Portfolio
Yash Chaware
Content:
Recreational Furniture
Garba 2017
Form Studies 2
Pinecone Chandelier
Replicating the Maglite MINI Workshop Skills
Form Studies 1
Scoop Simple Product Design
Driver Alertness Assit User Interaction Design
Recreational Furniture A 3-day workshop with Matalli Crasset
This recreational furnitre was a part of a 3-day workshop with the french designer, Matali Crasset. The piece of furniture was made in a group of four. There were eight such groups who worked on different furnitures. The inspiration came from the branches of the trees which overlap and twist. The idea was to create a bench which could be used in multiple ways which are demonstrated in the pictures below. The bench was made using chilpine wood. Dowel joints were used in the side supports for more strenght and a sturdy structure.
An Installation in
Garba 2017 Ajitesh Lokhande
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9 Nights. 9 Projections This was a project carried for NID. I worked with the graphic design students who are responsible for making the amazing identity of Garba 2017. The identity is based on the footsteps of different garba styles. There were 9 variations of the patterns. The plan of the project was to light up the entrance to the garba field by projecting
the beautiful patterns on the street. We made projection boxes out of cardboard and MDF and placed 2 adjustable lenses. The intricate patterns were lasercut and stuck on the spotlightinside the projection box.
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The Projections
These are the projections of the lasercut piece these projections. The numbers represent the
es. The entrance passage to the garba groung was lit up by number of days during Navratri, hence nine.
Replicating the MagLite MINI Workshop Skills
MagLite MINI Replica The intent of this project was to get used to working with the machines in the workshop. Each one of us were told to select a product and make a scaled replica. The replica is made using a lathe machine. The threading process was guided by the helpers in the workshop since I was in a learning stage. I was able to make the replica working by making the internal parts. The original maglite mini is built around the dimensions of a standard AA battery. Hence, it was a challenge to power the replica.
FORM STUDIES 1
This outcome was a part of the Form Study course during my 3rd semester in NID. The objective was to understand and sensitize to the characters of forms. This cube assignment was done in groups. All the forms are derived from a cube keeping in mind that the identity of the cube should remain intact. The forms were placed in a larger cube based on extent of changes done to it. The axis of the larger cube was divided in according to the changes made to the vertices, edges and corners of the smaller cubes. The maller cubes were then arrange in the cube format according to the level of intensity of changes done. The extremes met on the corners.
FORM STUDIES 2
This course was all about sensitizing us to forms. The practice started off by visiting superbike showrooms in Ahmedabad and study feasting our eyes on the different bikes which folowed a very different language than the bikes we normally see on the Indian roads. The next step was to freeze on our favourite bike and take photographs of it and feeling the bike. I choose the Ducati Diavel. It is one of my favourite crusing motorcycles till date. We had to come up with five iterations of forms which followed the language of the bike.We made the forms out of thermocol. We had to make around thirty iterations to come to the final five. The five iterations were categorised as nuetral, hot, cute, simple and complex which cover the extremes of the spectrum of forms.
Pine Cone Chandelier A flat pack chandelier
As the title suggest, it is a chandelier. But that was not the objective of the project. The main objective was to make something and make it reproducable by sharing it with the world. My guide stressed on the fact of bring a making culture and a sharing culture. The fact that something which is made by someone, is reaching the world via the internet and being produced is mind blowing. I started off with making the 3D model in Rhinoceros. I took the overall measurements and then took the measurement of each piece. Arranged all the pieces on four 2ft x 3ft MDF sheets. The whole project is published on instructables.com and it has the step by step instructions to make it on your own.
The project has got over 7000 views and is an entry to the Epilog X contest on instructables.com Link to the project: https://www.instructables.com/ id/How-to-Make-a-Pine-Cone-Chandelier/
Simple Product Design Grain scoop designed for Indian supermarkets Semester 4 Designed By: Yash Chaware Guided By: Mr. Mh. Naim Shaikh and Mr. Sahil Thappa 6 May 2018
Time
Brief Finalization 12 - 14 days
Research 7 - 8 days
Problem Hunt
Primary research
Shortlisting opportunities
Secondary research
Initial Brief
Field visits
Deliverable: Final Design Brief
Interviews Data collection Material Research Deliverable: Data analysis, photographs, videos, sketches
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Ideation and Conceptualization 15 -
Final Prototyping 6 - 7 days
17 days
Mold making
Workshop
CAD drawing
Sketches
Material choice
Mockups
User testing
Trial and errors
CMF
Testing
Opportunity Filling a grocery bag in a super market These bags in the grains section do not have handles. They are similar to a jute sack but on a small scale.
Problems Observed: • The bag does not stand on its own. • Half of the material falls out while filling the sack. • One hand is continuously engaged in holding the bag. • The scoop is too big to handle. • Taking out material from the bag is not convenient.
Finalized Brief To make a device to help customers in a supermarket fill grains easily in a polythene bag.
Ideation & Mockups
Mockups
Making of the Final Prototype
The final prototype is made of polystyrene. The above pictures show the process of sticking MDF and carving out the mold from it. After making the mold I cut it into symmetrical halves such that one face is flat and there are no undercuts. I used 3mm polystyrene for vacuum forming the prototype.
User Testing At the end of the 5th week, the prototype was taken to the local supermarket outlets and was handed over to people to test it. Around 25 users volunteered to test the prototype. The users were asked for their feedback on the prototype for further improvements and results. It was visible from user testing that the prototype needed some changes. The approach angle for scooping the grains needed to be reduced and the grip had to be made more smaller for the varied hand sizes. These changes were presented to the jury in terms of sketches and render due to the limitation of time assigned to the project.
Packaging
Driver Alertness !
User Interaction Design | DP 2 | Product Design | Semester 5
Sleep Deprived driving or Drowsy Driving is categories under Driving Undr the Influence(DUI). It is a serious threat to drivers and other people on the roads. DUI consists of the following four: 1. 2. 3. 4.
Alcoholic Driving Stoned Driving Drowsy Driving Distracted Driving
This problem is mostly seen on highways where the speeds of vehicles are constant and the roads are straight and monotonous.
Brief of the Project To design a series of interactions to alert a driver whenever he/she starts getting drowsy while driving.
Scope of the Project Many people cannot tell if or when they are about to fall asleep. Feeling drowsy is an involuntary action controlled by some hormones which are controlled by our circadian rhythm. Monotonous activities like driving stimulate drowsiness.
Plan Connecting the mobile device to the car via bluetooth
Detect drowsiness via the mobile camera and heart rate variability
Opening windows
Vibrations through the steering wheel
The objective was to make the system compatible with any class of vehicle. So it had to be robust, reversible and easy to use. Considering the fact that everyone of driving carries a cellphone in the 21st century, it is a suitable medium to use for the project. It will provide the processing power to the system to detect the eye closure along with the hardware, which is the camera. I used arduino, processing and python to demonstrate the concept and prototype. I used my laptop’s webcam as the input. I connected the arduino module to the laptop via bluetooth. The python code processed the closure which triggered an alarm and sent a signal to the arduino. The arduino then turned on 12 small vibrators embedded in the steering wheel which would give a pulsating feedback to the driver.
Raising the volume of the stereo automatically
Final Prototype
Personal Work
Rhino and Keyshot Models
Thank You!
Hope to see you soon.
Yash Chaware +91 9850041370 yash.c@nid.edu yashchaware yash-chaware-8227ab159/