Product Design Portfolio | Aug- Dec 2018

DESIGN PORTFOLIO Selected works | Aug-Dec 2018 Prashant Kumar

CV Basic Info

Work Experience

D.O.B.- 30th October 1994

ATELIER ARCAU | Fraud and Veyron Associes, Vannes, France

NATIONALITY- Indian

PRASHANT KUMAR M. Des

CPDM, IISc Bangalore

Profile

I am a Design student with interest in graphic design and UI UX of digital products.

(+91) 9479309261, 8789777959 prashant262111@gmail.com prashantkumar@iisc.ac.in

LANGUAGES- Hindi, English, French (A1 DELF)

CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS Room -F99, Boys Hostel, A Block, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Karnataka (India), Pin- 560012

PERMANENT ADDRESS Sector- 8/D, Street- 47, Quarter no- 1186, Bokaro Steel City, Jharkhand (India) Pin- 827009

Education M. Des | 2018-Present Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing, Bangalore, India

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B.Arch | 2013- 2018 School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal, India

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10+2 | 2000- 2013 St. Xavier’s School, Bokaro Steel City, Jharkhand, India

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Architectural Intern: Jan 2017- June 2017 Developed Architectural and schematic design models and drawings of the projects, mostly being urban development and housing projects.

Managed Graphic design and presentation of proposals for presentations and client meetings.

Conceptual design, 3D modeling, and visualization of projects.

Skills UI UX Adobe XD Invision (Basic) Balsamiq X-Mind Axure Zeplin HTML /CSS/ Javascript (basics) Graphics and Publishing Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe Indesign

Drafting Autocad 3D Modelling Fusion 360 Trimble Sketchup 3DS Max (Basic) Rhinoceros 3D (Basic) BIM Autodesk Revit Architecture Rendering V Ray Lumion Keyshot (Basic)

List of projects Product Design

(Subjectwise assignments and projects)

Architecture ACADEMIC PROJECTS

PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS

• HOCO: hot and cold water mixing machine (design and prototype, business model plan) • Marketing plan pneumatic tent

1st Year Kiosk Design- Dwarka Office Cum Residence Design I work for my Architect (Richard Meier) 2nd Year Vernacular Village Documentation: Vikrampur village, Chanderi, M.P. Vernacular Community Centre: Vikrampur village, Chanderi, M.P. Primary School Design: Bhopal, M.P. Residence Design: Bhopal, M.P. 3rd Year Adaptive reuse: Interpretation Centre Udaipur Palace Cultural Centre, Bhopal Hotel Design, Bhopal 4th Year Slum Rehabilitation Housing, Idgah Hills, Bhopal Mixed income Housing, Bhopal 5th Year Urban Design: Site documentation, Analysis and Design intervention Maulana Azad Central library precinct, Station road, Bhopal B.Arch Thesis Rehabilitation and resettlement: Post mining and Underground fires, Jharia Coal Field, Dhanbad

1.Saint-étienne-de-montluc (secteur gare) - urban neighbourhood 2.Saint pierre quiberon - housing 3.Larmor baden (rue du verger) - urban neighbourhood 4.Vallet - urban neighbourhood 5.Saint Gilles - housing 6.Plesop (le gusquel) - residence extension 7.Keredren (questembert) - swimming pool extension 8.Courseuelles (zac de st ursin) - urban neighbourhood 9.Vannes (rue de nomeny) - housing 10.Sarzeau (rue du gén de gaulle) - housing 11.Sarzeau (impasse de la grée) - housing 12.Vannes (avenue georges pompidou) - housing 13.Vannes (rue jean et yves texier lahoulle) - housing and plotted development 14.Vannes (rue anita conti laroiseau)- modifications in office building 15.Concerneau (rue de keriolet) - supermarket parking 16.Vannes (allée de limoges) - residence 17.Plescop (rue de ploeren) - urban neighbourhood 18.Lorient (rue louis roche) - plotted development 19.Saint gilles (le guy marie) - plotted development (competition entry) 20.Le pouliguen (avenue du golf) - urban neighbourhood 21.La chevrolière (rue du stade) - housing

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COMPETITIONS

• Traffic signage redesign and testing based on ergonomic principles

Integral studio, 2013: Temporary Shelters for Simhasta Yatris in Ujjain UNESCO Louis I Kahn Trophy, 2014: Documentation, Analysis and Design for Baiju Bawra Haveli, Chanderi HUDCO Trophy, 2014: Affordable Housing Design, Bhopal Annual NASA Design Competition, 2015:

Side projects • ArchLUX (App Design): app to help people design their lighting in living spaces • Namma Paratha (Web Design): Website for a hypothetical food delivery restaurant • Sangam Fest (Identity Design): Annual festival of IISc organized by student council

Creative Engineering Design • Utensil cart redesign of IISc mess, Sep-Nov 2018 • Chair design for CPDM classroom, Dec 2018 • A solution for tangling wires and their management, Dec 2018

Elements of Visual Design • • • • • •

Tear down of mosquito repellant machine Toy made out of zip ties Logo design for tea brewing machine company Color scheme generation and applications on products Design principle identification in products Salt pepper shaker, box cutter, stapler, work lamp visual design to generate given perception

New product development

Product Visualisation • A 3D object in different mediums: CAD> clay model> plaster of paris> Fibre Reinforced Plastic model • A 2D object in different mediums: pencil, pencil colour, charcoal, poster colour (blending and cut colour technique), water colour, dry pastels

(participated during office)

Public Space, Bhopal Railway Station 120 hours, 2016: Experimental House (A house without function) South Asian Student Design Competition, 2015: Vernacular Documentation, Analysis and Design Intervention (Poultry house) Bollywood Re-imagined, 2016: Film City Tower, Mumbai

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ArchLUX

Namma Paratha

Sangam Fest

The Wire project

Chair Design

Visual Design

Miscellaneous

App design

Web design

Identity design

Product design

Product design

Side project Dec 2018

Side project Dec 2018

Live project Sep-Oct 2018

Studio Assignment Dec 2018

Studio Assignment Dec 2018

Product design visualization

Product design sketching, Poster design

Studio Assignments Nov 2018

01 About

ArcLUX

App Design | Side Project Dec 2018 | 3 days ArcLUX is an application to help people to fix their lighting problems in their living spaces without the need of an expert.

The problem

Poor lighting condition is a largely unaddressed problem in our lives. While everyone does not have the luxury to hire an architect or a lighting design specialist.

Even professionals like Architects often go by thumb rules, not accurate calculations.

The Solution

What if we had an application which does that for you. Calculate the light present in your room and tell which lighting fixture to use and where to put it.

The app then redirects you to e-commerce websites to make you buy the right fixtures available in the market.

It makes the whole process simple, feasible and could be done sitting at home.

Challenges

While the rich get to have the expert’s advice, common folk are not much aware of this problem. The major UX challenge is to understand how we can make the recommendations in a simple manner which could be followed by the user in a few steps.

App functions

• Scan the room and measure the amount of light (camera with a light sensor as a Luxmeter).

• Tell the user what is wrong with light (less, more, or optimum).

• Make corrective recommendations to change or shift lighting fixtures.

• Redirect the user to e-commerce websites.

Tagline

Lighting solutions made easy

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The app must be easy to learn.

Simple and easy UX to analyze your room.

The initial study of the users and the context helps in the deriving the content and functional requirements of the app and the aspects on which the app needs to focus on.

The user wants to know what lighting fixture to buy and where to install it.

USER

Must offer affordable solutions.

USER CENTRIC

The user wants to compare similar products.

Target group Young and middle-aged people who own a house and use a smartphone.

Educated and have some awareness about lighting.

The user wants to compare the products from different sources.

User needs App Features

But they are also on a budget and do not want to waste money on expert advice.

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Ganesh (51) Retired Soldier

He has recently bought a new house and he wishes to decorate it like in commercials.

His daughter suggested him about renovating the house.

He wants to do it himself.

Can’t afford expert advice.

Recently bought a smartphone and is active on social media.

Searches lighting fixtures from the internet.

Client goals More users of the app which adds to revenue generation.

More sales from e-commerce websites.

The number of steps to analyze the room never more than 5.

Sorting by price options in the app. (and also on most e-commerce websites) Options to choose from different e-commerce websites to buy the fixture.

CLIENT CENTRIC

User Personas

Simple image and text-based UI Design to avoid any ambiguity in the interpretation of symbols.

Simple design and functionality to attract more users.

Option to buy alternate fixtures even if the result shows optimum light in the room.

The processing screens always show facts and benefits of good lighting.

Generate awareness to use the app.

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The Functional and content requirements of the application were then used to generate a mind map which becomes the basic structure for wireframes.

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Wireframes were made based upon the mind map generated to get an idea of the screens required for the mockup.

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UI design It is a utility-based app. The major UI objective is to make this app easy to learn and understand. The target user group is the middle-aged group who are familiar with smartphones.

The idea was to use images and text instead of symbols.

Familiar symbols were taken if used.

Most font and colors were taken from the Google material sheet which makes the interface familiar to android.

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One of the user flows shown with mockup screens Splash screen > choose existing design > room > scan the room > locate lights > measure light > processing > get result > get recommendations > redirect to e-commerce website

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Key learnings After user testing and feedback from peers, the key learnings were: • People are more drawn towards the images which help in better understanding.

• Given more time, more interesting interactions could be added for scanning the room, putting fixtures, and measuring light.

• The accuracy of the results is affected by how efficiently the user uses the lux meter.

• The number of steps taken to arrive at the result is still a lot which makes the process boring.

View this project on Behance https://www.behance.net/gallery/75027107/ArchLUX-Appdesign

• Awareness about bad lighting and its harmful effects needs to be among the people so that they could use the app. Creating awareness through the app would not be very effective.

• It is a one time use app. May not be marketable.

• Education is directly proportional to users who are more likely to go for expert advice if they want to correct their lighting design.

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02 Brief

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Namma Paratha Website Design | Side Project Dec 2018 | 5 days

To design a website for a hypothetical food delivery restaurant with a customizable food item. The centerpiece of the website will be an online food customization and ordering system.

Paratha is an Indian bread dish often with stuffing, popular in North India.

For the project, I chose a paratha stall in my neighborhood to ensure empathy with the product and the content. The restaurant named Namma (means “my� in Kannada) Paratha is a hypothetical paratha restaurant in Bel road, Bangalore, India.

UX challenge

Making the ordering process simple for a complex food item where you can have multiple iterations. Also local food delivery apps like swiggy, zomato and uber eats almost cover every restaurant in the region. So having a website which gives you a unique experience or serves a different function was the challenge.

Idea

Paratha is a traditional dish, has not been experimented with. My idea was to add new to the conventional ingredients and offer the people a new experience of customizing each ingredient in the dish; dough, stuffing, and other stuffing. One could add beverages and add-ons for the complete meal. The customization functionality could make the app different from other food delivery platforms.

Tagline

Redefining your favorite dish.

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Paratha is a common dish in North India which is not available in this South Indian location in good quality.

We can play around with stuffing and dough for customization.

Meal combination is possible with varieties of curd and buttermilk.

Other dishes like cakes, pizzas, Chinese dishes already have websites.

Demographics

Roles

Psychographics

The website needs to enable the client to:

EducationGraduate or above

Young graduates

Personalilty and attitudecurious, a little ‘mature’ youth, researchers

• To sell food online that will be delivered • Provide a system for order customization • Explain new varieties of the dish to the people • Increase sales • Communicate suggested combos • Showcase the restaurant’s unique value proposition: Authentic North Indian food in the south • Stay ahead in competition from other local food delivery apps like zomato, uber eats, swiggy

Occupation- Students, young professionals Age- 22-35 Location- Urban, hostel living

This has not been tried as extensively as other dishes, therefore it has a potential scope.

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Student groups pulling off all-nighters.

North Indians living in south craving for North Indian food.

Young people looking for quick affordable food.

Values- liberals Lifestyles- studious, mostly in small groups of friends

Client needs

USER User needs

Context User Personas It is located in Bel road region in Bangalore, India.

The location is close to 2 universities (IISc and Ramiayah) where a large number of students live from different parts of the country.

There are many restaurants and eateries in this area.

It will be offering on mid range prices as the customers are mostly college students.

Shivangi (27) – New to the city •A doctor in the nearby Ramaiyah hospital.

•Fresh out of med school.

•From Delhi living in Bangalore •Craves for homemade food •Goes for a 9-5 job •Often goes to the canteen for brunch and meals •Otherwise to the nearby restaurants in the Bel road area

VIjay (30)– The researcher •Ph.D. student in IISc. •Living for 4 years.

•Spends most of his time in his lab.

•His wife, another Ph.D. student in another department.

•Often use the college canteen.

•Otherwise cook at home together •Occasionally they order food online at home/department.

Ali (22) – The new student •Pursuing design in IISc and lives in the hostel •2 months in the city •Mostly stuck in assignments •Wants to explore the place but did not get time •Always up for anything new •All-nighters are common •Always with his group of friends •Often spends off his stipend partying on weekends

The website needs to enable the user to: • Find out if the restaurant delivers to their area • Order food online • Access from afternoon to midnight • Choose his/her favorite combination dish/meal • Show Live location and time work efficiently on mobile devices • Easy change of order as people in a group are never sure of what to eat!

• Suggested and new combos for every time

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“The user will be looking for…”

• About us section • Describe the dish • Opening and closing timings • Menu and prices • Combinations with stuffing in the dish (with images of what it would look like) • Combinations with items in the full meal (with images of what it would look like on the plate: adding each item in the plate as per selection) • Suggested combos • Offers • Delivery time and live location of the item • Contact detail of the delivery person • Payment options (online/cash on delivery) • The contact information of the restaurant • Feedback, complaints and suggestion box

Content Requirements

Functional Requirements

“The user will be able to…”

• Choose from the list of stuffing and items and “DESIGN” their own meal • Place order, enter the address • Make the payment, enter payment details • Contact the restaurant for complaints • Contact the restaurant for change in menu+know if it is possible • Look at the live status of the order • Contact the delivery person • Give feedback to the restaurant (rating of the dish)

The Functional and content requirements of the application were then used to generate a site map which becomes the basic structure for wireframes.

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Wireframe for web and mobile layout were generated for UI design and prototyping screens. These are some of the typical screens:

Homepage: Introduction to the restaurant

Typical page for choosing order or customizing the meal

•Mostly large images •Options to order •Menu bar which remains constant in all layouts

Typical page for entering details

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UI design The intention was to make an image based UI with simple layout. Since the idea is to redefine the dish, the website should not create a perception of traditional cuisine.

Initially, a compeletely functional layout was used but later some fun elements were added for the younger audience.

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Mockup screens for web showing the user flow of ordering a customized meal.

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Mockup screens for mobile showing the user flow of ordering a combo meal.

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Key learnings After user testing and feedback from peers, the key learnings were: • The ingredients shown through images made the process easy to understand.

• Customizing the food was a new thing which could not be achieved in other food delivery platforms available.

• Given more time, a visual of the meal could be a better interaction than a list of items in the meal.

• Too many steps can make the ordering cumbersome.

View this project on Behance https://www.behance.net/gallery/75057977/NammaParatha-Web-Design

Clickable prototype web https://xd.adobe.com/view/9a1702c8-99ae-47bc-67abe36b1675046f-ec26/

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Sangam Fest Identity Design | Live Project, Group of 2 Sep-Oct 2018

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Sangam is the annual cultural festival of IISc Bangalore, which was held between 23-28 Oct 2018. The job was to create a fresh identity of the fest with deliverables like the logo, brochure, event posters, banners, ID cards, memento, T-shirts, and certificates.

Challenge

Generally, it was organized much earlier for the freshers’ welcome. But this time it was late and also around mid-semester exams. The collective challenge was to make the event successful. This meant creating a new visual identity which could be popular among the youth.

Approach

We looked at recent trends in brand/identity designs. Colors and patterns which were popular among youth were taken as reference. We designed a logo and made several iterations of their elements to create patterns and graphics.

Meaning of the word along with events was tried to be represented in the logo design. After several iterations and feedback, we finalized one idea where we tried representing “S” as infinity symbol representing the confluence with 3 dots representing various people coming together.

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Different interpretations of the word were taken and developed into ideas for the logo. Colors and gradients were picked following the current graphic design trends which were used to generate graphics.

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Dumb-C Dumb Charades Do you believe that you and your friends have that telepathic connection, so much so that an action is enough to relay the message? Bring out your team chemistry and battle it out in Sangam18’s Dumb Charades.

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Prelims: 24th Oct 18 5.30 PM to 8 PM, OPB (Old Physics Building) Finals: 25th Oct 18 5.30 PM to 8 PM, OPB (Old Physics Building)

Prize s wort Rs 8.5 h K!

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Picasso Painting event “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” – Pablo Picasso Do you think out of the box and explore the very frontiers of human creativity?

Lose yourself and drown in the colors of the world. Participants need to paint a picture on the sustainable science.

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Timing: Submission on 25th October, 2018 between 5.00 PM to 6 PM @Student council)

Prize s wort h Rs 5 K!

Brochure Design

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Event posters and flyers T-Shirt Design

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Wire project Design thinking | Mini Project Dec 2018

Entangling of multiple wires and keeping track of which wire is connected to which electrical point (e.g. on a computer) are common problems.

Design and develop a proof of concept for a means of keeping wires unentangled and easily trackable (with a functional prototype if possible).

The design thinking processes were applied to the get to the root cause of the problem and understand the user requirements. Concepts were generated based on the requirements and the final solution was converted into a physical prototype.

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Different habitats were looked upon

To analyze the cause and effect of the problem, 5 WHYs method was applied.

Computer desk at office

Computer desk at home

Data center

College server room

Streets

Binder clips

Cable bundler

data centre wire mangement

Tapes

Cord Minders

Plugboard drawer

Cable ties

Python cords

Magnetic wire containers

Existing products and solutions work on the following principles:

A User Survey based on Google forms concluded • The problem is more prevalent on workspaces • People are not aware of existing solutions

On scale of 1-10, how relevant you find the problem of tangling wires in and around you?

Do you know about products and solutions which are used for managing the wires?

Which places do you find this problem most frequently?

Why do you think the problem arises?

What are the related problems which come with it ?

In which devices/settings do you find this problem most frequently?

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Binding Path fixing Pegs Straightening Out of reach Out of sight Wrapping Zips Racks Ducts Winding into coils Containers Labeling Colour coding Camouflage into environment Shaping wire differently Straightening Curling

Getting insights from the previous steps, the list of requirements was derived which was prioritized on the basis of the matrix method: 1) Tripping of people 2) Path fixation 3) Cleanliness 4) Aesthetics 5) Material (friction, fixing) 6) Save from pets rodents 7) Coding/ Labelling 8) Location

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Ideation on each requirement resulted in a number of ideas which were combined to generate different concepts in a morphological chart as shown.

CONCEPT 1 An egg crate like structure with velcro tapes on them can be used on walls which could be an aesthetic element. Provisions for winding extra wires also provided.

CONCEPT 2 Rubber tiles with paths made for the wires which would run below the floor.

Rank sum, lexographical method, DATUM method and weighted objectives method were used to compare the three solutions. Concept 1 stood out in them.

Concept 1 covered all the design parameters among the three. Also it can be used on walls as well as a small installation below the desk with more usage of winding bars. It is also easier to maintain and requires lesser resources.

CONCEPT 3 A pegboard wall with carabiners attached for holding the wires in place.

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Key learnings

• Velcro tried on reverse side too to make the arrangement stackable but it covered the mounting area of the crate so the idea had to be abandoned.

• Initial idea was to cover the wire with small velcro tapes wound around but the grip was not strong enough so full strips had to be used.

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05 Brief

About

Chair design Studio Assignment | Group of 4 Dec 2018 Design a chair for CPDM classroom.

Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing (CPDM) is the design department in IISc. The classroom is used for lectures, meetings, and seminars. Also, activities like drafting, cutting, painting, coloring etc are often carried out.

Design Challenge

Catering to the requirements of design students in a classroom chair. Also, it has multiple users like students, faculty, cleaning staff, guests etc. Also, user comfort and ergonomic factors have to be catered.

Design Approach

Starting off by understanding and listing the design requirements by study and survey, the requirements were prioritized and concepts were based on them. One of them was chosen and a working prototype was fabricated.

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A user survey based on Google forms gave insights about the preferences of the people in the department.

They want a comfortable, stationary chair with armrest, writing desk and a storage space for bags.

What type of chair is more suitable for you?

Ergonomic study based on literature and user study gave us the following requirements: lumbar support, maintaining the standing position of the spine, free body movement, easy to get up for breaks, less stress on points in contact.

All different requirements were prioritized using matrix method and the ones with higher priority were ideated upon. Several concepts were generated combining the ideas which were further combined for the final design solution.

Which type of material do you prefer?

CONCEPT 1 Do you prefer arm cushion support?

Empathy and roleplay studies of the existing habitat and the chair in use concluded that movability, stackability not a requirement but a work desk with a scale or a graph could be a useful value addition.

A writing desk with adjustable height with a slot for cutting mat for taking quick measurements.

CONCEPT 2 Cushion with a thick bottom portion for lumbar support.

What kind of writing desk do you prefer?

CONCEPT 3

Do you need a storage compartment in the chair? (eg. bags and noteoooks)

Storage space for a bag. Lifted upwards with added support at the front for additional support during leaning movement of the chair.

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Base Frame Bottom attach 8mm screw, 30mm length 4mm bottom plywood Cushion Side attach Backrest 5mm wood screw, 20mm length

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Bagholder Sidelock Key Top support Writing pad Armrest Side plywood

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Fabrication: The frame of an old discarded chair was modified with the help of local fabricators. Components were added like storage space, modified cushions, writing desk with a cutting mat.

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Welding

Woodworking

Cushion, armrest installation Paint and varnish

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06 Brief

Minimal stapler

Robust cutter

Playful salt pepper shaker

Visual design Studio Assignment Nov 2018

These were small assignments in the subject VISUAL ELEMENTS OF DESIGN, where we had to evoke the given perception through the design of a simple product.

Initially, existing minimal staplers were referred which could achieve minimalism through geometry. Then parametric forms were tried taking inspiration from Architecture. Several forms were tried and one finalized.

Also, translucent material was further assigned to the body to attain minimalism through the material as well.

A reference image was given on which we were asked to redesign a box cutter which had to look robust. Elements from the reference image were abstracted and applied to the redesign in many ways and one finalized.

The playfulness was explored through making the object playable.

Stackable forms were explored which could be used for the form of the object. Finally, a chamfered tetrahedron with the transparent body was taken up as the form of the object. It can be stacked together in many ways and more the number of pieces, bigger the stack!

Minimal stapler 26

Robust cutter

Playful salt pepper shaker 27

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Miscellaneous

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Poster design; open science week (IISc event) 29

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