BART DE BANZIE Product design portfolio
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WHO I AM My name is Bart de Banzie and I’m a keen designer with an innate curiosity for how things work. I graduated from Loughborough University Design School in July 2017, achieving an upper-second class Bachelor degree (with honours) in Industrial Design and Technology. I have been deeply interested in design since I was able to use a screw driver, taking apart and building with anything I could get my hands on; and my curiosity has only got stronger over the years. Building on my academic qualifications, I’ve learnt valuable design skills from internships at some well-known international companies, including Lego, Black and Decker and Heatherwick Studio These experiences have helped shape me into a thoughtful and enthusiastic young designer. I wish to continue learning and developing every day, and to pursue a bright career in product design.
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CONTENTS
Live Project 2017
Final Year Project
RSA Design Project
Surface Modelling Project
An week long design exercise to design or redesign an inclusive product.
An 8 month research and design project to identify an opportunity and design an innovative product.
A research-heavy 3 month project for the Royal Society of the Arts to design a product-service-system to tackle chronic illness. The project tackled pancreatic cancer diagnosis and treatment.
A 6 week surface modelling project of an existing product, incorporating laser scanned data to create a custom fit for specific user needs.
3 Month Project
6 Week Project
Tutti is an inclusive vacuum cleaner for the partially sighted and users with poor motor skills. 10 Day Project
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Aura is a product aimed at reducing household food wastage in the UK. 8 Month Project
CONTENTS
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Injection Moulding Project
LEGO Internship
A 3 month project to design and manufacture a functioning injection mould tool that could produce a branded promotional plastic widget.
An 8 month Internship undertaken in Denmark to work as a junior designer for the set-design team.
3 Month Project
8 Month Project
Sets designed in this period are sold in stores around the world.
Tutti
An inclusive vacuum cleaner to help those with visual impairments and poor motor skills.
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DESIGN WEEK EXERCISE Live projects is an opportunity to answer a brief set by a number of companies, and run through the research and ideation phase of the design process in order to produce a conceptual product design that fits the brief. The chosen brief asked for a design that focused on global inclusivity, and redesign a product that could be used by a larger range of users. Many ideas were generated in the first half of the project, a wide range of research methods were used to evaluate inclusivity in products.
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IDEATION Extensive sketch ideation was used throughout the design process to explore ideas that would make the product more inclusive. This included ways for visually impaired people to use features such as the dust filter, power management and the controls. Inspired heavily by Italian 1950’s design, the product looks stylish and sleek, to ensure there was no exclusion of users through the stigma surrounding inclusive products. Tutti was targeted at as many users as possible. All controls are signified using indentations that show both visually and sensually how to use the product with ease and efficiency.
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Trigger handle with haptic feedback to alert users if they’re vacuuming an area that has already been cleaned
Easy to remove air filter with de-bossed signifiers
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Vacuum head with bumpers to prevent scratching furniture and sensors to detect areas that need vacuuming
Tutti is charged using a wall mounted docking station that holds the product upright, keeping it charged and providing a talking point.
AURA
A luxury product to reduce household food waste
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THE PROBLEM
7.3 Million tonnes of food is wasted in the UK every year, more than any other country in Europe.
Yearly 1.3 billion tonnes of edible food is wasted globally.
The majority of food wasted is fresh produce, such as fruit and vegetables.
Household food waste accounts for 20% of the UK’s CO2 equivalent emissions, and 5% of it’s water wastage.
WHY WE WASTE
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FOOD GOING OFF There are two leading factors driving household food wastage in the UK. Food going off or past its best was listed as the main reason food was wasted in recent years. This also includes food thrown away when it is presumed to be off, despite it being edible.
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OVER PREPARING The second major cause of household food wastage is that of overcooking, or over preparing food that is later thrown away. This includes people not knowing how to prepare certain items of produce to minimise wastage.
THE COSTS
£470
The yearly cost to the average person in the UK as a result of throwing away edible food waste. 10
£24,000 The average lifetime cost as a result of wasting food in the UK.
£13bn
The estimated total cost of household food wastage across 2015 in the UK.
IDEA GENERATION
An early idea for the project, a lamp that shines UV light onto produce to preserve it.
Initial concepts included those that would preserve food by exposing produce to UV-C light, an antimicrobial light that would slow down rate of decay.
Unobtrusive and integrated design proposal
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REFLECTION The use of model making and user testing was essential after the first round of ideation, this helped discover problem areas and faults in the design concept. In this case, average weekly food shop sizes were used to establish a product volume and format. Problems such as safety; exposure to insects and line of sight were driving factors in the change of format of the product.
Lighting and rendering software was used extensively to calculate the optimum lighting format. This image shows one possible array of LED’s used to illuminate and irradiate the produce. To get accurate results, laser scanned food items were introduced into the virtual environment. These evaluations gave me an optimal LED layout, to provide the best possible results from the product, and to theoretically prove the concept would work.
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DEVELOPMENT Through re-evaluation and further research, the design transitioned into a more complete and comprehensive approach to the problem, a standalone product that would cater to users desires and needs. During this stage sketching and CAD was used side by side to allow adjusting of the internal volumes and positions of components, with inspiration taken from various movements in design.
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AURA Is a comprehensive food wastage prevention product, providing an optimal environment to maintain fresh produce, regarding both flavour, nutritional value and longevity.This is achieved through the use of short-wave ultraviolet anti-microbial light. On-board sensors detect when the produce is at its best, and when it may be going off, giving the user a greater awareness of what to use up and when. Aura caters to users behaviours, encouraging consumption of produce during its prime, as well as providing in-app recipes and suggestions aimed at reducing food wastage.
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PANCREATIC CANCER PREVENTION
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RESEARCH >99 out of 100 people die after a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer
LESS THAN 1%
Survive pancreatic cancer for 10 or more years, 2010-11, England and Wales
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NO IMPROVEMENT
Age that pancreatic cancer survival is highest, 2009-2013, England
Pancreatic cancer survival in the UK has not changed in the last 40 years
Key Survival Factors Pancreatic cancer is a silent disease that claims nearly 10,000 lives in the UK each year. This is due to diagnosis often being made at a late stage when it is commonly terminal. These statistics have not changed over the last 40 years despite advances in medicine.
70+ Determining vulnerable groups to give the product to through the health service
Reducing risk by encouraging a healthy lifestyle
Catching signs of early development as soon as they appear, as development is symptomless.
This product does not cure pancreatic cancer, but catches it early before it has a chance to develop. This early diagnosis provides the user with a 120 times greater chance of survival.
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Treatment to remove and cure the patient of the cancer
Providing a chance for the patient to recover properly
Providing a support network for the patient, allowing emotional support to promote mental well-being
Piezoelectric charging plate that generates power from pressure applied by the toilet seat
Flexible and water resistant probe to fit the shape of most toilets
Subtle design that communicates only with the GP to reduce anxiety for user
Biomarker sensor picks up traces of proteins in urine that indicate pre-stage 1 cancer
The aim of the product is to provide a silent guardian, protecting the user from missing the subtle signs of pancreatic cancer using novel technologies. Requiring no interaction after installation, the product will offer peace of mind for the user, communicating urine test results with a local GP. This approach ensures the users mental well-being whilst massively reducing the risk of a late-stage diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. The concept can also be applied to bowel and stomach cancers, other forms of silent cancers with high mortality rates.
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SURFACE MODELLING PROJECT Advanced CAMM (Computer Aided Modelling and Manufacture) techniques were used during this project, the software used included Creo 3.0, Rhyno and Keyshot. The aim of the 6 week project was to modify an existing product with ergonomic data to fit the needs of a specific user, this was done using laser acquired data and surface modelling.
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MODELLING This project required modelling the product and incorporating the 3D scanned data to adjust the shape of the grip to provide a custom and unique user profile, this would improve comfort for long-term usage. Shown here: Top Left: Using poly-morph to obtain the shape of the users grip, this was later scanned using a Z-CORP scanner to capture the data. Bottom Left: Beginning the modelling of the driver, aided with the use of reference images. Top Right: Analysis was used throughout to ensure the modelling was robust and accurate. Bottom Right: More comprehensive analysis such as reflection checks were used towards the end of the modelling to ensure G2 surface continuity, ensuring a seamless and professional surface quality throughout.
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INJECTION MOULDING PROJECT
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Shown here: Top left: CNC routing one half of the aluminium mould block after programming the tooling path. Top: The resulting piece, this would house all of the internal inserts to form the final plastic USB holder. Bottom: Preparing the mould block half to house locating pins, to hold the two blocks together ready for moulding. This was machined to a precision of 0.0125mm. Bottom Right: Two early inserts manually machined to give the plastic widget it’s distinctive faceted surfaces.
MANUFACTURE The images shown here represent the latter half of this project, the design and manufacture of the injection mould block. Prior to this stage I designed a simple, feasible and branded plastic USB holder, due to the nature of the project this was a short design process, as the majority of the work went into bringing the tooling to live. CNC machining, manual machining and classical tooling methods were used to create the injection mould block. The 12 week group project achieved a high first class grade after successfully creating a functioning injection mould tool based on my initial design.
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THE FINISHED PRODUCT Shown here: Top left: The finished tooling atop of a set of engineering reference drawings. Bottom left: The sprew gate being adjusted for optimal results whilst injection moulding the widget. Middle: The final product moulded in a bright colour to emphasise possible defects such as shrinkage and flashing. Bottom Right: The intended design, two widgets holding a USB captive, the distinctive faceted diamond shape matching the brand DNA of Jawbone products.
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LEGO INTERNSHIP Beginning August 2015 I was employed by Lego onto their internship program based in Billund, Denmark. My responsibility as an intern was to undertake the same projects allocated to junior designers, and work alongside a talented team of designers to produce new and exciting Lego sets. During the 8 month period I was fortunate enough to work with both the Lego City team and the Lego Dimensions team, taking on my own projects and collaborating on others. The internship taught me a great deal about working with others in a professional environment, meeting deadlines and Lego as a company. Over the course of the internship I was able to see 4 of my own sets from ideation to manufacture, 3 of which are currently on sale globally (with the 4th pending release).
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Lego Dimensions 71266 The third solo project undertaken on my internship.
Lego City 60136 The second solo project undertaken on my internship.
Lego City 60135 The first solo project undertaken on my internship.
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THANK YOU FOR READING
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