Ryan Crosbie First Design Year
Ryan Crosbie | Product Designer
Contact | RCrosbieDesign@Gmail.com | Tel: 07709256512 |
Introduction to myself • Hi, I’m Ryan Crosbie; a BA Product Designer currently studying at Nottingham Trent University. Here I’m understanding and implimenting the neccesary skills and abilities required for industry by answering live breifs and developing my creative capabilities• I believe I excell within my own creativity and am able to adapt to different design requirements, prioritisng key points and perfecting a final outcome. Supporting this, I continuosuly strive to make better design decisions thus improving my end product. Design is a continuos development and wtih each finalised project, I feel I not only develop my design profile but my overall capabilities. I’m a young design enthusiast who is keen on developing my currents skills to a further level. I have a huge desire for designing and creating new products and my passion for this ensures I would be a great part of your design team. Thank you.
PROJECTS `
•LogoPlaste
•BPMA
• W’innovate
• Upcycling
Logoplaste | Brief To design the next generation of milk bottle packaging in the form of a 2-pint fresh milk bottle made from plastic. The solution still needs to be practical, easy to use and be handled by everyone including the elderly and children.
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Display • Bottle can be hung on shelving to offer a different and appealing way of displaying the bottle to users in store.
Storing • The base of the product is hollowed out to allow the bottles to be stacked on to one another, providing a space effecient storage solution for large stores etc.
1:1 model • Using blue styrofoam I was able to create a prototype of the product which enabled a better understanding of the products functions.
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Final product •
• PPE • Label • Variety of finishes •
• HDPE • Body • Lightweight •
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British Promotional Merchandise Association | Brief You must design a new promtoional item or gadget. The design must reflect an innovative approach to this. However, there is no reason that traditional favourites like the pen, mug or mousemat can’t be altered in some way to include another feature that exists separately, but not yet in combination with the pen, mug or mousemat
Market sector Travel research
Toothbrush Design Research
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Ideation•
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• Toothbrush cover development
• Idea refinement • Protect Cover Transport Minimal Lightweight
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Final product •
Modelled final product • 3D Printed
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W’innovate | Brief To design innovate Blox concepts that work with our existing blox concepts.
Research•
Problems with building blocks toys • Childs --parents •
90%
Stated building blocks create an eye sore and cause mess
77%
Felt the toy were restricted to the home due to many pieces
32%
Wanted to be able to take the product out with them to entertain their child
50%
Said the toy needs a product which can easily
On the
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• Trans ge po • Light rtable weight • Smal ls • Conta ize in • Orga nise
• Initial ideation concept 2D design
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• t e rk h a m bot t e rg n of a T d • ildre e g ch ders a 2 1 n 6 e g n e e betw
• Inspirations
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Storage •
Blox bricks can be sealed in the lid compartment of the final design. This allows the user to comfortably access the Blox pieces whilst building on the flexible playmat.
Transportable •
The flexi playmat allows the user an easy and functional storage solution whilst offering a different approach to the childs building.
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Connecting mechanism which secures product
Rubber • Playbase • Flexible Silicone • Handle • Comforting PVC • Body • Protective
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Upcycling | Brief You are required for this project to develop and produce ONE fully refined, final product that reuses household packaging or everyday waste materials. Your final product must be something wearable (i.e. clothing, hats, jewellery, shoes, bags etc).
•95% less energy is needed to produce aluminium from recycled material that it does from Bauxite Ore • • It takes around • Around
400 years for Aluminium to break down •
350,000 Aluminium cans are made per minute • •Comm on everyda product in ou r y lives •Aesthe tic product finsih on the •Could be stylish made to look
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Ring Belt
Thank you • RCrosbiedesign@gmail.com • 07709256512 •