LEO KENNEDY Product Design Portfolio
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U-Basket LAUNDRY BASKET A team project to improve the ease of use with conventional laundry baskets.
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CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT Sketching, model making and selection.
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THE FINAL CONCEPT The production of renders and a simple two image product demonstration to convey function and proper product usage.
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PIZZA CUTTER The design of a more ergonomic kitchen utensil.
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Bus Shelter BUS SHELTER DESIGN The proposal of an original bus shelter design to be situated in urban or rural bus areas.
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OBSERVATION & ASSOCIATION A photographic study of street furniture to obtain aesthetic and materials inspiration was undertaken. This, combined with associating the design with unrelated objects gave rise to an original and interesting design.
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CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT A series of sketches was undertaken with the most relevent produced depicted on this page. These show outline various aspects considered including lighting, seating, security and the shelters context in the public realm.
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SOLID MODEL & VISUALISATION After continued devlopment of the concept so as to make it viably manufacturable, a solid model was built allowing for the following rendered images.
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Tool Box TOOL STORAGE FOR D.I.Y. WORK The design of work tools and the units they’re stored in is changing with the demands of design concious D.I.Y. enthusiasts.
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Outer Housing B HDPE
DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURE Each component has been designed for manufacture, predominantly utilising the injection moulding process.
Socket Handle / Shaft ABS / Stainless Steel Tool Housing Stainless Steel
Outer Housing A HDPE Rotating Inner Housing ABS
Sockets Stainless Steel
Protective Display PMMA
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GREASE FREE OVEN HOOD Instigated by the Braun Prize project brief, this team project culminated with a proposal for a cleaner, more efficient oven hood and extractor fan system for use in the domestic setting.
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effectively collect grease, steam and other cooking exhaust
be easy to clean
CHOOSING & DEFINING A PROBLEM Our team considered various areas before deciding on a redesign of conventional oven hoods. Some of this process has been outlined on this page.
ideally an oven hood should be aesthetically attractive
have superb suction power
operate quietly
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FORM & FUNCTION From concept generation depicted on the page prior, an elegant design could be proposed featuring simple and intuitive user controls coupled with clever functionality.
On/Off switch
Power select
Removable & dish washer proof grease and condensation catcher
Compact, yet powerfull fan housing
Slots allowing cooking exhaust to travel over cool metal, condensing steam and oil that slides with gravity to the left in to a novel grease catcher
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