Furniture & Product Design Portfolio BOYI ZHOU
About me ... Name: Boyi Zhou School: Nottingham Trent University Nationality: Chinese
Table of Content 01.
Design for production
02.
Online Furniture Retail
03.
Donkey Evolution
04.
Product Development
05.
Personal/ Household Product
06.
Personal Product Development Part B
07.
Living on wheels
01.Design for production Content: Explore the commercial home-ware market developing a product or small range of products specifically for wood fabrication. Alongside these techniques there may be the need for stock fixing, further fabrication, additional materials and finishing.
02. Online Furniture Retail Content Research the online furniture sale market and choose a brand to be client. Consider their market, price point, manufacture capabilities, current ranges of products This lounge chair is designed for MOROSO, inspired by the wood structure, developed further in bamboo structure and rope weaving ideas
Sketch Developing
• General ideas with different kinds of chairs
• Understand what does the Moroso company need
• Inspired from the wood structure, developed further in bamboo structure and rope weaving ideas
• Inspired from MOROSO’s Biknit, chaise lounge
Model Making
Scale: 1:5 Material: Stainless steel, Ribbon, Polypropylene cotton Details
The Beauty of Design
03. Donkey Evolution Content From Phase I to Phase II, the task is about develop, refine and manufacture a new Donkey in plywood This new Donkey with an asymmetrical shape designed for modern living space
DONKEY 4 EXPLODED VIEW
MATERIAL: PLYWOOD JOINT: DOMINO JOINT+ DOWEL JOINT
DRINKS
04. Product Development
Content Identify one brand, design and develop an innovative, complementary product for them This light designed for SCP, as a working table light with counter balance idea
05. Personal/ Household Product Content Chose a brand to design a product embraces emerging technology, which could interact with people and lead their life. As a medical VR facility designed for PHILIPS, this VR headset could help doctors to do a virtual surgery with the real situation of the patient, it will help to increase the success rate of surgery.
Record the inside body structure of the patient
PATIENT
One time chip connect the doctors' hands with the hologram
DOCTOR The hologram of the patient where need to do the surgery
06. PDP-Part B Narrative and Ritual in Design • Timecapsule
Content This project seeks to recognise the value of individual human behaviours by examining and celebrating the peculiar habitual customs that surround life's small routine pleasures This personal design project is about Love and focus on love X time, with 3 sigle objects narrate the love that people seeks for within their limitted time
• Clock • Necklace
07. Living on wheels Content Develop solutions for the current industry standard three fold bed action. Explore new and innovative ways to achieve the same requirments within the current space/ price restrictions. A group project with Kiera Bass.
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