ARCHITECTURE
DESIGN
INDUSTRIAL GRAPHIC
ARCHITECTURE
DESIGN
INDUSTRIAL GRAPHIC
INDUSTRIAL
DESIGN
Research From the research, surveys and interviews conducted, it was discovered that the needs of users unmet by current emergency radios were: guidance and navigation, portability, ruggedness and alternative power options.
Project Overview
Evaluation
This project entailed researching the emergency radio market, finding out what products were already available, who their users were, which of their needs were unmet, and designing a new product for a section of the market.
After an extensive Ideation process, an evaluation process was conducted to chose the best suited design solution.
Design Criteria The radio was designed to be portable, have a GPS backtracker, Ergonomic Crank handle for an internal dynamo, AC and DC power options, LED Lights, Solar Strip and an LCD display.
XPLOIT RADIO
The User I decided to design an emergency radio suitable for use in tough terrain and harsh outdoor weather conditions meeting the basic needs of extreme adventurers such as mountain climbers and desert hikers.
Personas
Jack Stevens
Sarah McBride
A 31 year old reporter for the travel and adventure column of a Chicago Newspaper. He is not your everyday adventurer, as he constantly pushes his limits, so as to get an exhilarating story out of it.
A Photographer for the National Geographic for 17 years, Sarah has taken surreal photos of inhabitable regions of the world and has found herself in the midst of inclement weather dozens of times.
Bill Stewart A 60 year old entrepreneur, Bill’s youthful spirit drives him to prove the stereotypes associated with his age wrong, as he continuously goes on risky expeditions which in the end inspire his business endeavors.
Ideation
ROCKET LAMP
Project Overview This project entailed an effort to de-construct the form characteristic of the 1950s Rocket Car Era, into lines, shapes and weight. These inferences were then used to design and build a working desk lamp.
Visual Research It required the ability to zero in on visual elements and cultural connotations common to cars of those times. These elements evoked a sense of high speed, mass, elegance, cutting edge innovation and great attention to detail.Rocket era cars were inspired by technological advances which took place in the 1940s and used the second world war as a center display stage.
Final Solution
ARCHITECTURE
DESIGN
INDUSTRIAL GRAPHIC
SCHNITT SHAVER
Project Overview The scope of this project covered creating a brand for a particular target market, designing a family of products under this brand, and finally making a model of one of the products. I chose to create an electronics hair care line for men called ‘Schnitt’ which literally means ‘cut’ in german.
Ideation
Design Objective I designed Schnitt products to accommodate the needs of a James Bond-type young professional, whose rugged and adventurous personality is veiled by charm and class.
Final Solution The Schnitt Shaver has a form which communicates smoothness and fluidity, while housing rigid, durable, state of the art technology.
Project Overview This was a personal endeavor to design a collection of re-worked Nat King Cole classic love ballads. It was inspired by a romantic relationship I was involved in some years ago.
ELLE-O-V-E CD COVER DESIGN
The Concept One of the songs on this album titled: ‘The very thought of you’, has as a line in its lyrics: ‘I see your face in every flower’. The CD inlay communicates this very poetic line in embedding the face of a girl in a red rose.
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