Portfolio Núria Vilarasau

NĂşria Vilarasau Creus

Engineering in Industrial Design and Product development

ABOUT ME​

My name is Núria and I am an Engineer in Industrial Design and Product Development. I am passionate and hard-working, with lots of ambitions to pursue; I like to challenge myself constantly and learn from my mistakes. I need change, I can't stand still for too long and I love travelling, whenever and wherever. ​ Product design has captivated myself for many years now and I love its constant growth, the diversity in this field and the opportunity to dive in so different projects.

​Design thinking​ ​​

​ Product development​ ​ ​ ​ Engineering​ ​ ​ Sustainability ​ ​ ​ Innovation and creativity​ ​

sketching

Drawings: All personal, both for projects and sketching practice

ISTERM

3rd semester, University 3 members-team Design Workshop I Brief: Design proposal for a thermos bottle

Inspiration moodboard + Goals Discreet and elegant Functional ergonomics Office environment

ISTERM

Wood prototype, testing ergonomics

My contribution to this project consisted on market research and concept inspiration and definition. I also carried out the brand design and product presentation (Illustrator).

Another part of my work is the technical specifications, materials selection and report writing.

Drawings: AdriĂ Batet

Isterm is a functional liquids thermos bottle designed to fit perfectly in office environments.

Clean, modest and with the perfect size for morning coffees; take it in the handbag or purse, it's tested not to drip.

It keeps hot drinks for 4 hours and cold drinks for 12.​ ​ Its cleaning system has been thought for a good accessibility and it's also suitable for the dishwasher. It splits in two so your hand can reach the deep corners and guarantee a perfect hygiene.​

CleanTeeth Dispenser

CleanTeeth Dispenser is a product which integrates different functions to make the tooth-brushing experience, easy and clean. Its elegant design makes it fit perfectly in any bathroom and be very discreet. ​ ​ The product includes: easy tooth paste dispenser, rechargeable tooth paste tube, toothbrushes holder (also suitable for electric toothbrush heads) and a plastic cup. ​

Hygienic

Multifunctional

Easy use

5th semester, University In pairs work Graphic Design Brief: Design of a container and cardboard packaging for a health or beauty product.

Intuitive

Attractive

Rechargeable

Use and refill instructions

CleanTeeth Dispenser

This product was designed for the brand Bclean, created also for this project and which pretends to encourage good personal care habits. Bclean was tought to became a firm for P&G company.​

Packaging prototype

Graphic design toothpaste tube

I was responsible for the 3D modelling and rendering of the product (Unigraphics).

The graphic design, both brand definition and packaging ideation, and its prototyping, was also my work (Illustrator).

DOMUS

Domus is a multi-functional and modular door shelves perfect for students or people who move frequently and need a quickly installing extra space to keep things. This innovative shelf has been designed to be fixed on doors, avoiding the fixing process with screws which damages the wall.​Its assembly is very easy, quick and intuitive. ​ ​ It offers a wide variety of possibilities, you can personalize it with the different accessories according to your needs and the room it will be located in.​ ​

3rd/6th semester, University 3 members-team Design Workshop I / Design Methodology Brief: Shelves design for domestic use.

DOMUS

Before

After

Improvements Dematerialization Reduce nยบ of processes Reduce nยบ of pieces Modular and multifunctional Reciclable materials Easy assembly

Details of technical drawings

This project was re-taken in Design Methodology to improve the production process, the life-cycle of the product, and make it more functional, environmentally-friendly and user-centered. The aesthetic of Domus changed significantly during this process.

Some tools used during this process are: FMEA, QFD, Poka-yokes and DFMA

My work in this project was: definition of the improvements to apply, realization of DFMA, FMEA and QFDs, some 3d modelling and rendering, set of goals to achieve and resistance calculations.

opposta

Ideation phase

Personal project created for a Formabilio’s contest (05/2015).

Opposta is composed by the combination of a panel and a table, intersecting plans in a way that they hold each other.

It reflects the contrast between one space and another, relax against work, calm against the mess... The concept is thought as design for disassembly, no glue or screws are needed.

The product allows to personalize the space in many different ways, one side is a personal corner, the other one is to socialize. The panel can serve to hang notes, a calendar or even stick a whiteboard on it. The holes are useful to give a dab of greenness and nature to the house, hanging some flowerpots; but it can also be used to keep personal things organized.

EUROPEAN PROJECT SEMESTER

The Euopean Project Semester is a programme carried out inside the Erasmus+, where a multidisciplinary project with people from six different countries and backgrounds is executed. This experience took place in Antwerp, Belgium.

Besides from the project, some workshops were done, and a lot of team work. Following, there is a quick approach of the positive insights this experience contribute.

8th semester, Erasmus+ 6 members-team Final Bachelor Project Brief: Design of a Pop-up store, which will be a temporal replacement for shops in Antwerp that need to renovate their main buildings.

POP-UP STORE

Ideation process Brainstorming Sketching Field work Foam modeling

Drawings and foam models: corresponding to all team participation

Concept design

Modularity Energy-efficiency Sustainability Branding adaptation Interior design flexibility

My role in the project was shared team coordination, furniture design and branding tools together with Melissa Colot. All the team participated in field work, brainstorming and building concept. I was also responsible for furniture resistance calculations and materials selection. (Solidworks, Illustrator, Keyshot)

Renders: AgustĂ­n CastiĂąeira

POP-UP STORE

Furniture design

Inspiration moodboard Sketching Scaled model

Drawings: Melissa Colot

Final concept

Interior distribution Brand adaptation Multifunctional furniture Interior panels

Help EAT

As the project for an online course on Human-centered Design (carried out by IDEO.org and +Acumen), this app was developed to help people who want to buy and eat healthier food but lack of knowledge, time or motivation. The HCD method was followed to solve the challenge proposed until getting to a final mock-up.

October 2015 Project work shared with Anna Argelich

Usage storyboard (Illustrator)

Help EAT

Interviews were made to people of different profiles and to experts, as well as a context immersion by eating one day healthy. Ecologic stores and supermarkets in the area were visited to get more knowledge about the facilities available.

Ecologic store

Supermarket

Market

Mock-up created with Justinmind

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