INDUSTRIAL DESIGN PORTFOLIO
Sheetal Shankar
Hi! I am Sheetal Address: A/5, 602, Florida Estate, Keshav nagar, Mundhwa, Pune-411036. Email: Sheetal07Shankar@gmail.com; sheetal.shankar@mitid.edu.in Phone: +918888046535 Portfolio: http://issuu.com/purplebeatz/docs/portfolio 4.0 b86094d12a4c3e I am currently looking to be placed in a multi-faceted organization which offers me exposure and experience in more than one field of design.
About Me
Experience
Accomplishments
I am an adventurous and passionate individual with a sparkling exuberance. People and animals are my domain. I am extremely inquisitive with a flair for “jugaad” (low cost innovative simple solutions to any problem) and a queer love for all things old and unusable. A food lover with a craving to try different cuisines and a soft corner for desserts. During my leisure, I enjoy spending time with nature and in the outdoors. I am a flexible and adaptable person as I have been on the move throughout my childhood (Orissa, Chennai, Bangalore and Pune). I look forward to travelling a lot more in life physically and mentally to experience new things both familiar and alien.
2013 - Was part of a live slum development project for the residents of Tadiwala, Pune. Our process followed the Human Centred Design toolkit designed by Stanford Univerty. This project was initiated by Georg Hohne (Germany). I led the design team with Project Manager Joel Rozsmann (Canada). The product, a water heater, has been manufactured and is being used by the locals of the targeted slum.
2008 - Cooper (green) house captain
Education 2015 - Currently in the final year studying Industrial Design at Maeer’s MIT Institute of Design, Pune. 2011 - Completed std 12 from The Bishop’s Co-ed School, Camp, Pune (ISC, Science). 2009 - Completed std 10 from The Bishop’s Co-ed School, Kalyaninagar, Pune.
2014 - Designed packaging for organic soaps for Khandige Organics, Bangalore. 2014 - Completed a 6 week internship with Karwak EcoMatters, Pune. Karwak is a company that designs and manufactures eco-friendly stationery using recycled or recyclable ma terials. They manufacture corporate gifts and conduct workshops for various age groups to teach people to make ecofriendly stationery. 2015 - Did the branding & logo design and part of the space design team for Mink Hair Lounge at Koregaon Park, Pune. 2015 - Currently interning at Roto Leaner Technology Pvt. Ltd., working on a range of living room furniture design.
2011 - Arnould (green) house vice-captain 2011 - Basketball team captain 2012 - Head of the Product Design event in Quasar (College Festival) 2013 - Part of the Publicity team of Quasar 2014 - Elected Class Representative of Product Design
Skills and Softwares Research, Materials & manufacturing processes, Conceptualizing & Ideating, Rendering and Sketching (Hand and digital).
Hobbies Singing, Reading, Rowing, Dancing, Trekking, Basketball, Swimming. I love recycling and doing small “best out of waste” projects in my free time. I enjoy taking photographs of the multifarious expressions of dogs. I am extremely passionate about designing unique and quirky gift articles.
Unique top handle design for ergonomics and ease of use
Whistle
Small legs at the base of each container to eliminate need for cooker end plate
Hole for steam to escape Markings in each vessel for food and water
Marking for which food type to be cooked in each container
Bowl that can even be used to cook vegetables without using another vessel
THE ADVANTAGES OF HAVING SUCH A COMPONENT IN THE EPILATOR ARE: More precise epilation Reduction in ingrowths Better visibility in difficult areas Cleaner skin The LED takes very little power from the battery and the lens and form can be very easily integrated with the form of epilator. CHANGES NEEDED TO BE ADDED IN CURRENT MODEL: Circuit board needs to be changed to accommodate an LED and its switch. Positioning of the speed switched need to be changed. An on- off switch for the light. Internal details for fixing of hinge as mentioned above. Change in form to accommodate the component when shut.
Live Project: Khandige organics, Bangalore Group project by Fatema Hussain and Sheetal Shankar
SOMA SOAP PACKAGING To design organic, eco- friendly, sphisticated and stackable soap packaging for a new brand of Khandige organic soaps called Soma.
The interlock packaging symbolises harmony of man and nature
The inner case in which the soap is secured
Detail in packaging to help users interpret the design
2 (1) Existing Soma packaging; (2) Unique opening method; (3) Final design Materials used: Kraft paper, Colored corrugated sheets, cellophane paper Printing technique: Flexographic printing
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Unique opening experience The locking is inspired by the form of a leaf Side tabs of kraft paper replaced by an opening system in corrugation which is more convinient and easy Coloured corrugation adds aesthetic value to the packaging The leaf form is adapted as the brand identity Colours are used according to the avour or function which makes the soap easy to recognise in retail outlets
Group project with Jesal Shah
MY DJ PAL To device a visually ergonomic DJ controller for a novice or a learner which will increase ease of learning and also may be used for professional performances.
The controllers which are easy to learn on, do not have all the main necessary controls.
Feed back mechanism is mainly visual and not tactile. Visually complicated and a high level of co- ordination needs to be acheived by a learner.
Light blinking pale yellow to indicate that it is switched on Colors to indicate on and off effects
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Back lit press buttons
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Above: Different knobs and buttons used to create different textures and showing the size wrt human hand. The Model
1 Above: 1. Final layout and placement of buttons. 2. Render showing some special features and buttons.
Reduced number of keys without compromising on necessary eects of functions. Unique tactile feedback which helps in memorizing faster due to use of more senses being used while learning. Less clutter with a more student centric design. Will enable the dj to interact more with the audience if he/ she gets used to the product from the beginning.
ARE YOU A ZOMBIE LOVER? LETS TRY SOME ROLE-REVERSAL!
Zombie life measured in brains
The mad scientist A mad scientist has discovered a toxic chemical that can change the peaceful zombies of Zombieland into human robots. The zombies have to ďŹ ght for their freedom and stop the mad scitentist from taking over their world. Using brains (pun intended) as lives and power cards to their advantage, who will emerge the omnipotent victors of this war?
Inter-changable heads
The board has been designed keeping in mind the morbid theme of the game. Churches and cemeteries are predominant. The board is pentagonal to accomodate 10 players. It can be compactly folded into a triagle that ďŹ ts the theme. The red spot indicates that a card must be picked up. Cards can make or break your game.
LIVE PROJECT DURATION: 4 months DESIGN TEAM: 11 members
HCDD: The Hot- Pot To ďŹ nd and solve a development problem common in Indias slums guided by the Human Centered Design Toolkit that leans itself on the Stanford course for Extreme Aordability. The solution must be something that could be made by the locals and could provide a source of income.
RESEARCH
This was a social project aimed at solving a development problem faced by the inhabitants of Tadiwala road slum, Pune. Extensive research was conducted with the locals, aided by Deep Griha Society, an NGO in the area. The dierent stages of ideation and design was at the MIT Institute of design and community sessions with locals at Deep Griha Society. The idea of this product was then built upon and designed with a local electronics shop owner- Vajid. It is now being sold in his shop.
THE PROBLEM
Use of Chulha The people refused to use the heating coil due to electrocutions from current leaks;
THE SOLUTION Vajid with his leak proof electric water heater; The Hot- Pot being manufactured;
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CONTACT ME Phone: +918888046535; Email: sheetal.shankar@mitid.edu.in or sheetal07shankar@gmail.com Know more about me, see more of my work and find detailed versions of my projects by viewing my profile => http://issuu.com/purplebeatz