Some other personal work I've done.
USB Drive
It seems everyone has designer their own USB drive, I'm no different. Making a working personalised USB was fun and a good excuse to push surface modelling. Designed for 3D printing, it houses the USB internals, with clearance where it needs it. 2 bumps clip the cap on, 2 loops ensure neither the body or cap go missing.
Making the most of university workshops, I used any spare time to pursue personal projects. One of which was a table constructed from laser cut materials. Trying to use the cheap production to the table's advantage, I incorporated the use of thin flat parts into the design, playing on this round shape. The top is milky acrylic, with a plywood copy underneath to swap style, there's a small opening to store items in the shelf, which has a clear acrylic top, with a patterned underside to give the table some geometric style. This is now by my bedside.
Plywood Table
For use with Spigen Neo Hybrid case
S7 Edge Filter Adapter
The s7 camera is brilliant, and as a camera enthusiast
myself I was keen to make good use of it. One way to
expand its functionally was to use filters.
Within a day this camera filter mount was designed and
made ready to be used. This works with 49mm threads.
With a low profile, the mount can be kept on without
hampering the phone’s performance.
Custom Race Quad
To exercise my abilities, I’ll develop items for personal use based on issues I’ve faced. For example, flying 250mm sized race quadcopters is great fun, but will come at a cost. To replace frame components is costly and shipping times will hamper the enjoyment. To overcome this, I developed a frame to mount all necessary components while ensuring the frame weight and strength is equal or better than a composite frame. Along with this was the cost reduction and time needed to replace parts.
A cheaper and stronger alternative to manufactured frames
Rick And Morty Portal Gun
Rick and Morty portal gun, designed to be printed and fitted with interchangeable electronics. Bosses and lip/groove features gives it that professional feel, ensuring all the parts fit together with minimal and consistent split lines. I hope to code this up to push my coding, but also to get a fully working prop after!
AGA Clothes Iron
Visual branding
Brand identity, taking the core design ethics of Aga and applying them into a house hold clothes iron.
Plug Snug
Keeping loose cables safe
Looking into home organisation, and through primary research and observations it became clear that people put up with temperamental charging cables. This was due to damage from being stuffed in bags, stepped on while on the floor, and getting stuck in drawers.
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A simple solution was the cable wrap, nothing impressive by itself, however as a manufacturing exercise I took it into the stage of overmoulding, similar to how a toothbrush is made.
By 3D printing a few replicas of the body, making a silicone tool, and then overmoulding one of the components I was able to make a functioning model of the part, complete with silicone and plastic construction.
A brief look at the stress analysis and mould flow simulations on the overmoulded part.
Sweeper
The kayayer's aid
A kayaker's aid to develop hand roll skills. Lightweight foam ensure it floats if dropped in water, the wrist strap secures it to the user during use. A large slider extends the blades inside the paddle to increase its surface area, therefor giving the kayaker more aid when rolling back upright. As the user develops, the blades are pulled in via the slider, decreasing its area, and making the kayaker rely on skill more and more. One concept used hydro foam to push the slider gradually during a session to detract the blades without the users input. This removes any placebo effects or psychological worries that the user may have when they've just decreased the paddle size.
Oakley Eye wear
(2013)
5 day mini project to design and model up prototype replica
1st year 5 day project, I was given the brief to design some eye wear with the popular brand Oakley in mind. Day one was about branding, collecting a good understanding of the brands styles and language. From there the concepts were drawn up, and rough mock ups were made to fit them to a user. My first ever digital visualising is shown below, fitting the concept to a face to see how it fits around the human face. the last 2 days were about the prototype model, using PETG and a wire frame to get the framework, and then building up the form with hand modelling and body filler. this system was good as it was quick and it kept within the "no rapid prototyping" rule.
