Product design
2016-2021
[01/08]
Lehigh University Mountaintop Research Initiative:
Pop-up Parklets
Challenge:
Parklets are an urban design movement begun in cities like San Francisco, Philadelphia, and New York, where small community spaces are constructed to improve neighborhood walkability and accessibility. A team of students must construct, install, identify local businesses, market, collect data and do some preliminary reporting on their findings with the summer’s parklet initiative which will be installed in South Bethlehem in front of a local business.
Solution:
My part - Creative Marketing & Business Management. Visit the website here.
Media:
Logo - Adobe Illustrator
Parklets - Wooden pallets & boards
[02/08]
Woodwork & jointery
Challenge:
Apply learned jointery and wood techniques, and design a functional table using a jointery technique
Solution:
A visit to Wharton Esherick’s home inspired both of these pieces. To be perfectly honest, I cannot remember why I made the Breast Plate; all I know is that I was watching Game of Thrones at the time, I had a vision (tunnel vision), and it felt right. This is one of my favorite pieces that always sparks conversation when I have guests over at my apartment!
The coffee table I created was made using dowel joints, a live edge piece of oak for the table-top, and oak for the table legs/base.
Media:
Oak Wood
[03/08]
3D Printing & rendering: children’s shoe
Challenge:
Design a flexible, functional children’s shoe using a 3D Printer
Solution:
The Booster is a stylish, unisex, slip-on sneaker and utility boot for any child and occasion.
Horizontal cutouts on the front and back of the shoe allow for flexibility using a rigid material (3D printing filament), with side opening on each side for breathability.
Media:
Nylon filament
[04/08]
Standard redesign: hotel-key lightswitch & cardholder prototype
Challenge:
Redesign a commonly used, American industry standard design
Solution:
The lightswitch is an object that has become a universal standard across the world. While some vary in shape and function, there are only a small variety.
My prototype of a lightswitch is designed to replace the average light switch for a hotel room. Finding inspiration in European hotel room lightswitches, I created a light switch prototype that opens on the other side of the door, when the room key is inserted.
Illuminating the main room and transforming into a coat hook for convenience, this light switch saves energy and keeps your key in an unforgettable place.
Media:
Laminated board (cut using a CNC router)
[05/08]
Lighting design
Challenge:
Design a light fixture that illuminates shadows in a dark room
Solution:
I designed a wall unit that emulated a galaxy using various materials and the CNC-Router to cut different shapes to create shadows and the illusion of space.
Media:
Chicken wire
Wood
Cardboard
Fairy string lights
[06/08]
Surface texture
Challenge:
Create an edge using a soft 4"×3"×2.25" prototyping foam
Solution:
The surface object was made using a 4"×3"×2.25" prototyping foam that was carved, resined, sanded, spray-painted and buffed with a gloss finish. The object intentionally has one leading edge that is continuous throughout the entire shape to distinguish its curves and sides. The base was created out of broken mirror to highlight the objects surface and edges.
Media:
Foam and resin
[07/08]
OSB Plywood chair
Challenge:
Using one, 40''x32'' sheet of OSB, design a functional chair that can hold a 200lb load
Solution:
Limited to a 40''x32'' sheet of OSB, I made a desk-size chair using AUTOCAD and a CNC router. By learning to optimize material and space the chair is able to be assembled in less than 2 minutes and is able to seat a 200lb load.
Media:
OSB Wood
[08/08]
Marker renderings: vacuum edition
Challenge:
Create renderings of electronic technology for the years 2012, 2016, and 2020
Solution:
Inspired by tech trends in 2012, 2016, and, imaginative trends in 2020, I designed three different types of marker renderings of handheld vacuums that embodied the trends of their time.
Media:
Colored marker