Emmanuel Taillard Product Design & Crafts Portfolio
What I did yesterday is far from what I am doing today and even further from what I will do tomorrow...
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REFRESH THE LOCAL FURNITURE INDUSTRY
IMPROVE SUMMER TOURISTS’ EXPERIENCE
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RETHINK THE OUTDOOR TABLE
ENCOURAGE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
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HANDCRAFT A SCANDINAVIAN PIECE OF FURNITURE
RETHINK THE OUTDOOR TABLE
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REFRESH THE LOCAL FURNITURE INDUSTRY
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Low-Tech Furniture The goal of this project is to find solutions to produce furniture locally, with recycled material, responsible
to
give
the
purchases
chance
even
with
to a
make small
budget. It aims to help the local economy, create jobs in sustainable manufacturing and it is intended for people with little spaces, nomad lifestyles or who care more
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II.
about functionality than aesthetics.
TYPOLOGY — Sustainable Design & Service Design TIMELINE — Ongoing LOCATION — Den Haag, The Netherlands
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IV.
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Inspiration
The following are some ideas tha the project: compact and minim reclaimed material (II.), mo home camping (IV.).
at I want to incorporate in malistic furniture (I.), obile kitchen (III.) and
Research
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Book Of Ideas - Specifications During this phase, all the inspiration, little ideas and thoughts I have are collected into a book of ideas that will later on become the specifications in the development of the service and the products.
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Services In my research I found two inspirational services. ‘ReDo’, the first one, is a platform where you bring your used electronics to be fixed or to be recycled. It gave me the idea of proposing a similar service: collect old furniture, use the parts to build a new one, or repair the broken parts. The other one is a platform where creators post lasercutting plans of furniture they designed for DIY. From this service I found the idea of giving the possibility for the buyer to get the plans for DIY, propose to buy separately the missing pieces he cannot build or sell the complete kit.
Ideation
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First Sketches
Next Steps
In parallel to my researches, I started to put on paper all the ideas or concepts that cross my mind and could be interesting to develop later on for the first collection. For the moment it is really focused on sleeping elements and multi-functionality.
To continue the project I need to visit a recycling centre and make further research on furniture manufacturing for more insight to design a complete service. In the meantime I will develop a collection of furniture and finally experiment the service at small scale for refinement.
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IMPROVE SUMMER TOURISTS’ EXPERIENCE
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Vesjä Vesja is a pedal boat that focuses on summer activities. It is a floating platform to spend quality time with family, friends or colleagues on the lake.
TYPOLOGY — Product Design CLIENT — City of Lahti, Lahden Kaupunki TIMELINE — 3 Months, until November 2012 LOCATION — Lahti, Finland TEAM — Chris Luchowiec, Taiki Saito
FEATURE — Lahti Future Lab, Kaupunki Laboratoriona
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Challenge The municipality of Lahti, in Finland, was looking for a prospective project of a boat that would attract and increase local and international tourists’ activity on and around the city’s lake: the Vesijärvi.
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Harbours
Research
Sights
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Unused Potential We investigated the field. We found that the lake counts a lot of harbours of all sizes that are only used by locals to go around but nothing for curious explorers.
MOTOR BOAT Requires a licence
SAILING BOAT Requires knowledge
PEDAL BOAT Slow and boring but accessible
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User Interviews
Product Placement
We interviewed locals and tourists to know a little more about what they like to do and what they would like to do, in Finland in general, in Lahti and on the lake.
After examining different types of boat that can be used for a rental service, we co-decided to work on the pedal boat. Since it does not require any licence and is easy to use we thought it would be the perfect solution.
How to make pedal-boats appealing, less slow and adapted to what tourists and locals like to do ? 18—19
Problem
Ideation
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Finalisation
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Features Design And 3D Model
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Features
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Pedaling Faster
Barbecue Onboard
Telescopic Table
Thanks to the treddlecat propulsion system, ordinary users can reach an average speed of 10 km/h to go from point A to B.
The fireproof floor enables the user to have the famous summer barbecue on board. It is also completely flat so that it can be used for other purposes.
The telescopic table allows to enjoy a picnic without using the little space available on board the rest of the time.
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Seat And Store
Board Safely
Anchoring Easily
The seats rotate and lock every 45° to be able to enjoy different views and activities on board and storage spaces are incorporated to them.
Wooden pads make the boarding more safe and nonslippery and add some Finnish craftsmanship finition to the boat
A hook with a rewind system ensures that attaching the boat in a traditional way is made easy.
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In Use
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Situations These situations, showing some of the ways the boat can be used, were maid with the 3D model and the help of Illustrator.
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RETHINK THE OUTDOOR TABLE
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Osk Osk is a garden table that I was asked to design and build for the Oskam family. It is build around original central features that focus on essential purposes: share moments with family or friends around meals and drinks at any moment.
TYPOLOGY — Furniture Design & Crafts CLIENT — Oskam Family TIMELINE — 2 Months, until May 2014 LOCATION — Hoofddorp, The Netherlands
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Challenge Designing and building a new outdoor table for the Oskam family that is closer to the way they use it. Their previous one was made of concrete, therefore the new one had to be lighter and more attractive.
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Research
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Family Oskam They are friendly, welcoming and generous. They like to spend time with their loved ones, especially when it is sunny outside.
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Explore Their Habits To find key insights I observed and questioned them on how they would use the table, on their daily life to establish key points to develop during the project.
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Find Inspiration Then, I started to look for inspiration, existing tables or other woodwork pieces and came across a DIY tutorial to incorporate ice-buckets for cold drinks at the center of the table. It became the starting point of my concept.
Ideation The bucket quickly became the central part of the product architecture and it is naturally that I got the idea to use it as a flower pot since the Oskam like to decorate their table. Then the idea of the covers for the bucket and the hole for the parasol followed.
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Finalisation
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Finding the Central Element The dimensions and the layout of the table depending on the bucket, I looked after a waterproof, versatile and compatible model in specialized shops.
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3D Model and Technical Drawing Based on the selected design and the dimensions of the selected element, I created a 3d model to finalise the model and used detailed technical drawing to fix the dimensions.
Concept
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Don’t Miss a Thing
Personalise
All the drinks are kept cold on the
Grow some plants in the flowerpot
table. No need to leave the guests
to make the table more personal or
grabbing new ones in the fridge.
give it life when it is not used.
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Extend The Space
Cover Your Head
Cover up the table with the lid to
Too much sun can be harmful.
get more space or simply use it as a
Remove the small lid to uncover an
table mat.
opening for the parasol mast.
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Fabrication
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Azobe Wood
Working Plan
Choosing the material was a tough task and required professional help in order to find a wood that is weatherproof, strong, good looking and not too expensive.
Before starting in the workshop, I made a planning with a prioritised list of the the pieces, including a detailed view of each one of them with dimensions and instructions.
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Workshop Process I. Cutting and sanding every piece with hand-tools II. Assembling by hand with tenons and screws III. Finishing with fine sanding and wood oil.
Final Piece
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ENCOURAGE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
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Olight Olight is a hybrid piece of furniture that mixes
a
sofa
with
fitness
elements.
It
encourages people to practice indoor fitness activities by rewarding every session in the form of energy stored during the activity to be used later on. The objective was to design an original piece of furniture to be presented during the Design Week in Milan.
TYPOLOGY — Industrial & Furniture Design TIMELINE — 4 Months, until April 2012 LOCATION — Nantes, France & Milan, Italy TEAM — Maxime Richard, Kévin Condette
EXHIBITION — Milan Design Week, 2012
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How to encourage fitness activity, make it attractive, interesting and fun to do?
Problem
Research
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First Concept, Moodboard In the first phase we had to come up with 3 different concepts. My concept was selected to be developed in phase two. It was a human-sized hamster wheel that would store the energy produced while running inside, with an accumulator. It was convertible into a sofa thanks to its removable mattress. 50—51
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Technical Difficulties Soon we realized that the technical constraints were too important to be able to work on paper. Thus, we co-worked on producing 3D in Solidworks to verify every concept we found on paper. Unfortunately we had to do this step over and over until we finally found a functional wheel that was technically feasible.
Finalisation
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Running And Stretching
Relax And Enjoy The Reward
Physical exercise can be motivated by
After the effort the comfort. Rewards
an effort/reward system. It is also a
are for accomplishment but are also
great source of energy.
encouraging to keep going on.
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Concept
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Virtual Model
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Preparing The Wheel
Running For
Removing the two seating elements
As the user runs
in order to access the wheel and to
stocking the ener
warm up with exercises on them.
rotation into batter
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Using The Energy
Sharing The
The energy stocked during the
The first element
exercise can now be used to turn on
people to sit down
the LED ring to light up the room.
just any time.
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How It Works
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Stretch And Exercise
an accumulator is
The sitting elements can also be used
rgy generated by
for various exercises and stretching
ries for later use.
session after the run.
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Relaxing And Enjoying
is made for two
The second element is a lounge
n after the effort or
couch to relax exhausted bodies and creative minds.
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Details
PLYWOOD COATING
OPAQUE PLEXIGLASS
LED STRIPE
CORK COATING
KVADRAT WOOL DIVINA MD 193
STEEL STAND
COMMON PINE
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Technical Details for the Prototype.
Fabrication
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Workshop, Scale 1:1 Model. The prototype was too expensive to create thus, we decided to use the plans to build a partly functional scale 1:1 model. I participated in building the seats, the base as well as the wheel. Only the sewing required professional help.
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Final Piece
at
Milan Design Week
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Design Week Right after finishing the model, it was send to Italy, and I had the wonderful opportunity to exhibit the project in Milan, at Ventura Lambrate during the entire week.
HANDCRAFT A SCANDINAVIAN PIECE OF FURNITURE
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Metsä Metsä by
the
is
a
unique
Scandinavian
wooden forest
sool
inspired
and
entirely
handmade in a Finnish workshop.
TYPOLOGY — Wood Workshop & Furniture Design TIMELINE — 4 Months, until November 2012 LOCATION — Lahti, Finland CO-DESIGN — Geoffrey Riberry
FEATURE — Behance Furniture Served, Trends Now, Fubiz, GBlog,, Trend Hunter
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Ideation
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Inspiration The Finnish forest was a huge source of inspiration for this project thus, I quickly integrated the particular branch characteristics into my aesthetic explorations. Later on my concept was selected to be developed in duo .
Finalisation
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Technical 3D Modelling For practical reasons the geometry of the stool was finalized with Solidworks to have access to all the measurements during the fabrication process.
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Fabrication
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FSC Local Birch Wood We chose to work with birch wood as it is tender and cheap but also because it is a sustainable and local material, the Finnish forest is filled with this type of trees.
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Workshop Process I. Establishing a working plan to organize the fabrication II. Sanding down raw wood with a jointer, a planer and a shaper III. Milling and bevelling pieces with a shaper and a table saw IV. Assembling with clamps, a joinery tool, tenons and glue
Continuation
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Photography, Publication and Production. After finishing we took studio pictures that I cleaned in Photoshop to send to various design platforms and magazines. It was well received and we were prosed to sell it, which led me to prospect for manufacturers. Unfortunately after meeting with a woodworker, it turned out to be too expensive to produce in Europe. It is still a question whether we simplify the fabrication process to lower the costs or if we abandon the idea of selling it.
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M — emmanueltaillard@gmail.com T — +31 633 51 21 55