Erinparkerdesign Designer Profile 2021 by erinparkerdesign

Erin Parker

Design Profile 2021

Contents

About me, Influences and values Page 6-9

Pint Place

Page 10-15

The Evolution Chair Page 16-21

Pearson Lloyd Project Page 22-27

Conclusion Page 28-29

References Page 30-31

Figures List Figure

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1. Erin working on the Date Night Donkey Model ..............................................................................................5 2. Erinparkerdesign Profile Image 1 ..............................................................................................................................6 3. Hibiscus Stool .........................................................................................................................................................................7 4. Date Night Donkey .............................................................................................................................................................7 5. The Evolution Chair ....................................................................................................................................................7&21 6. James Parker upholstering ...........................................................................................................................................8 7. Charles Eames in his Home Studio............................................................................................................................9 8. The Bialetti Book ..................................................................................................................................................................9 9. Pint Place Close Up Render...................................................................................................................................10&15 10. Pint Place Sketch .............................................................................................................................................................12 11. Pint Place Development through Models .........................................................................................................12 12. Cutting out curves in the Panels on the Band-saw......................................................................................13 13. Cutting out Dowels on the Band-saw .................................................................................................................13 14. Oscillating Bobbin Sander to smooth out the curves ...............................................................................13 15. Drilling holes to Connect the Dowels....................................................................................................................13 16. Pint Place ..............................................................................................................................................................................15 17. The Evolution Chair Close up ...................................................................................................................................16 18. Ideation Sketch for The Evolution Chair ..........................................................................................................18 19. Male and Female Beads Sketch of Male and Female Beads that Interlock.................................18 20. Wooden Beads on a Threaded Bar Test...............................................................................................................18 21. Extendable leg model ....................................................................................................................................................19 22. The Evolution Chair Card Model with Removable Seat Section....................................................................19 23. Final Card Model of the Evolution chair with wooden beads to create height adjustments...........19 24. Maartje Steenkam’s High-chair ...............................................................................................................................21 25. Ettore Sotsass Totems ...................................................................................................................................................21 26. Tradition-Shuffle-Table-MH1 .....................................................................................................................................21 27. Chaucer .................................................................................................................................................................................22 28. Lighting Sketch to show that Natural Light can come into the Space with Screening...24 29. Adaptable Screen attached to a Rail Sketch Model............................................................................24 30. Concertina Screen Sketch Model That can be taken apart by the Hinges for Storage........25 31. Flexible Panelled Screen Sketch Model for Independent and Flipped Learning.....................25 32.GreyRoom............................................................................................................................................................................................27 33.UserExperience.................................................................................................................................................................................27 34. Erin Upholstering a Stool ...........................................................................................................................................29 35. Erinparkerdesign Profile Image 2 .........................................................................................................................32

1. Parker (2020a) Erin working on the Date Night Donkey Model

2. Parker (2020b) Erinparkerdesign profile image

Second-year BA (Hons) Furniture and Product Design Student at Nottingham Trent University . Every project begins with my analytical and diagnostic thinking. I am a problem solver that thrives on a challenge and enjoy finding solutions. As a visionary and imaginative designer, my favourite element of the design process is ideation. I love having visions and starting to bring them to life through sketches, models and CAD. When I am working on a project, I lay everything out around the space. It makes for an immersive experience and I feel involved and intertwined within my project.

5. Parker (2021b) The Evolution chair Keyshot Render

4.Parker (2021a) Date Night Donkey

3.Parker (2020c) Hibiscus Stool

I am conscious of the current global sustainability issues. Our future depends on the responsibility designers have now. A good design exists as a positive, innovative contribution, with a purpose, aligned with the values of the Charles Eames (2015). I aim to source materials and manufacture in the UK and gather meaningful user feedback to ensure consumer satisfaction. I am a sympathetic designer as I want to reduce harm and manipulation in design. A bad design, to me is unimaginative and wasteful. The work of Fabian Oefner fascinates me. I share his curiosity and analytical thinking. Oefner (2013) said “there's an enjoyment in the analysis, discovering something by taking it apart, like peeling an onion."

6. Dfs (2020) James Parker Upholstering

My love of furniture comes from watching and learning from my dad, a development upholsterer as seen in figure 6.

-Charles Eames (2015)

“There’s an enjoyment in the analysis, discovering something by taking it apart, like peeling an onion.”

8. Oefner (2020) The Bialetti Book

7. Jacot (1959) Charles Eames in his home studio

“The real questions are: Does it solve a problem? Is it serviceable? How is it going to look in ten years?

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-Fabian Oefner (2013)

Pint Place

Hallway storage for commonly forgotten items

9. Parker (2020d) Pint Place Close Up Render

11. Parker (2020f) Pint Place Development through Models

10. Parker (2020e) Pint Place Sketch

15. Parker (2020j) Drilling Holes to connect the Dowels

14. Parker (2020i) Oscillating Bobbin Sander to smooth out the curves

13. Parker (2020h) Cutting out dowels on the band-saw

12. Parker (2020g) Cutting out curves in the panels on the band-saw

Inspired by 80’s wine racks, I designed a frame and manufactured a prototype in the workshop.

“You Can Find Inspiration in Everything - (And If You Can't, Look Again).”

-Paul Smith (2003)

The individual project enabled me to develop my analytical skills to design a product based around a common problem that surfaced in the Covid-19 pandemic. The flexibility enabled me to exercise my problem-solving skills. I developed a hallway storage solution to encapsulate commonly misplaced items like masks and hand sanitiser. Pint Place, shown in figure 16, re-purposes old pint glasses as pigeonhole shelves, encapsulated in a wooden rack frame. Inspired by the classic, timeless shape of 80’s wooden wine racks that evokes a sense of nostalgia. Inspired by the morals of Tord Boontje (1998), Pint Place “is made available through free drawings with building instructions, much like a DIY kit […] Constructions are basic, this makes it possible for everyone to build their own”. Making the design a free open source was an obvious decision for me. Design can be quite inaccessible, and I believe it should be something everyone can enjoy. My research into this project made me a more sympathetic designer as I put myself into the position of the user. The idea for re-purposing the glasses came from my experiences and my understanding of human nature. If a container is durable, we want to reuse it. For example, we all have a mum or grandma that re-purposed a biscuit tin into a sewing tin. This observation enabled me to design a product that can be made by ordinary people to evoke a sense of pride, with a rough homemade quality. This project influenced me to observe human behaviour. I am a big believer that there are ideas waiting to happen in difficulties people face daily. There are endless opportunities for improvement. The values this project has taught me will make me a more sensitive designer.

8. Parker (2020c) Pint Place Close Up Render

16. Parker (2020k) Pint Place

The Evolution Chair Height accommodating children’s chair for John Lewis

17. Parker (2021d) The Evolution Chair Close UP

20. Parker (2020n) Wooden Beads on a Threaded Bar Test

19 Parker (2020m) Sketch of Male and Female Beads that Interlock

18. Parker (2020l) Ideation sketch for The Evolution Chair

23. Parker (2020q) Final Card Model of the Evolution chair with wooden beads to create height adjustments.

22. Parker (2020p) The Evolution Chair Card Model with Removable Seat Section

21. Parker (2020o) Expendable leg model

Starting with a concept of extendable chair legs, I developed my design through models and sketching.

5. Parker (2021b) The Evolution Chair Keyshot Render

“There's no such thing as sustainability. There are just levels of it. It's a process, not a real goal. All you can do is work toward it.” -Yvon Choinard (2009)

From researching John Lewis, I discovered that they were committed to “significantly reducing” their environmental impact (Anon., 2019-2020). Working on this brand project was an amazing opportunity for me as I share this value. My Evolution chair in figure 5 gave me the opportunity to educate parents, through design, on the harmful impact consistently replacing items and “built in obsolescence” has on the environment (The Lightbulb conspiracy, 2011), which is a passion of mine. This project enlightened me about sustainability and waste and my responsibility as a designer. It is impossible to create design and be completely sustainable because putting a product out into the world inevitably uses up energy and we have no control over the way the user treats its end of life. Like (Chouinard, 2009) I believe “there's no such thing as sustainability. There are just levels of it. It's a process, not a real goal. All you can do is work toward it.”

26. Anon (2019) Tradition-Shuffle-Table-MH1

24. Powilleit, (2003), Maartje Steenkam’s High-chair 25. Anon (2014) Ettore Sotsass Totems

I was Inspired by the principals of Maartje Steenkamp’s height adaptable high-chair as seen in figure 24. With a new understanding of user sensitivity from the previous project, I made sure that the Evolution chair followed the “European standard EN1972” for chair heights. Inspired by the “Bright, multi-coloured objects with a rejection of typical shapes” (Barnes, 2018) of the Memphis movement and the glass and ceramic wear, as seen in figure 25, designed by the founder; Ettore Sotsass, I made a design that was bold and out of my comfort zone. Memphis is about challenging design and I think this is important for designers to do. Mia Hamborg’s bright, colourful, height adaptable shuffleMH1 table, shown in figure 26, inspired me to stack. Its humorous childish charm utilises the beads for more than just a function. This project made me think more about aesthetics as I would usually prioritise the function.

Future Proofing Classrooms Live consultancy project with Pearson Lloyd

27. Parker (2020r) Chaucer

29. Chen (2020) Adaptable Screen attached to a Rail Sketch Model

28. Cassidy (2020) Lighting Sketch to show that Natural Light can come into the Space with Screening

31. Parker (2020t) Flexible Panelled Screen Sketch Model for Independent and Flipped Learning

30. Parker (2020s) Concertina Screen Sketch Model That can be taken apart by the Hinges for Storage

As a group, we produced concepts based on our research and analysis to future-proof a classroom.

“When you need to innovate, you need collaboration.” -Marissa Mayer (n.d)

Working in a group of six, we produced concepts to promote flipped learning. This adaptability approach enabled both independent and collaborative working spaces. From our research we discovered that 95% of students we surveyed would find adaptable learning environments beneficial. Working for Pearson Lloyd as a consultant taught me a lot about myself. I began to think about the wider aspects of research and analysis, which I think now makes the design process a lot easier. Conducting ethnographic research and SWOT analysis broadened my understanding of why we design. It made issues clearer and therefore easier to connect the dots to make a useful design. Previously, I found group projects difficult. I am naturally confident designing alone, as I like to be immersed in my projects. However, this project enabled me to develop my group working skills and I enjoyed working as part of a team. I became more confident in this project because I spoke up and lead the group to enable all the work was complete. I found it interesting to see the group’s thinking and bounce ideas off each other. Marissa Mayer, (n.d) said “When you need to innovate, you need collaboration". Which is something that now resonates with me. Although cliché, there is some truth in the phrase 'teamwork makes the dream-work'. I also learned a lot about my skill-set in this project. I discovered that my strengths in my design process are model-making and CAD. In my first year I struggled with CAD, as it was new to me. I persevered and I can now confidently produce renders in Keyshot and Solidworks, that I am proud of.

33. Cassidy & Parker (2020-2021) User Experience

32. Smith-Lake (2021) Grey Room

Conclusion

Reflecting on experiencing individual, brand and consultancy projects, I enjoyed each for different reasons. I loved working for a brand and tailoring to fit their needs, however I really enjoyed the freedom that the individual project led. In the consultancy project, I was able to see a clear shift in myself and my confidence. After university I would love to work as a freelance designer, and perhaps become a lecturer of design to share my passion and help guide the future generation of designers.

34. Parker, J (2015) Erin Upholstering a stool

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Parker, E., 2020c. Hibiscus stool [photograph]. Nottingham: Erin Parker. Parker, E., 2020d. Pint Place Close Up [render]. Nottingham: Erin Parker. Parker, E., 2020e. Pint Place Sketch [marker on paper]. Nottingham: Erin Parker. Parker, E., 2020f. Pint Place development through models [Photograph]. Nottingham: Erin Parker. Parker, E., 2020g. Cutting out panels on the band-saw [Photograph]. Nottingham: Erin Parker. Parker, E., 2020h. Cutting out dowels on the band-saw [Photograph]. Nottingham: Erin Parker. Parker, E., 2020i. Oscillating bobbin sander [Photograph]. Nottingham: Erin Parker. Parker, E., 2020j. Drilling holes [Photograph]. Nottingham: Erin Parker. Parker, E., 2020k. Pint Place [render]. Nottingham: Erin Parker. Parker, E., 2020l. Ideation sketch of The Evolution Chair [marker on paper]. Nottingham: Erin Parker. Parker, E., 2020m. Male and Female Beads [marker on paper]. Nottingham: Erin Parker. Parker, E., 2020n. Wooden Beads [photograph]. Nottingham: Erin Parker. Parker, E., 2020o. Extendable Leg Model [card model]. Nottingham: Erin Parker. Parker, E., 2020p. Card Model of The Evolution Chair [cardboard model]. Nottingham: Erin Parker. Parker, E., 2020q. Final Card Model of The Evolution Chair [Cardboard model]. Nottingham: Erin Parker. Parker, E., 2020r. Chaucer [render]. Nottingham: Erin Parker. Parker, E., 2020s. Concertina Screen Sketch model [Card model]. Nottingham: Erin Parker. Parker, E., 2020t. Flexible panelled screen sketch model [card model]. Nottingham: Erin Parker. Parker, E., 2020u. Erinparkerdesign profile image 2 [Photograph]. Nottingham: Erin Parker. Parker, E., 2021a. Date Night Donkey [render]. Nottingham: Erin Parker. Parker, E., 2021b. The Evolution Chair Keyshot Render [render]. Nottingham: Erin Parker. Parker, E., 2021c. The Evolution Chair Close Up [render]. Nottingham: Erin Parker. Parker, J., 2015. Erin Upholstering the Stool [photograph]. Nottingham: James Parker. Powilleit, I., 2003, Maartje Steenkam’s High-chair, [photograph] Droog, Available at: http://www. maartjesteenkamp.nl/images/ch_highkleur.gif, [Accessed 4th November 2020] Smith, P., 2001, You Can Find Inspiration in Everything - (And If You Can't, Look Again), London: Thames & Hudson Ltd [Accessed 4th February 2021] Smith-Lake, L., 2020. Grey Room [digital drawing]. Nottingham: Lillie Smith-Lake. The Lightbulb conspiracy, 2011. [Film]. Directed by Cosima Dannoritzer. Norway: RTVE, Televisió de Catalunya and Televisión Española [Accessed on: 4th November 2020].

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