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with wind
form studies
interaction
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project collaboration with Energytower
airship air-go
moto
sketch and form studies
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knife
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Design aesthetics today are created to match brand identity. The eye is a sensitive thing. Within seconds you decide what a product does and if you like it or not. It is the designer responsibility to make the user experience as pleasing as possible. Analyzing a successful old product is a good way to create something coherent and meaningful.
pick a personal product analyze form visualize on paper make a model reconnect with product
sporty form
classic function
industrial material
scale 1:1
solid body rubber bottom
heavy simple
pinch screw empty
material
expression
usage
a sensation of pinching a bottle inspired this function in the form with a fitted grip.
much like screwing a screw the manual function enables precision.
having the key feature hidden makes the sharpener invisible, but still easy to empty.
“How do you connect with your product and what story does it tell you?”
interact
with wind
So far Google has been by far the most committed company in the Internet sector to invest in renewable energy, energy efficiency and green transportation. The search engine giant has committed to hundreds of millions of dollars for research into clean power, including recent investments in wind, enhanced geothermal and plug-in vehicle startups. However, their problem of communicating their vision has been proven hard.
“Velcroed together, stacked in racks, and lined up in back-to-back rows, the servers require a half-watt in cooling for every watt they use in processing, and Google leads the field in squeezing more servers into less space. Based on a projected industry standard of 500 watts per square foot in 2011, the Dalles plant can be expected to demand about 103 megawatts of electricity—enough to power 82,000 homes, or a city the size of Tacoma, Washington.�
society
internet
the Google main office in California is fully equipped with solar panels as an electrical resource.
enhanced geothermal technology is already a big part of Google’s energy research program.
a data center that is partly driven by wave turbines is conceptualized in a project in Finland.
a new more efficient grid for electricity would would make us use less energy for the same result.
saving up energy through wind power is one of the next step in the right direction. wind power has so far been something situated far away from society due to its giant stature. now, with new technology an integration is possible. energytower is a new vertical wind turbine created by a new and upcoming Swedish wind power company. it is still being tested.
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downsides
lowered noice repair near ground cheaper repair safer surrounding no violent movement nor shadows sizes from around 3-80 meters holes in foundation for airsuction
solid body and surfaces new technology
“The new wind power technology enables us to use it where how we never done before.�
land meets people
meets wind
30 m
this is an interactive route along the coastline. Here, man and wind power meets.
with different you can get perspectives
heights different
on the highest pier you get a good view of the area
on the longest pier you have stairs that indicate the water level.
statistics and live cameras are frequently updated as a new feature in Google Earth.
five Energy towers partly supply the data center with electricity.
No sound, violent movement nor shadows are scaring people away. Much like a beachwalk this would be the a nice and way of discovering the coastline. The formations would look naturally fitted into the surrounding. Materials like thick wood would be used as a surface of the piers. The Energy towers are offcourse colored in graphical colors much like all Google’s services. Furthest out on the longest pier a staircase will run out in the water. The idea is to measure the waterlevel from day to day or year to year. For the people who can not visit personally a visual walk through will be available with the Google Earth program. Here you should be able to look up statistics, like energy consumption, wind power, water level as well as temperature both in and outside the close data center.
airship air-go extract the essence of a grasshopper
add into a new product of own choice
like an air balloon, light, divided and accessible to areas.
put it into a cotext that tells a story about its function.
twist, turn and re size the form into what makes your product.
visualize all the featured forms and ideas in a personal way.
“Accessibility is a key point in rescue missions. This is the helicopter of airships.”
moto
knife
“This isn’t a factory visit. It’s the Bentley Experience.”
bulky sense of direction different material form
classic luxurious neutral color expression
The brief of this project to make a knife connected to the identity of a brand. This knife was resembled from the form language of Bentley Motors, the exclusive car company that is rooted in the UK. The overall form was inspired from the side windows of a Continental GT. The bulky form is seen through all the views of the car, thus the thicker grip of the knife. In the process of though some words were written down.
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Adam Henriksson Age 22 Born and raised just outside Gothenburg Speaks Swedish, English, Spanish and Italian
Skills
Analytic thinking, user research, creative techniques, SWOT analysis
Freehand sketching, Wacom drawing, model making in metal / clay / foam / wood / paper Vacuum forming Basic welding
Mac OSX, MS Windows, Ms Office Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign Basic Adobe Premier, Solidworks
2008-2009
Umeรฅ Institute of Design Second year at Bechelor of Industrial Design
2007-2008
Accademia Italiana in Italy One year at Interior & Furniture Programme
2002-2005
Gรถteborgs Hรถgre Samskola Diploma in Social Science
contact Adam Henriksson Järnvägsallén 16a 90 328 Umeå 0722 006550 adam_henriksson@hotmail.com