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ConneX
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Bed Board
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Homeware
5 About Me
CONNEX Music Project
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This project involved Designing a new musical related product, either anolog or digital. It Must encorporate the basics of musical fundementals. Gauge how we interact and use music, and create an understanding of the current landscape. I personally looked into sustainability within the music industry and designed a product that could be benificial and rewarding to both the target user and target market.
5 weeks Individual
Design Process
The ConneX is a modular, interchangeable and adaptable dancefloor. It is a healthy alternative to your standard dance floor, as it harnesses the kinetic movement produced by users. It is then relayed to a lithium ion battery that stores the clean and renewable energy.
Model Making
What’s inside NORYL POLYMER This polymer
POLYCARBONATE Polycarbonate Clear Sheets are made from a highly durable material as polycarbonate is one of the strongest plastics around
NdFeB MAGNET Is a permanent magnet made from an alloy of neodymium, iron and boron
LED SHEET Pressure sensitive LED changed colour depending on how hard the user is dancing.
RUBBER Consists of polymers of the organic compound isoprene, with minor impurities of other organic compounds, plus water.
REMYLOP LYRON remylop sihT
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TENGAM BeFdN dna nori ,muimydoen fo yolla na morf edam tengam tnenamrep a sI norob
TEEHS DEL eht drah woh no gnidneped ruoloc degnahc DEL evitisnes erusserP .gnicnad si resu
REBBUR ronim htiw ,enerposi dnuopmoc cinagro eht fo sremylop fo stsisnoC .retaw sulp ,sdnuopmoc cinagro rehto fo seitirupmi
BEDBOARD COLLAPSIBLE PROJECT This project explored designing a foldable product that directly addresses the problem of shortage of space. With important considerations of; unnecessary wastage, sustainability and life cycle.
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To me the brief formost outlined the importance of sustainability and the collapsibility of the product. This encouraged me to delve into designing products using easily recyclable and attainable materials. Here is the results...
5 weeks Individual
Design Process FINAL DESIGN
...I chose the idea of a cardbaord bed that could be collapsed or taken apart using simplistic but strong mechanisms.
In Situation
CONTEXT This product is targeted at low income families from Hong Kong. It is an inexpensive collapsible bed that is produced from easily attainable and renewable materials (cardboard and foam mattress). It’s perfect for homes short of space as the bed can be compressed and held together using the velcro straps.
GLOVE TIME PROJECT You must prodice a product/structure or system that demonstrates a way of measuring time. Some themes include:
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Sensory time Wearable Public time non-mechanical
10 weeks Individual
Methodology
Conducting initial research to identify issues surrounding extreme sports and time. Talking to the target user to help gather insight and gain inspiration to start ideation. Narrowed the extreme sport to mountain biking, and generating some initial ideas. Final concept is a comfortable protective glove with a flexible LED screen, which allows the user to accurately time themselves while completing a downhill course.
Research
User Interview
Ideation
Chosen concept
GLOVE CONCEPT
This glove is designed for mountain bikers who compete in downhill runs, with winning margins being often less than a second. This device allows a clear way of timing yourself without having to use an external source to find out your times. Clear color scheme and symbols indicate which buttons start, stop, reset and activate the timer/LED signal
Renders
12:04:12 MIN
SEC LAP
LED SCREEN
MSEC TIME
BUTTONS
HOMEWARE Commercial Homeware You must explore the commercial homeware market developing a single or range of products specifically for metal manufacturing methods; spinning, extrusion or sand casting. Understandong these production methods and the mateials supported by these processes is essential.
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A consumer profile will be provided to aid design process.
3 weeks Individual
ABOUT ME Hi, I’m George Macdonald. I am currently a student at Nottingham Trent University studying Product Design (Bsc). I am an avid learner and hardworker. Here are some programes I currently use for my work: Software: Solidworks
Photoshop
Keyshot
Illustrator
Lightroom
InDesign
thank you. selvamharris12@gmail.com GSHM_DESIGN https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-macdonald-999769171/
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