Chris Reid 2020 Portfolio

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Design Portfolio 2020

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During my time at Northumbria University, industry placements and my current place of work, I have worked alongside local and multinational companies, to design and create new products/services to improve peoples lives.

Working with these companies has allowed me to explore new design practices and develop new skills to a professional standard.

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Organise, Simplify, Adapt.

Carrypod is a unique luggage system, that allows the user to organise, simplify and adapt the bag to their travel needs.

A modular ‘Pod System’ inside, provides you with the option to compartmentalise the items you pack and make it simple to access them when travelling. Liquids, electronics and travel documents can be located in separate areas of the bag for quick access and extra security.

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Luggage Models.

Final project development Working in card to model and test my luggage concepts. This was an important stage in the development process of my final project .

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Organise.

One of the main features of Carrypod, is the individual pods, that are designed to separate the items you pack to organise the layout and make accessing your items far more simple.

Because not all trips are the same, the modular design allows you to choose the individual pods that work best for your journey.

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Simplify.

Carrypod is all about simplifying your journey, and with the laptop and document case, you are able to neatly organise your items in a separate, removable compartment.

This case can also be removed to allow for more space in the main section, when travelling without electronics.

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Adapt.

A unique feature of the bag is the detachable base section, that transforms into a 25 litre day bag. This provides extra modularity, meaning the user only has to carry one piece of luggage during transport, which allows you to separate the compartments on arrival.

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Logo & Brand Design.

Logo and brand design plays a key role in all my design projects. I believe a good understanding of brand design is important when trying to communicatie your projects.

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Brand Guideline.

Brand guidelines is a way of creating clear rules to follow when developing a product.

Throughout my major project I followed these clear guidelines to help retain the projects look and feel.

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Stak.

The Ever yday Modular Lunch Box Stak is a modular lunch box, designed to divides and organised the lunch time eating experience.

Lunch time is often seen as a short, less important meal, however with around 230 lunches consumed at work each year, it’s quickly becoming an even more important time to pause and enjoy a healthy meal, in our hectic lives.

Created during the Coronavirus lockdown, I explored all areas of the design process from eating habits to digital concept sketches and final visualisation. Arguably lunch time has never been so important in our lives.

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Procreate Sketching I find Procreate on the iPad a very powerful tool to bring early stage concepts to life. From rough sketching to applying; graphics, materials and colour to accuratly prepare for the CAD stage to follow.

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Stak divides into three simple compartments; a larger base section, ideal for your main meal, a slimmer top compartment perfect for salads and dried foods and a water tight hot/cold aluminium bottle.

Specially designed dividers organise and seperate food items within each compartment. Stak also features full sizes cutlery, housed within our treaded oak lid, to improve the dining experience.

To top it off everything is held together with a cork padded nylon strap, perfect for easy transportation.

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For the RSA competition the project was to design a product that could Improve the way medicines are protected, dispensed, distributed and/or taken in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Oral Re-hydration at Home.

Hydrate is a simple solution for those living with diarrhea. No more trips to the hospital, just a simple Re-hydration carton that can be easily prepared at home.

Instead of complicated instructions there are clear infographics to help guide the user when administering the oral re-hydration.

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Simple instructions

No contamination

Portable design

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The Folio Case + Stamp.

Carrying your portfolio in style As a side project I worked on designing a portfolio case to protect my clients design documents, using raw materials in a new and unique way.

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Don’t Spill Your Drink.

As a group of 7, we had to design a set for hot drinks. The tea set would be served to First Class British Airways passengers, to improve the on-board drinking experience.

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The concept focuses on incorporating traditional tea making by combining a vessel and tea cup. The vessel can be attached to the top of the cup to prevent spillage during flight turbulence.

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SIMPLE, STYLISH, SPILL FREE.

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Digital Illustrations A range of digital sketching using the iPad Pro with Procreate. This is a powerful tool to transform ideas from rough sketch to early stage visuals.

Carrypod - Product demonstration sketches

DO I GET HOW JOB? DREAM MY

TECH QUIZ

TEST WHAT YOU KNOW! IP WNERSH LF O SE

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CONNECTING

INTERESTS

SHARING SKILLS

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Photography & Media.

I have always had a passion for photography and media. I have tried to incorporate videos into all my work, as I believe this is a great way to describe a project whilst keeping the viewer interested.

In my spare time I also run a side media business with my brother, creating promotional films for hotels, restaurants and tourist boards.

Check out some of our work by following the QR code or searching for ‘The Reid Bros’.

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I have a passion for travelling and love capture my every move. These are just a few of my images, specialising in; street, architecture, interior, product and aerial drone photography.

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Product Designer it Luggage, Hertford, UK 2019 - Present I am currently employed as a product designer at ‘it luggage’ in their hard luggage team, working on a diverse range of project from final 3D panel designs to concept development for new fixtures and components.

During my time here I have design several panels and components selling in UK, EU and US stores (Primark, Matalan, TKmaxx(UK),T.J.Maxx(US), Argos).

Working closely with our China office I have created artworks and 3D CAD files ready for production, as well as, 3D printing and prototyping, CMF design and branding.

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Junior Product Designer Matter Design, Bath, UK I worded at Matter design in Bath from 20172018, as a Junior Product designer, Matter specialise in thoughtful and well informed creative design, to beautifully craft category changing product experiences.

During my time here I worked with leading Food and FMCG brands such as Mars and Gillette, developing concepts from early stage research through to sketch development and final concept modeling.

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June 2015 - September 2015 Pass creative design team, Italy In June of 2015 I flew to Italy for a three month placement with the internal design team at GSK. I was working on several project during my time there including; packaging, ser vice, and future product development. I developed many skills whilst away and learned how to communicate and work for a multinational company.

New office design for the Verona, Italy, GSK Designed & rendered on Blender as part of a group project 48

March 2016 - August 2016 Design intern @ Wood for Trees, Bristol Wood for Trees is a design consultancy based in the heart of Bristol. Specialising in design & innovation management working with clients to deliver front end projects and build capability.

During my time here I worked with big name brands such as Mars, Wrigley and Danone, taking part in design and research development projects. I was able to develop a real understanding about the consumer and the early stages of the design process.

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Chapman Bags, design placement March 2015 - June 2015 In March 2015 I did a three month placement with a local company in Cumbria.

Chapmans is a high end manufacturer of bags and accessories working with famous companies and developing one off products.

I covered all areas whilst working there, from designing patterns, to final production. This area was new to me so it was good to learn a new set of skills.

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THANK YOU. reid.design@yahoo.co.uk +44 7783480292