Industrial Design Portfolio - Guy Armstrong

Guy Armstrong

Industrial Design Portfolio

I am a 1st Class, Design for Industry Graduate, from Northumbria University.

Education

Jan - May 2021

2016 - 2020

2010 - 2015

Employment

2015 - Current

2020 - 2021

Mar - Jul 2018

2019 - 2020

Skills

Practical

Mobile

CAD

Contacts

Email Mobile

Diploma in bookkeeping transactions & controls, Excel, payroll principles and understanding business accounts.

Northumbria University, Newcastle, Design for industry: 1st Class (77) BA Honours.

Gordonstoun School, Scotland, A level: Design A*, Geography A, Biology B.

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Freelancer, Founded GAIA Catalyst I have supplied architectural & product visualisations, concepts & graphic design.

Circular Plastic - Collaboration project on recycling and 3D printing. Researcher, designer, prototyper and product tester.

FullblOwn metals - Designer and prototyper. Abstract stainless steel art and sculpture.

Studio Vertigo - Designer and prototyper. Creating large 3D Light sculptures and spaces.

MIG & TIG welding. Experience in fibreglass, electronics & mechanics. Prototyping in wood, metal & plastics.

Sketching, Graphic design, Product and Architectural CAD modelling, rendering and visualisations.

Google Sketchup & Layout, Solidworks, Cinema 4D, Keyshot, Lumion, Vecotorworks, Adobe CC,Microsoft Office.

Rolex Submariner

An exact copy made using only polypropylene sheets and hand tools.

Adobe Illustrator artworks and 3D renders Conch shell created using only the pen and blend tools.

CAD

Animations produced with Solidworks, Cinema 4D Keyshot and After Effects

An alternative record player modelled in Solidworks and then rendered in Keyshot and After effects.

Illuminate

Illuminate a product in a meaningful way

I incorporated a water bowl and mood lighting into a speaker system. The water vibrates due to the speaker’s sound waves. The resulting pattern is then projected around the room by the mood lighting creating some amazing visual effects. This pattern changes and moves with the beat of the music as different frequencies effect the water in different ways. Led strips were added in rings to add to the lighting effects.

A NEW ANGLE ON LILY PADS

Fully appreciate water lilies from all angles without the need of a pond.

Simply place our pods in the soil amongst your other plants or on a tank.

Easily grow a variety of water lilies indoors or outside with lily pod.

TANK POD

TOP BOWLS

Vacuum formed from 2mm sheet.

TUBES

Extruded tube heat bent into a range of organic shapes.

DRAIN PLUG

Injection moulded with thread.

TANK LID

Blow moulded from 3mm sheet. Thread tapped afterwards and connecting tubes lathed.

TANK

Bought PMMA tank by partnership with bowl fish tank manufacturers

Biorb. Filter and air pump option for tanks with aquatic animals.

PLANT POD

WATER TIGHT SEALS

Bought Polyurethane bands.

FLUTED TUBE

Bowl moulded from factory extruded tube.

SPIKE

Bought PP spike.

MATERIALS

All clear elements will be made from underwater grade acrylic which will contain the following additives:

• RTP Antimicrobial (25% silver based additive) MCX 125250. To prevent algae and microbe growth in the water.

• BASF UV stabiliser Uvinul® 3027 will be used to prevent optical and material degradation. There will be a black variant of Lily Pod which will also contain this.

• Liquid Aquarium Biostabaliser can be added to prevent algae and microbe growth in the water and on the plastic.

PMMA

ALUMENTS

& rchitecture

GAIA CATALYST

Stainless Spinners

I set out to create a range of quality Christmas ornaments. The final stainless steel pattern was too intricate to be water jet or laser cut so they had to be chemically etched instead. Each piece is then twisted into various helix patterns by hand.

Retailers

Architectural Projects

From ideation, building plans and renders to interior design and site management. I have led many roles in the architectural journey so far. Recently I got the chance to work on Green Light Planets new East African HQ. One of my favourite projects was providing architectural and interior plan for a new events venue in the largest privately owned art gallery in the UK: The Biscuit Factory.

Clients

Creating a architectural and interior design plan for a new Mediterranean inspired events venue at The Biscuit Factory Gallery.

Interior design and renders for 40 Forty’s new bar in Nairobi, Kenya

Full interior design fit out for Peponi Secondary’s new chapel. We designed the stained glass, chandeliers, chairs, lectern, balustrade and more. Soon to be completed is a 4 m tall wall carving of the Tree of Life.

LARGE & LUXURY CONCEPT

Exploring interactive moire patterns with the use of moving etched glass.

Effect Video Click or scan

The Illusion

Pulsing diamonds

Where the diamond strip goes back over itself larger diamonds will pulse.

Bi-directional diamonds

The different frequencies of the patterns cause two directional movement of the diamond strips.

Flashing stripes

Where the lines go back over themselves they will flash together.

Design Cross Section

Aluminium box heat sink

LED Strips

Hardwood Housing

Could be turned out of aluminium to remove the need for a internal heat sink and cooling.

Air inlet hole

4mm Sheet glass will be laser cut and etched. It will then be heated until it can be worked around a cylindrical jig to produce the helix.

SUPER Nova

Designed with

Studio vertigo

United Kingdom 2022 Sydney 2023

Following the success of Nova we created a huge 7 meter Supernova. This all new design now used pentagonal pyramids. It and 5 other Novas were sent to Sydney light festival where they formed an impressive constellation next to the Sydney Opera House. The pyramids and frame flat packed efficiently for transport.

End Over End

Designed with Durham 2019 Bristol 2023 Amsterdam 2020

Studio vertigo

Each of the 28 rings making up the Slinky could be controlled intependently to make an array of visial patterns. We opted to program a pulsating rainbow down its length to give the the illusion of it falling down steps.

ORAGAMI CRANES

Designed with

Studio vertigo

UK 2020

Denmark 2021

Sydney 2023

Seen swooping between buildings at several noteworthy light festivals this flock of 2 meter wide origami cranes makes people feel very small. Made out of polypropylene sheet CNC cut and welded together. Their flat pack design has allowed efficient transport around the globe.

Build video click or scan

Boat Safeguard

Recycling a plastic bottle and adding it to the printed clamp creates a simple automatic boat bailer. As waves move up and down they create a vacuum in the bottle . This vacuum, with the help of e one way valve, sucks water out of the boat.

Turning plastic bottles into new products for Low-Middle income countries

The Circular Plastics collaboration project created 3D printing filament out of recycled plastic bottles. I researched, designed, prototyped and tested four original 3D printable designs to help people in developing African countries. My products gained me an IDEA finalist position.

Finalist 2021

Clamp

One way valve

Evaporative Milk Cooling

An evaporative cooling flask which incorporates a used 2l bottle to hold the milk. The flask has walls with a outer mesh and hollow cavity holding a wick. The user adds water to the wick to cool the milk up to 10 °C colder than the outside temperature. This brings milk cooling to the large numbers of dairy farmers without electricity.

Helicopter tables and hanging sculpture visualisations for Fab Creation. The sculptures are made using salvaged Gazelle helicopter parts.

Vented Lid

Exhaust heat sink

Air flow channel

Polyurethane insulation

Solar & thermal controller

Controls & I/O interface

FINAL MAJOR PROJECT

Empowering small-scale farmers.

Enabling off grid dairy farmers in Africa to produce more from their land and reduce milk wastage, by providing a innovative cooling solution to those without electricity.

Seal

Butane cooling assembly

Containment vessel

Quick release hinge

Polyurethane insulation

Handle assembly

Lockable clasp

Stainless outer

SOLUTION

ON DEMAND BATTERY AND SOLAR COOLING PREVENTS MILK WASTAGE CHILL DURING TRANSPORT TO MARKET

Opens up new market opportunities.

50

Return investment in 2 months from 4 cows.

Produces more milk per hectare, working towards one of the UN’s sustainable development goals.

Ksh 26,000

Litre capacity holds most small-scale farmer’s milk.

50L

TRADE-IN DISCOUNTS FOR OLD MILK CHURNS

SCALABLE TIERED SERVICE STRUCTURE FOR ALL BUDGETS

TEACHES HOW TO PRODUCE MORE MILK THROUGH ROUTINE

EDUCATES PEOPLE ON RELEVANT TECHNOLOGY

Promotes co-operative and community farming. Increases milk production by up to 42%.

Flexibility to milk any time of day.

Peltier cooling products require a pump to cool liquids quickly, using additional energy. The pump would use valuable electricity that could instead be used for cooling.

Tests showed by slanting the condenser and evaporator, a convectional flow is created without using any pumps.

Solar Controller Boiled water

Thermo regulator

Peltier plate

Peltier <0°C

Butane condenses into a liquid.

PASSIVE COOLING SOLUTION

Condensed butane flows down one way.

Milk

37- 4°C

Butane evaporates.

Butane changes from liquid to gas at -0.5°C making it a good phase change material to be used in a heat pipe to cool the milk directly.

Butane chamber

Filler cap

Evaporated gas rises up the other direction.

Solar camel clinics have been established in sub-Saharan Africa to transport medicine that needs to be kept cool to the isolated.

Bebaridi’s durability and appropriate shape make it well suited to this need.

Air coolers used in 12V fridges are cheap off the shelf parts that can be easily installed instead of the liquid cooler.

PRODUCT VIDEO

Medicine Transporters

Able to supply better healthcare to isolated communities.

STAKE HOLDERS

Community

Farmers

Reduce milk waste. Sell more milk.

Can become milk brokers. Further networking.

Sell more milk. Create their own milk cooperatives. Receive better healthcare.

Milk Transporters

Transport More milk. Travel further.

Reach more markets.

Can become milk brokers.