jordi poblet product design projects
The details are not the details. They make the design. Charles Eames
product designer and industrial engineer Product designer and engineer for ELISAVA, Superior School of Design, I like simplicity in design. I believe that designers are the way to make life easier. A product has to be as functional as aesthetic, that’s the secret of a good design. I think that good designs comes from fresh and spontaneous ideas. Sometimes, design process only makes you see that the best option was the first you came up with. I get inspiration from, sea and sealife, quiet music and Scandinavian design. My professional references are Charles and Ray Eames and Ross Lovegrove.
10 projects lam faucet biona electric motorbike foracasa outdoor chaise lounge jack lamp ton paper bin kokoon nursery soap alveol jet fan ohm analogic watch gaudio&pla traffic lights tumb street tile
01 lam year 2009 product faucet dimensions 175x136x100 (mm) material brass fabrication casting
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cold water, it’s the initial position. This way you don’t need to start the heater. It’s a way to save energy.
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new feelings of use in a faucet
hot water, rotating the pad to it’s second position you can graduate the temperature in a sensitive way.
This project tries to reinterpret how to use a faucet. With the background to prevent stains caused by lime in water, it innovates in the way of using the object. The main action is, changing the position of the handles which are in the lower part. Both pads move simultaneously, allowing use with both hands. The interesting is that, as a result, we have an object that gives a new formal language, that proceeds from a new use.
02 biona year 2010 product electric motorbike dimensions 1700x100x60 (mm) material aluminium and wood fabrication laminate and casting
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electric is cool! induction charging base Biona project gets a step forward and sets up a new charging system, based on induction technology, applied directly to streets.
removable batteries You can take out some batteries to charge them at home. Also if your battery is gone, you can stop and buy a new battery.
The future of transport is uncertain. It seems electric engines will replace gasoline, in our urban vehicles. This project gives a new possibility for urban motorcycles. This design tries to give a new perception of what an electric motorcycle really is. It incorporates traditional but greener materials, never forgetting new technologies and new tendencies. Do we really need those big plastic parts? Do we really need so much weight? Do we really need the same design for motorcycles?
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electric vehicles will conquer our cities. in which team are you staying?
With new functionalities such as removable batteries, induction charging base and a special space for a helmet, the “Biona� project tries to solve the motorbike of the future, when electric vehicles will be part of our rutine. This project tries to build another perspective of what a motorbike should look like.
03 foracasa year 2009 product outdoor chaise lounge dimensions 2100x750x650 (mm) material wood or plastic fabrication lamination or molding
a chaise lounge for outdoor use? The chaise longue has always been an indoor-use piece of furniture. This project proposes an outdoor use. That is why the materials chosen for the piece, are perfectly adapted to weather inclemences. The polyethylene, special synthetic fibers and all kinds of treated wood can be used in the manufacturing of the piece.
04 jack year 2010 product lamp dimensions 380x380x100 (mm) material wood fabrication carpentry process
a lamp that fits in any place? The Jack lamp, comes from a new concept, the no-lamp. The project proposes new ways to share space with light-emitting objects. In this case, the lamp can fit almost in everywhere. You can put it on shelves mixed with books, or on a table near to the bed. The structure is a wooden square that hangs on a side the light shield. This combination makes the light bounce in all the structure faces. For it’s simplicity, Jack, gets an unique aesthetic design.
05 ton year 2009 product paper bin dimensions 200x140x400 (mm) material microchannel carton fabrication die-cut and folding
even a paper bin deserves design The intention is to offer an attractive design from the carton folds. Thus, we focus on the styling of the object, trying to communicate some feeling and cause a reaction in favor of the object and its material. It would be interesting to see how the user is surprised to see that object, that aesthetically likes him, is no longer a piece of folded cardboard. The user receives the object in it’s flat state, because is who assembles it.
06 kokoon year 2009 product nursery soap dimensions 120x60x50 (mm) material glycerine soap fabrication molding
a soap that helps on learning? Kokoon is a soap for nurseries The cord that includes de piece, allows to hang it on the faucet to facilitate its use to children, and teachers. The cord becomes part of the soap on the molding process. This way, the union does not require other materials. Using this soap the child stimulates his senses, while he, simply, washes his hands. With a set of colors, smells and touch, the Kokoon soap becomes an object that helps the psychomotor development of the children.
single piece die cut, four unit packaging
Because the most nurseries have 4 faucets for every sink, the packaging has been designed for 4 units. This way we save material and space on logistics.
07 alveol year 2009 product jet fan dimensions 2000x1000x800 (mm) material glassfiber composite fabrication molding
can styling define such an industrial device?
Jet fans are a type of industrial fans whose function is to push the smoke that builds up inside car parks and garages, to ensure air quality, and in case of fire, evacuate harmful gases. The design of the device tries to make a sculpture to the shape of the wind. It comunicates fluidity, while at the same time, is aesthetic. The project transforms a very industrial object, to a more integrated and aesthetic device.
08 ohm year 2010 product analog watch dimensions 25x20x5 (mm) material stainless steel fabrication casting
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one shape gives more simplicity The intention is to simplify the shape of a watch. The tense curves, integrate the body and the strap connections. The spaces between the straps and box, are there to lighten the composition. At the same time, the strength, that shows the body, leads to a high quality and durable product. This project was on the final selection of Watchcelona Contest in 2010.
09 gaudio&pla year 2008 product traffic lights dimensions 820x260x200 (mm) material polycarbonate fabrication injection
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styling and volume The project proposes a radical new design for this urban furniture piece. The project also innovates giving new technical solutions for lighting (LED technology), and the union between units. Introduces the double-color unit, injected all at once with the Inmold Decoration technology (IMD). The project wich was made in group with two more designers, was rewarded with 2nd prize in the New semaphore for Barcelona contest, in 2008.
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narrow integration The project, as the one before, proposes also an alternative design, and shares almost the same development solutions. The difference here, is on the external shape. It has less volume and it’s all more compacted, adapted to the volume that internal elements occupy. The project wich was made with the same team as the previous, recieved a Special Mention in the New semaphore for Barcelona contest, in 2008.
10 tumb year 2011 product street tile dimensions 200x200x40 (mm) material concrete fabrication molding
a special tile for a special Market In order to encourage a sense of neighborhood, in Barcelona’s Sant Antoni neighborhood, and taking advantage of the redevelopment of one of their icons, the Market of Sant Antoni, a special tile was designed for the occasion. The design of the piece has two references: On the one hand, the central cross is the figure of the market from above. Moreover, the shape is inscribed in one of the octogonal islands from the Cerdà Plan of Barcelona’s Eixample.
No masterpiece was ever created by a lazy artist. Salvador DalĂ
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