for residential areas

Sheet metal optimisation

bookshelf

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Value engineering using butterfly joints

Laptop table that is easy to organise

Digitally fabricated, Nakashima inspired

Solar water purifier for rural Indians

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Project 01

Intactonics

Aashna Shah

01 Intactonics Flat pack furniture system for urban nomads

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Project 01

Intactonics

Aashna Shah

Design brief and criteria To design a flat pack furniture system that caters to the needs of people who move frequently between cities for professional opportunities, and prefer living in semi-furnished spaces.

Design Brief

__________________ Flat Pack Furniture For Urban Nomads

WHAT A furniture system that caters to the needs of people who move frequently between cities for professional opportunities, who live in semi-furnished spaces.

WHY Can carry/ transport it between cities Ease of assembly Poeple need to move often Transporting furniture is costly

WHO Young Indians - Age 20-28 years

WHERE Urban India Dust and heat Cost-sensitive market

Professionals who relocate often

Prefer unfurnished rented spaces

WHEN Quick to assembly and disassemble Consider the schedule for transportation CRITERIA Digitallly fabricated Flat pack Systems design Cost effective design Mass customisation

User Profile Working Bachelors

Young Couple Furniture required

- Do spend on movers and packers - Require additional desks - Do earn decently - Have roomates/ flatmates - Rent out furniture from online platforms - Shared/ individual ownership of furniture - Require chilling spot for friends/ guests

- Shared ownership of furniture - One/ both have jobs that require transfers frequenctly - Guests requre additional seating, bar unit, display unit

Furniture bought

Wardrobe Rack Cupboard/ Almirah/ Collapsible shelf/ collapsible storage Desk chair Bean bag Small racks End table Chair laptopn table

Furniture rented Small Family

Single occupant

- Need baby proofing, sturdy construction - Guests requre additional seating, bar unit, display unit

- Complete ownership - Move frequently for experience - Nomad enthusiast - Earns more than decent money

Bed Coffee table and accompanaying stools Workstation Sofa Table

Research findings Maximum Size of packaging box (Stretcher): 610 x 2134 , with 217 mm corner radius Cost of transporting furniture using movers and packers: Rs. 9937 per cubic meter for 1000 km Modes of transporting furniture: Train, Movers and packers, flight, Pick-up tricks Problems associated with flat pack furniture: Flimsy, difficult to assemble, complicated manuals, time-consuming Options of temporary furniture: Renting, buying cheap, selling, buying used furniture Furniture requirements: Primary - Storage, Desk, Dining Secondary - Lounge area Weight that can be carried by two people: 30 Kg

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Project 01

Intactonics

Aashna Shah

Concept evolution

Timber joinery

Metal section is used instead of sheet metal for beam

Component B

Component A

Most versatile connector

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Component A Preassembled wooden frame

Tenon and mortise on end grain will damage the grains Joinery metal

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Seen and touch in wood and ply wood

Dining table

Desk

- Long component of sheet metal is hard to manufacture, when H is larger than W - Goose neck die - manual force not enough to remove part from die

Stage 1 Preassembled components, Structure

Metal pipe is selected over tenon and mortise

Stage 2 Joinery detailing, Material selection - pipe

Stool

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Shelf

Stage 3 Structural logic, joinery, assembly sequence

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Project 01

Intactonics

Aashna Shah

Final concept

Dining table

Small Shelf - 3

Stool

Coffee table with storage

Coffee table With room for stools

Desk

Shelf

Shelf + Desk

Coffee table with 4 stools (compact)

Furniture possibilities and structural logic

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Project 01

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Project 02

SymmetriShelf

Aashna Shah

02 SymmetriShelf Sheet metal bookshelf optimisation

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Project 02

SymmetriShelf

Aashna Shah

Design brief and criteria

To design a sheet metal bookshelf that can hold minimum of 10 books, doesn’t use hardware, using a maximum of 5 sq. ft material.

Concept Development

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Project 02

SymmetriShelf

Aashna Shah

Concept development

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Concept evolution - Increased area for supporting books1068 without incresing material

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Prototyping and testing

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Project 02

SymmetriShelf

Aashna Shah

Final concept

Zero wastage in fabrication

Sheet metal bookshelf - Partitions that can be adjusted by users

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Project 03

Compactable

Aashna Shah

03 Compactable Laptop table that provides ample working surface

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Project 03

Compactable

Aashna Shah

Design research Increase work surface

White board: Never used

Not efficient

2 levels of surface Extendable table Allows movement of the arms

No account taken for resilience

Customized elements

Lid lock Avoid accidental closing

Hurts fingers sometimes while closing

Tessellation Modular

More space needed for mouse and hand movement The hinge Intervention in terms of locking

Can work anywhere you want, on bed, on floor.. You can carry around anywhere around your house/ Studio..

Walking with a heavy table obstructing leg movement

Leg room for folding legs

Need storage for basic stationary

Adjustable angle

Sometimes your legs feel stuck inside those closed area

heights

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Indians, students Horizontal working

No space in front of laptop to write, Have to push laptop

Organised Storage Pocket storage

22” 26” Form incorporation of lock in design

Need more space for Indian sitting (Folded / crossed legs)

Vertical shelves -Slouching after a while -Need pillow to support knees from underneath

Ergonomic study of iconic piece

Encourage people to be organised

Opportunity mapping

Things keep on falling off if I’m carrying the whole thing from one place to another

Insights from user survey

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Project 03

Compactable

Aashna Shah

Iconic furniture - Study, 1:5 model making

1.

Soaking paper veneer in water

4.

Layering, applying glue and fixing

2.

Cutting strips at increasing lengths

3.

Offsetting layers for joinery

5.

Applying petroleum jelly for mold release

1.

4.

Clamping

5.

Lamination Process

Checking the mold to fit the sheet

2.

Applying petroleum jelly

Pressing the external jig to form the sheet

3.

Heating with heat gun

Concept pictures from YankoDesign.com

Clamping the moulds

Finishing

Heat Forming Process

1:5 scale study model

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Project 03

Compactable

Aashna Shah

Design brief and concept development

To design a portable work table with storage and ample working surface for horizontal working (bed / floor/ mattress) that allows users to de-clutter easily when they’re done working.

Stage 1 - Initial concepts to increase working surface area

Stage 2 - Legs that allow adjustable heights, drawer for storage

Stage 3 - Casted aluminium cantilever legs with 2 drawers

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Project 03

Compactable

Aashna Shah

Final concept

Bent Plywood

T - Nuts Plywood aluminium Anodised aluminium

Neodium magnets

Groove to pull out drawer 881.72

Isometric views

Neodymium magnet and barrel hinges for closing

T - Nut

Materials and manufacturing 881.72

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Project 04

SheetChair

Aashna Shah

04 SheetChair Digitally fabricated Nakashima inspired Sheet metal

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Project 04

SheetChair

Aashna Shah

Design Brief and concept development To design a chair inspired from the structure of Nakashima grass chair, using sheet metal as the material.

Initial concepts, The back rest and legs are made by bending a strip of sheet metal, Reduction of material, Fabric connects to rod

Concept Refinement

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Project 04

SheetChair

Aashna Shah

Prototyping and testing

Development Drawings

Bending of sheet metal

Pop - Rivet : Using rivet gun for assembling the seat for welding

Welding of the edges of the flanges under the seat

Laser Cutting

Pressing the edge for HEMMING

Measuring the angles for getting accurate angles

Assembling of the components - Bracing to be changed to solve the problem of swaying

Testing the first prototype for ergonomics, structure and strength

Powder coating

Studying the prototyping process for optimisation of manufacturing

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Project 04

SheetChair

Aashna Shah

Final design

Production drawing - flat pattern, isometric and orthographic views

Prototype

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Project 05

LinkSeat

Aashna Shah

05 Linkseat Flexibility in Outdoor furniture for residential areas

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Project 05

LinkSeat

Aashna Shah

Design brief and concept development To design outdoor seating for people living gated communities in India, that enables the residents to rearrange the furniture as required and encourage community engagement and interaction.

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Project 05

LinkSeat

Aashna Shah

Final concept L-shaped

Wooden planks

1370

Pipe ends

1370

2°

Anchored bench

End grain caps Bracing 522

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560

Pivoting bench

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Rotating leg Pivoting bench

Anchored L - shaped bench exploded view

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Spacer assembly

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Wooden slats 100

Pivot assembly With 5 mm tolerance

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Component drawings

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End grain caps Precast concrete Pedestal legs

Range of motion

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Range of motion, assemblies and sub-assemblies, anchoring

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Project 06

Jointifly

Aashna Shah

06 Jointifly Redesign a piece of furniture using value engineering Use of butterfly joint to add value

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Project 06

Jointifly

Aashna Shah

Design brief - Value engineering

To redesign a piece of furniture in order to increase the ratio of value over cost (value engineering), considering constraints of cost, workshop setup, about skills and availability of raw materials.

Chosen table Market price : Rs. 20,000 /Dimensions: 50 x 30 x 15 in Approximate production cost: Ghana teak wood Top slab (2) : 50 x 15 x 2 in Small supporting slabs (2) : 24 x 2.75 x 1.5 in Large supporting slabs (2) : 42 x 2.75 x 1.5 in Legs (4) : 15 x 4 x 4 in

Design proposal *Keeping ruggedness and rigidity of the design.

OBSERVATIONS Top surface is made of two slabs, and the line in the middle breaks the beautiful flow of wood grains.

The polish does not bring out the Richness of Ghana teak. Smooth finish in the top and sudden ruggedness on the legs break the design language

Current design

*More interesting interaction of legs and top surfaces. *Solving the issue with the partition line, leave a minor gap in between two slabs *Enhancing the richness of the wood with finishes

Design proposal for increased value

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Project 06

Jointifly

Aashna Shah

Prototyping ITEMS

Ghana teak Wood

MEASUREMENTS

QUANTITY

Top slabs (2) :50 x 15 x 1.75 in Small supporting slabs (2) : 24 x 2.75 x 24 in Large supporting slabs (2) : 45 (Approximately 4.7 cubic feet) x .75 x 1.5 in Legs (4) : 15 x 4 x 4 in

10 logs

COST PER UNIT (In Rupees)

COST

1800 / -

8400 / -

Per cubic feet

Polish

1200 / -

Labour

500 / -

Studs

1” diameter

4

10 / -

40 / -

Buffers

1“ diameter

4

2/-

8/-

TOTAL

10148 / -

Bill of materials

Prototyping process

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Project 06

Jointifly

Aashna Shah

Final concept MAKING To bring out the ruggedness and enhance the beautiful grains of the Ghana teak, we gave texture with help of a vertical hacksaw on the top surface and legs.

We used a butterfly joint, which is an efficient joinery and also a decorative element.

The legs were flushed to the top surface of the table.

We applied a darker tone to the joinery and legs to give it an interesting look.

Dowel joints were used for fixing the legs. At least, two coats of melamine were applied.

The production cost of the new table is Rs. 11,000, which is not much higher than that of our chosen table, while the aesthetic value has increased exponentially without compromising its functionality and durability.

Final Prototype and value engineering

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Project 07

WaterLux

Aashna Shah

07 Waterlux Solar water purifier for rural Indians

TICKET DESIGN | PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | WWW.TICKETDESIGN.COM

09 MAY 2018

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Project 07

WaterLux

Aashna Shah

Design brief, Research and Proof of concept prototype To design a low-cost solar water purification system for rural households in India SYNOPSIS

Weir-type stepped still was selected as it is the most efficient type. It is made of several steps that have a barrier to hold water. The height of water is low which makes it more efficient.

It has the advantage of a larger evaporation area.

SCOPE IN INDIA

Design intervention using solar technology that would make a difference in everyday life of people.

Lack of fossil fuels

DESIGN CRITERIA

High energy demands, 40 % Government subsidy, Government support, Plenty of sunshine, Well-established market

The water output should meet the drinking water requirements of a family.

The design should be simple to manufacture and easy to use.

TARGET AUDIENCE Rural people in India

The water is stored in large quantities because of unavailability.

SOLAR STILL CONSISTS OF: 1. Basin 2. Water channel 3. Transparent cover 4. Inlet 5. Outlet

1. Heating

Efficiency of solar still depends on: Structure, Evaporation surface area, Air gap, Condensation area, Angles of the cover, Concentrators, Reflectors, Water height

WEIR - TYPE STEPPED SOLAR STILL PROTOTYPE DRAWING

PROCESS STEPS: 2. Evaporation

1. Heating 2. Evaporation 3. Condensation

3. Condensation

WATER-BORNE DISEASES

WATER SOURCE 1. Bore wells 2. Water connection of municipal corporation

SOLAR WATER DISTILLATION PROCESS Solar still is a device that converts contaminated water into drinking water by vaporization by the sun’s rays and condensation.

Kills 1 every 4 hours 1. Typhoid (fever) 2. Cholera 3. Diarrhoea 4. Hepatitis A & E

DRINKING WATER PURIFICATION TECHNIQUES

LOCATION OF USER RESEARCH Sus village and Nande village,

BOILING

REVERSE OSMOSIS

CL CHLORINATION

Maharashtra (Near Pune)

SOLAR PASTEURISATION

CARBON FILTER SOLAR DISINFECTION (UV RAYS) IODINE PILLS

TICKET DESIGN | PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL

Design brief and user research

CLOTH FILTER

DISTILLATION

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | WWW.TICKETDESIGN.COM

09 MAY 2018

Proof of concept - Technology research Solar stills and their efficiencies were compared

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Project 07

WaterLux

Aashna Shah

Concept development CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT Exploring a variety of mechanisms that suits the function Using reflectors with angles that has to be changed thrice a year that will increase the output Collapsing mechanism used to store it conveniently when not in use

USER TASK FLOW

1.

In the morning, place the device outdoors facing south

2.

Lock the wheels

3.

Angle it to ground using level indicators

4.

Open the Reflectors

5.

Fill the inlet tank with water

6.

Extract pure Water from Outlet tank In the Evening

7.

Collapse it And store

Effortless Collapsible Compact Sturdy Telescopic Movable

TICKET DESIGN | PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | WWW.TICKETDESIGN.COM

Ideation - structure that allows for storage when not in use

Inspiration from wheel barrow

09 MAY 2018

User task flow

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Project 07

WaterLux

Aashna Shah

Final design

TICKET DESIGN | PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | WWW.TICKETDESIGN.COM

FEATURES : Portable, Collapsible, Can produce sufficient amount of clean drinking water for a family.

ERGONOMICS: Top height is ideal for users to pour water into the inlet tank.

09 MAY 2018

Use cases

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Email

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91-9712612010