Andrea Mestre RCA portfolio

andrea mestre Industrial Design Engineer from Spain

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Meet Andrea I am a research led product designer with a focus in designing thoughtful and enjoyable material experiences that touch the user at a deep emotional level. I aim to create beautiful and pleasurable objects by challenging our perception on how objects could be.

For me design is a tool for improving everyday life, not only for meeting our physical needs but also for the very things our souls yearn for: mental comfort and inner pleasure.

My practice is based around an understanding of manufacturing processes and material experimentation combined with an intuitive approach to colour and a keen eye for detail. I never start with an empty page; fascination for a material, tradition, technique or colour always set the foundation of my projects. Then, I allow my curiosity to direct my creative process.

After finishing my Industrial Design Engineering degree on July 2015 I joined the prestigious Royal College of Art of London, where I graduated from the Design Products master course in June 2017.

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... my creative journey

My Skill Set EDUC ATION

I am my own work-in progress. Presented below is the breakdown of my skills that is vital in supporting my ideas and concepts.

Industrial Design and Product Development

Sep’ 11 - Jun’ 15

Bachelor Engineering Polytechnic University of Valencia

Interior Space Design

Oct’ 14 - Jun’ 15

Gaia Restauration School

S O F T WA R E

Autocad

Photoshop Illustrator Indesign Office

Solidworks Keyshot Rhino

M.A. Design Products

Sep’ 15 - Jun’ 17

Royal College of Art

WORKSHOPS L ANGUAGES

Design Tools: Solidworks and Digital Mock-up

Spanish

Valencian

English

Native

Native

Full professional proficiency

2014 - 25 hours

Polytechnic Univeristy of Valencia 2014 - 44+44 hours

Jewellery Techniques I and II Fabrika 12

Pattern Design

PERSONAL SKILLS Creative Hard worker Responsible

Online Course on Domestika.org Active Social Constant

The Pottery Workshop

SKETCH

2014 - 21 hours

Domanises

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

RESEARCH

2014

EXHIBITIONS

PROTOT YPE

3D MODELLING

TECHNICAL D R AW I N G

AWA R D S

Final Degree Show at Royal College of Art

June’17

Gandia winner of Ruth Drew Prize

June’17

‘Linking Minds’ at Milan Design Week

April’17

Work in Progress at Royal College of Art

Jan’17

Gandia shorlisted for the Robin and

June’17

UNAMO Design Week

Feb’16

Lucienne Day Foundation Award

Work in Progress at Royal College of Art

Jan’16

Trends&Kids at Las Naves Valencia

Sep’15

Nude - Habitat Valencia International Fair

Feb’15

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my work INDEX

Gandia

Page 9

Furniture

Punkt EB01

Page 15

Transportation and Service Design

Totem

Page 19

Furniture

Eureka!

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Jewellery

1 tool/1stool

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Furniture

Anglepoise

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Concept and lightning

Bike Store (Degree’s Major Project) Interior Design

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This project is a collaboration with Rattan Deco, a rattan furniture manufacturer from Spain

Gandia dynamic chair ___

Mast er’s Majo r Proje ct

I. the background During the 60’s there was a boom in Spain for rattan furniture, with lots of new factories, but nowadays only a few factories are still manufacturing, while other companies are now importing this type of furniture.

II. the problem Rattan furniture hasn’t changed much over the years, and you can find the same or very similar designs from company to company, and that is one of the reasons why they are struggling competing with similar products coming from China, which are mostly of inferior quality, but sold for a fraction of the price.

III. the purpose With this project I intend to challenge how rattan furniture can look, behave and feel, with the goal of giving more opportunities to the manufacturers by opening doors to new markets, those where quality and good design are equally appreciated, and also to support the preservation of this craft and the jobs of factory workers.

This project is material driven. .

IV. the proposal

The Gandia dynamic chair is the result of an exploration on the unexploited properties of the rattan cane in dynamic furniture applications.

It is a response to a demand for a less technical office furniture which blends within the environment, born out of the blurring between home and work environments.

The warmth of rattan and the embracing shapes evoke a relaxed feel-at-home mood, while the innovative connections and material processing support the dynamic nature of sitting, in order to avoid stress and tension much associated with long working hours.

furniture

11 C HAIR’S DYNAMICS

PROTOT YPING AND EXPERIMENTAL PROCESS

Several studies run by leading office furniture companies such as Knoll, Vitra or Herman Miller state that sitting for long periods will cause enormous stress and tension on our bodies, and any chair would become uncomfortable over time. In order to reduce the negative impact of sitting it has been found that promoting dynamic leaning movements are extremely beneficial.

And here is where rattan come into play. Due to the flexibility of the cane, this is usually constrained but here it is used to translate the circular movement from the backrest into a linear movement of the seat, allowing a responsive movement.

RESPONSIVE RATTAN CANE

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Punkt EB01_

transportation

This proposal was selected by Punkt Team:

Sylvain de Bellis Martin Ding Andrea Mestre Staci Tsai

in a competition with other 4 teams.

The prototype was displayed during Milan Design Week 2017.

I. the brief The Punkt. Urban Mobility Project explores how the e-bike can best improve quality of life in the urban environment. Students will need to evaluate the significance of these and other areas of variance, and decide to what extent they should inform the design process – whether to create a bike that aims to be suitable for a wide range of urban environments, or produce something targeted more precisely at a specific context. The bottom line is that the Punkt. e-bike should simplify personal transportation within the urban environment.

B I K E P ROTOT Y P E - M A N U FAC T U R E D BY TO R I N O C R E A

II. our context London is a world-class city with diversity being one of its greatest strengths. Surrounded by a mixture of cultures, skills, and knowledge, it’s no surprise that London has more co-working spaces than any other city in the world. The rising number of these flexible offices have ultimately shaped the future of how we work and reflect the public’s increased desire for a more collaborative, community-based work environment.

III. our proposal The e-bike is designed to seamlessly fit into the existing business model of co-working spaces as “add-ons” to membership plans. We createda shared e-bikeprogram to provide a convenient travel option for this thriving new community of workers. With a focus on carefree rides, the e-bike’s compass-inspired navigation system offers more freedom and fewer commands. The removable saddle battery helps avoid theft and makes charging easier. Riders can connect to the motor whilst adjusting their bike seat in one movement. Integratedfront and rear light indicators improve communication betweendifferent vehicles for safer roads. Got an extra load? A detachable carrierprovides room for additional items, so whether you’re running an errand, or headingto thegym, all you need to do is just enjoy the ride.

GPS BOX AND DETAC HABLE BASKET

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PEDAL DETAIL

BATTERY BOX

CHARGING DOCKS

REAR INDIC ATION LIGHTS

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__ totem I. the brief To design an “open source” product for the home, that has to be accesible and customizable.

Also, it must be easy to be manufactured anywhere in the world, with surrounding materials, using local labour at local costs

furniture

II. the concept We live in a very busy world where there’s no time to waste. Totem fits perfectly into our dynamic lifestyles, and relieves the stress of those chaotic mornings.

We all know how it feels to be rushing around the house trying to find everything that we need for our working day, whilst at the same time worrying about being late. Thanks to Totem, everything that you need for your day is in one place, neatly stored and ready and waiting for you.

III. the outcome

It’s design (constructed under open design principles) allows the user to personalize the final product according to their personal tastes and needs through the combination of different accessories. All of the components can be placed at a height to suit the owner, as its design allows for quick and easy personalization.

Totem rescues two product typologies (the dressing table and the valet) which are disappearing from the contemporary home and it is adapting those to today’s actual needs.

Totem is made from cut outs from a single plywood board, saving material and resources.

Totem is part of the furniture collection “Paral-lel”, which explores the principles of Open Design’s philosophy, designed in representation of the Polytechnic University of Valencia at the young designers talent place at Habitat Valencia International Fair in February 2015

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eureka

jewellery collection

I. the brief Make a collaboration between two disciplines to create anything.

II. the concept Arquimedes realized how to discover if the King Hieron II crown was made from pure gold while he was taking a bath. He suddenly jumped off the bathtub and run naked into the streets of Siracusa: Eureka! Eureka! Since then, that expression is used when someone realizes something, and it is also the name of my collection.

My proposal is a jewellery collection inspired in a series of physical effects, phenomena and theories.

After studying this phenomena I decontextualize them and materialize them into jewels.

III. the outcome - Copernicus necklace (based on the heliocentric theory of Copernicus): the hemisphere is in one side of the necklace and not in the centre, because with this theory the earth wasn’t the centre of everything anymore.

- Archimedes density earrings: as if we mix two different liquids with different densities one will stay in the bottom of the glass and the other in the surface.

- Newton earrings (based on Newton’s cradle): is a device that demonstrates conservation of momentum and energy via a series of swinging spheres.

- Einsten ring (based on the Wormhole also know as the Einstein-Rose Bridge): a wormhole is a hypothetical topological feature that would fundamentally be a shortcut through spacetime.

It is much like a tunnel with two ends, each in separate points in spacetime.

Steel 3D Printing, gold coated

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1 tool /1 stool

III. the outcome

furniture I. the brief

II. the concept In a glue gun material and tool coexist in the same place, so my approach was to create a stool with just the tool.

The seat of the stool is entirely made of layers of coloured glue, which is supported by timber covered in glue.

Using only the ONE TOOL of your choice and ONE material you will produce a STOOL. The stool must be fully functional: approx. 40cm high. Safely supports the weight of an adult.

You must NOT use any other components (nails, glue etc.).

Nothing else.

No exceptions.

These are the rules.

Make it good.

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anglepoise_

III. the outcome

lightning

I. the brief The project is interested in speculative applications that can identify interesting design territories, for future opportunities to ‘use light’.

II. the concept Nowadays with the increasing number of social networks people seems to forget how to connect offline, and we can see how people meet at a cafe to have fun but they end up using their own phones and ignoring the person next to them. This lamp will send a visual signal when the situation happens, in order to interrupt people from using their phones and encouraging them to keep the conversation going.

what should Anglepoise© mean in 2030?

WHO IS IT FOR? customised set up service for businesses

FACE TO FACE COMMUNICATION

STRATEGY

TECHNOLOGY light that works influenced by eye tracking and speech recognition technology

create a language with light that influences people’s behaviors encouraging face to face relationships.

__ degree’s final project interior design I. the brief Development of the interior design of an architectural space located inside a shopping mall. This space will be containing a store of customized bikes and cycle accesories as well as bike repairing workshop.In this project both aesthetics and functionality are involved. The main objective is to maximize the benefits of the business and reduce costs, while creating a unique experience for the user.

Disseny Interior d’una tenda de bicicletes personalitzades

II. the concept: the velodrome

Alumna: Andrea Mestre del Pino

If we look closely at the design of velodromes, we will observe that exists a lot of elements which, extrapolated and used as a reference, could be very interesting for creating the interior design of the shop.

Usually bicycle stores are packed with all the models available, however, my approach is to design a store with a reduced number of stock on display in order to avoid influencing the client’s choices, who have to design their own bike.

In conclusion, we could say that this concept seeks to create an eye-catching design, spectacular, modern, original and well integrated so the client feels to be into another location, in order to reinforce the experience of the purchase.

T u t o r : J u a n A n t o n i o B r a vo B r a vo València, Juliol de 2015

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