For everyone that believed in me when I didn’t believe in me
Thanks.
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Bio / CV - pp. 4-5 Gestalt - pp. 6-7 Curvi - pp. 8-9 Racecar - pp. 10-11 Momentous - pp. 12-23 Soleil - pp. 24-35 Boiler - pp. 36-47 Self Checkout - pp. 48-51 [re]Loaded - pp. 52-53 H채ngar - pp. 54-57 Solidworks 1 + 2 - pp. 58-63 Saponify - pp. 64-65 Halo - pp. 66-73 TuGo - pp. 74-79 Extracurricular / Independent proposal - pp. 80-81
*Consuming this book is not recommended Contains traces of nuttiness
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HARRIS San Jose State University Industrial Design Class of 2017
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San Jose State University Industrial Design | Completing my Junior Year, graduating 2017.
Window-ology - Design and Sales Aug `13 to now | Design and Sales of window coverings, including hard and soft treatments - emphasis on customer service. Also responsible for considerable IT work
San Jose State has given me a breadth of skills necessary for designers, such as Sketching and Modeling (3D and Physical). I have more than a year of experience throwing clay, and a semester of glass blowing. When I was in high-school I built a forge to cast aluminum, and I have done a bit of jewelry casting and manufacture as well. As well, I have experience with oxy/fuel welding, circuitry, and rubber molding.
Las Positas College, Livermore, CA / Chabot College, Hayward, CA AA Degree | Found a love for ceramics here, my business partner, and gateway courses to prepare me for Industrial Design. Valley Christian High School, Dublin, CA Tech-Club President for my Junior and Senior Year. Graduated 2007.
SoapWreck.com - Entrepreneur - Owner Craft Hobby turned business. I started Soap Wreck with a friend while at Las Positas. All recipes, molds, and equipment were made by me. I gained substantial research skills and business practice and management though this venture.
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Gestalt
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Design Fundamentals: Proportion Study
Project 1 This composition is designed to exploit Dominant, Subdominant, and Subordinate form; the goal being that each is uniquely distinguishable in any orthographic projection. Timothy Harris // timharrisdesign.com
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Design Fundamentals: Non-Linear Form Study
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Curvi
Project 2 Take one block, make two cuts on two sides. Simple. Inspired by the hair-pin turn on the F1 Circuit of the Americas. This project literally rocks.
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Design Fundamentals: Craftsmanship Exercise
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Racecar
Project 3 Everyone's favorite first year project. Building on previous craft and design technique, model a vehicle to be powered by exhausting a CO2 cartridge. The golf ball pitting on mine made it champion every race but one - against a vehicle 50% lighter.
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Each axle can be removed to service or replace the wheels
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Momentous
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Future Thinking / Brand Design Course
Project 4 A system for couples in long distance relationships utilizing future technology; software and hardware. Course Focus: Prospective Design, Branding, and Bleeding-Edge Technology integration. Timothy Harris // timharrisdesign.com
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Absence leads the heart to wander Despite good intentions and earnest emotions, separation is quite literally that - becoming separate. The largest obstacle for couples is to overcome is a complete lack of physical intimacy.
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Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Blinded with Science!
Who Wrote The Book of Love
Love is all in your head, communicated with Neurotransmitters.
The Five Love Languages by Gary D. Chapman gives insight into how people express feelings of love and affirmation of others.
Oxytocin: Generosity, social recognition and bonding, sexual arousal, and trust are reinforced with this chemical. Serotonin: Regulates mood, temperature, appetite, memory and sleep
Physical Touch, Words of Affirmation, Personal Time, Giving Gifts, and Acts of Service. The two of these missing from a long distance relationship? Physical Touch and Personal Time.
Endorphins: Release of these causes euphoria and inhibits pain signals.
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Future Thinking / Brand Design Course
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Binaural-Beat assisted meditation to massage brainwaves into similar states
A game without competition. Getting to the center together to win requires cooperation.
The most influential concept. Instagram + Twitter x 100. Auto share a photo every 5 seconds.
Three’s A Crowd Finding ways to encourage couples to stay connected.
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Solid Direction The final concept that lead to Momentous. Similar activities in each users local region can be automatically suggested to couples to curate a sympathetic experience.
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Scenario Solutions Everyone has their individual love story. Story boards were used to illustrate a huge variety of possible interactions and outcomes.
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Opt-In tracking software creates a private schedule of your life to help reconcile timing with your partner
Techno-logic The future of technology in the palm of your hand.
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A pan-tilt camera mechanism on both cameras keep the users face in frame
Let your partner know how you react to that funny text or sexy selfie with a system that tracks your expression and sends a snap when you laugh or ogle
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Initial Wire frames Layout, interaction, and how messaging would be integrated were determined through various wire framing and flow models
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Chose from a variety of activities and Momentous will suggest an event for you to form a Moment
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Upcoming and past Moments are retained as Memories making it easy to recall a specific Moment
Customize each Moment with a photo of what you did while forming that Memory
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Sustainability, BOM Reduction, and PLM Course
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Soleil
Project 5 Reduce materials and impact for a $50+ consumer electronic product by 50%. Course Focus: BOM Reduction, Product Life cycle Management Timothy Harris // timharrisdesign.com
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Sustainability, BOM Reduction, and PLM Course
The original product and design changes were quantified with the Okala Manual, an authority on sustainable practices.
The Breakdown 45 individual components later, most notable was how the electronic components were connected together particularly the rechargeable battery. It was neither fully standard or replaceable.
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Sustainability, BOM Reduction, and PLM Course
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Reducing Impact, not cutting corners 80% of the total impact from the flashlight comes from the electricity that goes into illuminating the LED. Numerous scenarios needed to be cons
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Sustainability, BOM Reduction, and PLM Course
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Decisions A bayonet system of quick removal was devised to encourage the user to take the light off, discouraging theft and encouraging secondary use.
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Sustainability, BOM Reduction, and PLM Course
Dialing In Narrowing the solution scope down to individual goals allowed me to concentrate on specific solutions instead of grabbing at anything I could. Total reductions amounted to a 68% lower impact compared to the original
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1. SmartStop hardware dims the brightness while stopped to reduce energy use. 17% reduction.
2. Up to 33% of full-power discharge time can be gained in one days exposure either on or off the bike.
2 and 6. Recycled HDPE replaces ABS giving it additional UV exposure resistance.
6 and 8. LEDs outlast batteries. Replaceable batteries quadruple the useful life of the product.
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Recycled Paper Pulp Packaging replaces the original card stock box, protects the product, and provides an interesting standing package for display on shelves.
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Intermediate Industrial Design Course
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Boiler
Project 6 Dual-Purpose Hot Water Kettle and Tea Pot Take a common kitchen appliance such as a blender, coffee maker, or juicer and give it a fresh look for a specific persona. Course Focus: Design Anthropology, Persona Construction, Market and Mechanical Research, and Model Making. Timothy Harris // timharrisdesign.com
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Living Large is So 1999 Lifestyle trends indicate that more families are moving into smaller homes, necessitating a premium on living space. Less space means smaller appliances and fewer items to cause clutter.
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Close Quarters Initial concepts tended towards compact and portable, but later developed to include the social aspects of sharing tea with others.
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Complex mechanisms were removed to further resolve form
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Sliding disks reveal the pour spout and tea compartment
Quite Simple Differentiated disks identify interaction points and distinguish between the tea compartment or and the pour spout. Users can effortlessly choose to make tea or simply heat water for any other task.
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Cord keeper for left or right wall orientation
Carafe capacity is about 50oz, a bit more than 4 servings of hot drink
A large digital readout makes legibility at a distance easy
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Does this really work? some parts more than others
though I learned some clever things
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Waterproofing and fluid dynamics under various pressures and temperatures
You need lots of watts to get water hot, but there is a lot more to it than that
Interaction ergonomics
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TE A FOR TWO Tea is touted for its healthful benefits and its energy-boosting attributes. Milder than coffee, and without the jitters, it is easy to see why it is the worlds most consumed beverage behind water.
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Ergonomics Course
Project 7 The Three Amigos: Kevin Somarriba, Brandon Inclan, and Myself. Using Target's design language, a versatile self checkout system was devised for a variety of differently-abled people. Course Focus: Ergonomics, Branding, Team Co-op Timothy Harris // timharrisdesign.com
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Linear interaction for simple and efficient transactions.
Ebb and Flow Team Target constructed a scale mock up to validate the design; Height and Reach were adequate for a variety of individuals. Simplified interaction and unified interfaces proved easier to understand than conventional systems. Kevin and Brandon are excellent partners to work with. Timothy Harris // timharrisdesign.com
Unified interface eliminates secondary hardware for payments
A streamlined bagging area with storage for bags and baskets
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Component Repackaging
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Inspired by Japanese Aesthetics and Utility.
Project 8 Cosmetic Surgery. Take an existing electronic component and give it a fresh look using the existing internals. A secondary material was entirely eliminated and overall components reduced by 20% Timothy Harris // timharrisdesign.com
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Strict Limiting Exercise
Pictorial instructions quickly and clearly convey assembly procedure
Project 9 No more wire hangers! Ever! Wire hangers are dead-cheap to make and have gained ubiquity in everyone’s closet thanks to dry cleaners. Using no fasteners, and no adhesive, can an equally inexpensive and functional hanger be designed from cardboard? Timothy Harris // timharrisdesign.com
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Strict Limiting Exercise
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Recyclable, durable, hangable. Pre-loaded with ample branding space.
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Solidworks
Project 10 SJSU divides solidworks up into two semesters of work; solid bodies and surfaces. Semester one a scale bicycle assembly was built using solid bodies for each part.
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A series of bottles with increasingly complex geometry were used to practice surfacing. I spent some time learning Keyshot with this bottle prior to our final individual project. tim@timharrisdesign.com // 1 925 413 7614
3D Modeling - Individual Project
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Track Racer
Project 11 The culmination of a full years practice of Solidworks. Half IndieCar half Formula 1, this toy car was designed to fit with Green Toys brand image.
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3D Modeling - Individual Project
Furiously Friendly This models form maintains the thoroughbred aggression of its inspiration while also being extremely approachable.
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Branding, Identity, and Manufacturing Exercise
The Ace Hotel in Shoreditch, London. Circles and stone motifs abound mirroring the regions history of masonry and brick-making.
Project 12 First Year Course
Redesign a consumable product with greater relevance to that companies story. Manufacturing was performed by casting soap into a plaster mold to demonstrate the limitations of many high-volume manufacturing methods. Timothy Harris // timharrisdesign.com
A brick of soap! The unusual form reinforces the brand and makes an excellent souvenir!
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Halo
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Advanced Manufacturing Technique Course
Project 13 A give away phone trinket. The project where I nearly lost my finger. Don’t stick fingers in routers. Course Focus: Advanced prototyping techniques and model making
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Advanced Manufacturing Technique Course
A lantern that uses the LED lamp on a phone and a diffuser
Search and you will find Tasked with creating a phone accessory, we were sent out on scavenger hunts to find random objects and combine them into interesting concepts to build upon.
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Defining an Experience Lights can be used for signals, indications, and illumination; each idea explored. It was also important that device integration be simple, and user interaction as seamless and obvious as possible.
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Advanced Manufacturing Technique Course
Dynamic Duo Tasked with creating a phone accessory, we were sent out on scavenger hunts to find random objects and combine them into interesting concepts to build upon.
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My Fingers Hurt Dozens of tiny models were made to explore form and function, but most of all the feel. Stashing these in my pocket it became apparent some forms are more interesting to play with than others.
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Slide open to activate
Get Lit A passively powered phone accessory that provides additional lighting in dim places, such as clubs and restaurants; places where memories are made. The illuminated lanyard serves as additional drop protection. Timothy Harris // timharrisdesign.com
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Soft Goods Course - Health and Wellness
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Project 14 Second Year Course
Design a project that encourages healthier lifestyle choices. My project is a bicycle storage system that provides a lower-barrier-toentry for casual cyclists who don't want to buy lots of expensive gear. Timothy Harris // timharrisdesign.com
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Soft Goods Course - Health and Wellness
Cranking Initial conceptualization was broad. After some pointed research on bicycle safety, excessive gear became a common complaint. An origami-like storage system was
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Initial prototype. Unintentional color study showed grease easily.
Existing saddle packs tended toward maximum utility. Aesthetics were explored.
Quick and dirty form studies to finalize the design language.
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Three Velcro attachment points. Four individual pockets. The contrast stitching provides additional reflective visibility at night.
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Stash your keys, water bottle, and baguettes. No backpack required.
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Far out out Far LSD - Lysergic Acid Diethylamide Acid is a psychedelic drug (commonly dispersed on small paper squares) known for its psychological effects. I made this for a jewelry series called Vices. Powder Coated Cast Bronze, Sterling Silver
A System for Harm Reduction - Independent Proposal
If abstinence education has taught us anything, it is that abstinence education does not work. After adopting Safer Sex Education, pregnancy rates dropped dramatically. Illicit drugs are part of our culture despite just saying no. Understanding their vilification, providing education and a means to it can be the difference between getting high or getting dead.
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Thank you SJSU ID staff for challenging me, stretching me, and pushing me beyond what I thought I was capable of.
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The past three years in design have been some of the most difficult times in my life; both at home and school. These three years have also been the strongest period of personal growth in my life. Your persistence has caused me to re-evaluate my judgements, eliminate preconceived notions, and develop empathy - something I sorely lacked. For those days when you wonder if what you do is worth it, know that it is.
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