Tuesday, August 10, 2010

my design challenge victory



Here you will find this years interzinc challenge winners:

http://general-stores.com/interzinc/Announce.htm

I am very proud to say I was one of them. How I did it remains a mystery. I redesigned one of the most trivial resturaunt objects. A Napkin Dispenser.

Identical in form and function for decades, I was proposed the challenge of re-designing this object using die-cast zinc.

So i did, with absolute minimal production costs and a complete form and fuction make-over, I created The Billow Dispenser. And they liked it, liked it enough to send me a two thousand dollar check in the mail a couple days ago. An additional thousanddollars goes to the University of Oregon's Product Design Program.



Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Entered in Designboom.com Competition

Our Seing Through Touch tile design was submitted to the
design for all::future technology and daily living.
designboom design competition.

Check dis::

http://www.designboom.com/contest/preview.php?contest_pk=31&item_pk=37023&p=3

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Cup Holder Review


It went swimmingly, our skeletal rendition of the utility restroom cup holder got great reviews from classmates and Sara.

In the process of building our final model out of wood I suggested we take off one of the walls (the exposed one) and leave the whole cavity open. Not only did this add visual appeal and accented our objects swooping curves but functionally this object would be a hundred times easier to clean but custodians (one of our MAIN and most common users).

Well done group B.


SEOUL CYCLE DESIGN COMP.

After a well spent hour of mind mapping and brainstorming with a white board and post it notes with four other group members I have choosen a clear yet open ended design objective. I am sure your dying to hear it.

DO= To create a stylish, energy efficient, and portable bike accessory, which ensures the safety of it's user.


and drawings begin....