Form development

Designing for manufacture & assembly

PLA Injection moulded case

Overmoulded screw inserts

Particulate Matter sensor (0.3 - 10um)

3.6 V Lithium-ion battery

3 Step switch

LED

PLA Injection moulded switch cover

QI Wireless charging coil

PCB Temperature & Humidity sensor

Volatile Organic Compound sensor

Nitrogen Dioxide sensor

Cord connector

App development

Specification, wireframes, brand identity, Adobe XD prototype.

App visualisation

Home dashboard, Journeys and Community hub.

British Airways Pride Float

Brighton Pride 2019 parade float for British Airways.

During my 9-month placement at We Make Stuff Happen, I led the design and creation of the British Airways (BA) Brighton pride parade float that was on showcase to an audience of over 300,000. The brief from Great Little Events company was for a pop-art, Roy Lichtenstein-inspired float, showcasing Brighton’s skyline as a love letter to Brighton and its citizens.

Di-Bond panelling was selected due to the constraint of the client’s budget. To get a sense of scale and proportion, I presented sketch ideation laid over the top of a scale drawing of the parade vehicle to the team and client. After, I transferred the basic design into Adobe Ai and went through several stages of iteration, focusing on illustrative composition, incorporating brand language, evolving client feedback until the final design was discovered.

Final design, measuring 12.9m x 2.4m

TocaHive

A live project designing the casing for Tocalabs BPA technology.

TocaHive is Tocalabs’ first physical product, housing their existing Business Process Automation (BPA) platform Tocabot. This 4-week intensive design task was to design the surrounding enclosure housing the technology; ensuring the design captures the brand language of Tocalabs and provides suitable airflow to the computer hardware.

Brief

A live project with Tocalabs to design an enclosure which houses their Business Process Automation (BPA) system hardware.

Client Interview

• Unique but not too imposing on the environment

• Aesthetically striking to reflect Tocalabs’ personality

• Large enough to allow for adequate airflow yet maintain a compact form.

• Conscious of automation function and the role that may play in users potential bias towards the machine.

Interpretation

To provide a softness to the device so that co-existing office users feel at ease and reassured, rather than intimidated by the presence of the new technology that may be perceived as a threat to their role.

I experimented with numerous material combination, to achieve a soft and approachable feel, whilst still maintaining a perception of quality, aligning with the clients brand image and output. It was important to me to see how different material pattern, texture and reflectivity complemented one another as well as experimenting with the opacity of translucent screening such as glass and plastics.

Through multiple iterations and client feedback, a solution was found using frosted glass, a mesh shell, and off-the-shelf components. An internal framing secures the pre-existing technology, whilst additional fans and heat dispersing materials sufficiently cools internal components.