3d design

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Tete a Tete [Head to Head] was a celebration of sports. Bringing the community together through friendly sporting competitions is what we wanted to communicate. Ping Pong was a central theme for this installation. We challenged ourselves to continue to showcase the lululemon labs merchandise through visual communication. A Window Display and T shirt design accompanied this installation.

a series of pins and other printed takeaways including trading cards were designed to give away.

This installation was a group collaboration through Thrice | Katherine Pihl, Neil McMillan, Nicola Fuller.

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The goal of this project was to select an object from one of the essays in Sherry Turkle’s book, Evocative Objects, and re-imagine it as a new object which function becomes a metaphor for the evocative qualities of its original form. I chose “The Radio” an object evocative for author Julian Beinart because of the little boy who made it. Constructed solely from scraps that the little boy found in the streets of Durban in South Africa, Beinart sees in this object the hope and imagination of the boy’s pure spirit as he sings when he carries it, imagining it is a real radio.

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Doze is a sleep positioner designed for children with disabilities that assists with their side lying posture.

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Transforming the common white plastic lawn chair

Through mass production, plastic lawn chairs have become so common and blended into our everyday environment. They are considered to be inferior, disposable pieces of furniture, if considered furniture at all. By taking in historic references from the antique and reducing those forms to their essences, the chair is given a new authority.

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The knife is the undisputed essential kitchen gadget. However a blade is only as good as its edge. Sharpening is usually neglected when the sharpener is not immediately accessible, or misplaced. Stage is an innovative kitchen knife that seamlessly integrates the fundamental practice of sharpening into the food preparation experience within a single compact tool. Stowing the sharpener within the knife handle provides quick access to a proper sharpening tool and negates the need for separate storage. The smooth transition between sharpening and cutting with a user-friendly design provides for a better overall cutting experience.

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The ecoLapdesk is made of birch veneer, salvaged wood, and lexan. Birch is chosen because it is locally grown in Vancouver, BC. The dark wood on the lid are scrap veneer that were found and taped together with veneer tape, then vacuum pressed. The ecoLapdesk is designed to have a long life expectancy and it's made for a wide range of users including: children who live in small spaces to adults who need storage area. Different functions include: a toy kit, lapdesk, laptop surface, shelf, and photoframe.

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This project was done in collaboration with Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children. The Pelvic bar is designed for children that need to secure themselves in wheelchairs. Disabilities that require pelvic bars include: MS, MD, stroke, spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, scoliosis, etc. The goal of this project was to create a pelvic bar that can be mass produced and adjusted for different children. The pelvic bar is strong enough to secure children in place while it also gives them room to move their legs. Children could also lean foward without creating pressure points.

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This laptop backpack is designed for student use. The pleats at the center of the bag allow students to place more things with bigger volume. Small pockets on the side are added on to place water bottle, keys, cellphone etc.