industrial design
Haulout - Floating Platform for Injured Seal Pups
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Haulout is an inexpensive, easy to make, use, and clean system to aid in seal recoveryat the Vancouver Aquarium’s Marine Mammal Rescue Centre as well as other aquaticmammal rehabilitation centres. It is made almost entirely of recycled materials that cancontinue to be recycled when it is time to replace them.The haul is made up of machine cut pieces of HDPE plastic that can be assembled into afl oating platform which can be expanded for larger seals. The seals can use this platformto rest out of the water as well as warm up. This is an activity that seals often do in the wildthat is diffi cult to facilitate in quarantine tanks such as those at the MMR.
Gilligator
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The Gilligator is a breathing device for fish during surgery. It is designed to allow a vet tech or marine biologist to operate on a fish without needing to hold and adjust a tube of water in order to keep the fish breathing while out of its tank. This project won a Red Dot award.
Stix
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Designed with the intent to become a product of Western and Eastern eating cultures, this 3D-printed utensil utilizes the flexibility of plastic to transform dynamically to the users’ needs.
As a work in progress prototype, the study for an alternative “spork-like” tool was necessitated from a sustainability standpoint in restaurant deliveries and take-outs.
Specifically, it was inspired by my experience with ordering take-out in Chinese restaurants that often included a myriad of utensils that were either unnecessary or didn’t include my preferred eating tool.
Infinutty
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Designed to be a solution for the consumption of shelled nuts, Infinutty contains two pockets that separate unopened nuts from their empty shells. The dynamic act of eating any shelled nut is immediately followed with a shift from being desirable to a nuisance. These experiences, especially the repeated consumption in one seating, inspired the duo container.
Fabricated with 0.8mm aircraft plywood for its malleability, the piece was first laser cut to create its shape and tabs for textiles to loop onto and then hand bent with steam to create rigidity. From there, the fabric component was cut to shape and had button holes prepared to create a hammock-like pouch that held the weight of the nuts through the laser cut tabs.
Oil Vessel
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A new dynamic way to store essential oils. This series informs the user in the gestures they must make to acquire whatever they put inside of the vessel.
Temporary Scars
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The purpose of this design is to provide those who have dermatographia with tools to create intentional marks on the skin.
This act of creating marks and artwork on the skin allows the beautification of the skin condition and propels it beyond being seen simply as a skin condition that they suffer from. This allows those with dermatographia to feel more in control of their skin’s reactions and of what will show up in the form of red, inflamed skin.
TeaPods
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Stackable, rearrangable, airtight ceramic containers made to hold up to 1.5 cups of tea, spices, or other food items that you may want to store in your kitchen.
Versaflux
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Versaflux is a redesign of traditional hardhat lights, emphasizing on user interaction in order to fit the needs of an everyday construction worker.
Optimized for quick installation and removal from the hardhat, improving general focus and communication on the work site. Existing designs require users to strap a light around the hardhat as tight as possible.
3D Concept Designs
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Some design concepts of realistic contexted objects. These designs are accuratly conecpted within stories behind each one of them. The bike projct for example, uses an Arduino Uno device plus an Accelerometer to be used for the bike signalling system for leaning left or right as well as could be used in intersections.
The other design concepts are inspired by fantasy and imaginary concepts and prodcued by clay, 3D print, and Laser Cut ABS models.
Flex Station
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Flex Station is a height adjustable cashier workstation that works with RFID card reader plus database to hold each cashier's ergonomic information in order to make the workstation height to be fit for them to work with.
In addition, within the core of this workstaiton's programming the Flex Workout program can work as a reminder system for cashiers in order to have short excercises during their long hours of work.
Complete info at: http://www.flexstation.ca
