Year 2 portfolio, William Owen

William Owen BA Product Design

Instrmnt Timepiece

Herman Miller

Adaptable Work Matt

Spe

Vison Kic

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ckboard

Minisun

Vitamin D light

Piste Plotter PDP project

Instrmnt

Timepiece

Instrmnt is a Glasgow-based, multi-disciplinary design studio focused on creating industrial-led products with an emphasis on quality, simplicity and attainability above all else.

Through focused primary and secondary research our task is to design and develop a complementary tabletop timepiece for Instrmnt.

Consideration of consumer behaviours, product packaging and brand impact is essential

Herman Miller - Adaptable Work Matt Out of sight, Out of mind.

This product allows tackels some of the problems people suffer from who work from a hmoe office. It allows some to their work with their family/social life whilst still maintaining a high level of productivity.

Can be transformed into a rang of shapes to best fit the users needs.

Each component is held together with magnets.

Rubber pads to prevent mat from slidding.

Speedo came to us with brief which required us to make a product that can be sold to the Chines swimming market. This something that could contribute to the athleisure boom currently taking place there. After a couple of weeks of research into this market I discovered that swimming is not a big part of their culture and often not taught from a young age. Therefore I created a product for people of all ages to help correct their swimming technique in a very simple no strenuous way. This should hopefully help lots of armature swimmers in china improve their technique and enjoy the sport more.

Kickboard narrows vision

Swimmer holds point in their

Swimmer holds their course in a straight line

Swimmers improves ability to swim streamline and straight

Speedo Vision Kick board designed to improve amiture swimmers abiltiy to swim striaghter and more streamline in a simple and easy to learn way.

Minisun Vitamin D and Serotonin Light

For my first year personal development project I looked into the health implications of working in an office all year round. And the main problem which stood out to me the most was the majority of people who worked in these offices where not getting enough sunlight and there for lacking in vitamin D and serotonin.

This can lead to people getting depressed and prevent them being productive at work.

There for I wanted to design a product which could counteract this problem. The light I’ve designed can get the user the vitamins and serotonin they need if they are unable to spend enough time outdoors in the sun.

Two flat surfaces for alternate light angles angles.

Light intensity can be adjusted to the users preffered setting.

Bottom unscrews to replace batterys.

Small LEDs give people the serotonin and vitamin D they need if they are stuck in an office and unable to spend any time outside.

Piste Plotter For my second year personal development project I looked into current problems in snowboarding and why it was becoming less popular than it us to be. I discovered that their experience on the whole was significantly worse than that of a skiing and set myself the task of improving the experience.

My final design was a wrist band GPS device called Piste Plotter. This product is designed plot an appropriate route based on the snowboarders level of ability. This would prevent snowboarders getting over exerted, getting lost and potentially causing injury.

Beginner Intermediate

Val Thorens

Advanced Pro

Select Resort

Device downloads your piest map

Select your level of ability

Device uses information to plot adequate route for the day

Using reflex snap band concept to keep device strapped to skiers/boarders arm .

Water resistant to protect against snow.

Flexiable screen folds around arm Touch screen

Thank you.