MilesBennett. 2019 ProductDesign. portfolio
miles bennett age 20
Hi, I’m Miles Bennett. Bsc Product Design and Technology Loughborough Design School I am a second year Product Design Student at Loughborough University. I’m currently searching for a 12 month placement opportunity.
education.
personal skills.
Product Design & Technology BSc |2017 - present Loughborough University First Year Result - (1st)
Personal Creativity, Organisation, Teamwork, Communication, punctuality and dependability.
A-Levels |2015-2017 The College of Richard Product Design (A*), Computer Science (A), Physics (B)
Software Proficient in Solidworks, Visualise, CREO, Livewire, MPLAB, Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom, Indesign, Sketchbook Pro, Microsoft Office, Python
GCSE’s |2010-2015 The Forest School Acheived 14 GCSE’s
Interests Training for the Loughborough University Archery team, going to the gym several times a week and playing 5 a side Football.
emplyoment.
contact.
John Lewis |2015 - 2016 Stock Management Customer Interaction, Problem Solving, Time Management Trend Controls |Work Experience Research and Developement 3D CAD, Programming, Electronics Holbrook School |2010-2015 Cleaner Cleaning, Maintaining the school, setting up events
milesbennett90@yahoo.co.uk 07887392590
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01Rotoaster
redesigning the toaster the brief looked at us having to de-construct and reimagine the toaster to produce a new and exciting toasting experience.
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unsustainable no experience a chore stale market no innovation repeated
research.
deconstruction.
The way toasters work has been the same for a very long time, too many identical toasters keep on popping up in a very stale market leading to a limited toasting choice with no variety. The entire toast making process needed to be looked at in a new light, and a brand new method of toasting needed to be developed to bring some life back into the toasting market to give users a new and exciting experience.
Before product ideation and creation, I wanted to fully understand the internals and manufacturing details of an example toaster. To do this, I undertook a product de-construction to analyse the materials used, manufacturing processes and overall sustainability of each part.
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product ideation. The first stage of coming up with any design is product ideation. I start with a range of thumbnail sketches, progressing into larger perspective sketches, finishing with detailed sketched images of the final design concept. All at hand at this stage of the process.
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handles - provides a secure grip to tilt back the toaster guard rails - catches the toast to prevent it falling out
the toaster starts in it’s downwards position. Rotate the toaster slightly untill it clicks into it’s resting position.
double toasting slot - allows for two peices of toast
guards - protects user from touching hot elements
once in the rest position, load the toaster with one or two peices of toast.
tilt the toaster back, depending on how toasted you want your bread. The more toasted you want it, the further back you push it.
wait for the toaster to tilt back forward untill it’s done.
once at the bottom, the toast will have been released from the toaster, remove the toast from the guards and eat.
base support - counters the toaster falling back when pushed gripped support - a comfortable hold position for the user when pushing back the toaster
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final product.
Outer Clip
Bearing housing
Egg Timer
Nichrome Elements
PCB
Steel Casing
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02CrateTable personal project
A neighbour’s living area needed a rustic “upcycled” table which fit the theme of the room and fireplace. After creating a profile, I designed and hand-built them a crate table to fill this space.
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project persona. name: Mr and Mrs Cox age: Both 34 occupation- Mr Cox: Research and Development occupation - Mrs Cox: Surveyor
“We’d love a rustic table for the space by the fireplace, it feels too empty currently, we could also do with the storage! It has to fit the rest of the room, wooden preferably with a Nordic influence would be ideal.”
situation.
goals.
requirements.
Mr and Mrs Cox have recently moved into their first house together, due to moving in from their parents house, they weren’t able to bring much furniture, this meant they had to purchase a large amount of furniture, but due to higher moving costs, they spent most of their budget on the more important items. This produced a situation where they were severely lacking furniture in certain rooms but could not afford to buy more.
Due to their situation, the couple were seeking a table to be made to go in their sitting area by the fireplace. They were fans of the “rustic/upcycled” aesthetic and wanted this style for their table, neither had time to make a table themselves, but liked the idea of a handmade one.
The couple had several requirements they wanted the table to fulfill. - Rustic/Upcycled Aesthetic. - Only material used is wood, no glass. - Storage space for books, magazines etc is essential. - Must fit the theme of the room.
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mind map.
Starting with a large wall of post-it notes, I ran through all the possibilities with the client and some course-mates to brainstorm and review.
design sketching. Once the design was narrowed down, I produced some sketches of the potential designs to help visualise them for the client.
hand made. Now that the design was choosen and finalised and the clients were happy, I hand made the design using pine wood and the tools I had at home.
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final renders. These images were shown to the client as the final design to get their feedback and opinion on it, they loved the design and thought it would look great. A combination of both CAD and digital sketches were produced.
“Looks great! It’s pretty much exactly what we were imagining, it nails the rustic upcycled theme we wanted!” “It has the functionality we are after, the small shelf in the middle is wonderful!”
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final product.
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03GestureGlove electronics
A joint project with a partner, in which we developed and built a prototype for a gesture controlled glove with which different hand movements can be used to control external devices.
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target market.
“The small buttons on remotes can be hard to press sometimes, it can hurt my fingers when doing so.�
problem.
solution.
Elderly people often suffer from conditions such as arthritis, this can cause huge pain when trying to use small remotes, gripping these small remotes, and pressing hard on the small buttons can aggravate the users joints, and prove hard to do so.
A new method of controlling which will get rid of controllers is needed, the method we designed uses a glove, which rids the user of having to hold anything or press down on any small buttons, but instead perform sweeping actions.
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electronic design.
software and hardware
The glove was designed, coded and built from scratch. It uses a series of components including an Accelerometer, Hall Sensors, LED’s and an LCD display, and took over 900 lines of code to create.
It can detect 16 different gestures, and will produce a different output for each gesture that is performed. This prototype was created in 4 weeks, if given a longer time frame and continued development, it could become even more.
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gesture glove. over 15 gestures all are easy to remember
easy to perform simple hand movements and finger bending
can still perform daily tasks
ability to easily stop detecting gestures and still use the glove
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04Canto design week
The brief required me to design a homeware product for student accommodation, the product had to have a series of hinges/live hinges as a USP. I had only one week to design and model a product. The brief specified that the homeware product had to be made of PP (polypropylene) only, and had to have a minimum of 1 live hinge.
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sketching 2 days
1 week to make. model making 1-2 days
cad 2 days
04Canto design week
The brief required me to design a homeware product for student accommodation, the product had to have a series of hinges/live hinges as a USP. I had only one week to design and model a product.
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initial sketches.
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paper model. A low fidelity model was produced to help show the functionality of the product, it was also made to test the sizing and proportions of the final design, aswell as testing it’s folding functionality.
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final cad.
The final design is shown left. canto is a desk tidy that sits and hangs on the corner of a desk/table, having the ability to hold wires, post it’s, coins, keys and stationary, while not taking up any desk space like many desk tidies do. It has two forms, one for corners, and one for straight edges, and can easily transform between the two in 4 simple folds. It can also fold up to take up a very small floor plan, to be stored away easily.
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05DeskBuddy internet of things
“A device that tracks and monitors the working environment for users who spend extended periods of time at a computer to help improve their comfort and wellbeing.�
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long time periods bad posture efficiency
“Takes up too much work space which I really need.“
“I really like the curved look with the high contrast!”
circadian rhythm eye strain back strain
research.
Background research was done to establish the key problems that are associated with spending large amounts of time at a desk. These were done through talking with users and observing their behaviour.
user testing. Several low fidelity models were made out of blue foam to help test the different designs on their form and handling. With each design, large amounts of feedback was taken on board and developments were made to improve it.
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product ideation. Once the problem had been defined, I started some quick sketches while sticking within the set parameters and constraints that the problem definition had given me.
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- REMINDERS AND ALERTS CAN BE SET, ASWELL AS AMBIENT SOUNDS PRODUCED. TRENDS AND ANALYTICS ARE USED TO PRODUCE THE MOST EFFICIENT RESULTS.
- EYE STRAIN CAUSED BY BRIGHT SCREENS AND BACK PAIN CAUSED BY HAVING A BAD POSTURE WHILE SITTING AT A DESK ARE BOTH VERY COMMON.
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2 3 - PLACE THE DEVICE ON YOUR DESK, NEAR WHERE YOU WORK, AND PLUG INTO THE COMPUTER VIA USB OR CONNECT VIA BLUETOOTH.
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- IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY ADJUST LIGHTING IN THE ROOM AND MONITOR BRIGHTNESS, ASWELL AS SENDING YOU ON SCREEN ALERTS AND WARNINGS.
- TURN ON USING THE FRONT BUTTON, AND LET IT MONITOR YOU WHILE YOU WORK.
STORY BOARD
story board. A scenario of use helps users and potential clients understand how the product works.
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final render.
hand made.
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06Interests
UX, Fighting Robots, Photography The following section shows of my personal skills and interests, which are photography and building fighting robots as a member of the fighting robot society’s committee.
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videography.
As well as photography, i’ve taken a large interest in video making and videography. This started with making short movies, creating holiday videos, to entering some small local competitions with set briefs. I’ve also tried 2D Flat animation and logo creation. Below i’ve linked some videos I created in the past. They are split over two youtube channels. https://youtu.be/73nCH-y7FWM - ”Creativity” Video Competition https://youtu.be/H85VeQCsHdk - ”Inspiration” Video Competition https://youtu.be/EubbOamK0-c - 2D Flat Animation Intro
https://youtu.be/130M74zy1r0 - Comic Book Logo Creation https://youtu.be/vgSCx_sDCB4 - Holiday Video
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ux app design. personal project
UX and app design has always interested me, and i’ve always enjoyed creating some basic app mockups. Below is an example of an archery tracking app which I set myself the challenge to design and create within 24 hours. Talking to fellow archers in the designing stage allowed me to make the decisions I did by using their feedback and wishes.
“I don’t like the pen and paper system and struggle with the maths, an easier digital system would be ideal”
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robot society. personal project
Me and a few friends decided to band together and we created a brand new society at Loughborough University. We’ve gained over 30 members this year, and have started to build several fighting robots together! I’m the Media representitive of the founding committee, which means I’m in charge of running all of the social media platforms, advertisement and creating any graphics the society wants. For the society I’ve designed logos, posters and stash. Creating the robot is a team project that is currently a work in progress. We haven’t finished the designs yet and are still prototyping a range of ideas. We often spend large amounts of time on lathes, milling machines and pillar drills, as a member of the societies founding committee, we often must teach and instruct members how to use these machines safely, and help them when they are unsure with both the machinery and the basics of building robots. A large part of the robots are the electronic components inside. These must be wired together and soldered with precision, and some require some “hacking”. Some of the components we use include Motors, Electronic Speed Controllers, Controllers and Receivers and Servos. Helping to run the society helps me build my leadership and my organisational skills while building the robot helps me practice and improve my electronics and work shop skills.
To see what we’re up to as a society, check out our instagram below @fightingrobotsoc_lboro
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ThankYou.
milesbennett90@yahoo.co.uk 07887392590 https://www.linkedin.com/in/miles-bennett-428476160/