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‘Vanguard Skin’ AWARDED INTO ‘BEST OF THE BEST DESIGNS’ UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA 20094TH yEar majOr prOjEcT

ThE ‘VANGUARD SKIN’ IS AN INFlATABlE WETSUIT ThAT CAN BE USED AS A pERSONAl FlOTATION DEVICE. DESIGNED FOR A RANGE OF AqUATIC ACTIVITIES SUCh AS SURFING, SKIN DIVING AND SURF lIFE SAVING. IT pROVIDES ThE USER WITh AlmOST INSTANTANEOUS FlOTATION AND REDUCES ThE ChANCE OF DROWNING.

USING A TWO WAY SYSTEm OF CO2 CANISTERS, SpOOl VAlVES AND A STANDARD 5mm WETSUIT ThE DEVICE ACTS AS AN EmERGENCY FlOTATION DEVICE WITh RApID DEFlATION mEChANISm.

INTENDED USE: EmERGENCY INFlATION DEVICE

PROPERTIES: 2 x 60G CO2 CANISTERS INSIDE 5 mm WETSUIT WITh SYSTEm OF pRESSURE DRIVEN SpOOl VAlVES

ManufacTuRIng: ShEET mATERIAl STAmpED - BlIND STITCh WITh lIqUID TApING

MaTERIalS: SUpER STRETCh NEOpRENE AND lYRCA

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TaSk - DESIGN a mIxEr USING a GIvEN TEcHNIcal packaGE THaT cOINcIDES wITH THE cOmpaNIES DESIGN STylE.

IN ThIS pROjECT BREVIllE WAS lOOKING TO UpDATE ITS OlD KITChEN mIxER. pARAmETERS CONSISTED OF USING ThE ExISTING mOTOR AND plANETARY ROTOR SYSTEm AND FOR ThE DESIGN TO FIT INTO A BREVIllE DESIGN CATEGORY.

‘SWIVEL MIxER’ DESIGNED FOR ThE BREVIllE IKON RANGE, hAS DOmINANT ClEAN lINES TO GIVE A STRONG ARChITECTURAl AESThETIC WITh 2 pIVOT ACTIONS FOR BOWl REmOVAl AND STORAGE, AS WEll AS AN INDUCTION STYlE TOUCh CONTROl TO COINCIDE WITh ThE mODERN ClEAN lOOK.

RIGhT: CONCEpT SKETChES, pRO ENGINEER / 3D mAx mODEllING, TEChNICAl DRAWINGS

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qUARTER SCAlE pROTOTYpE

ClarityTaSk - TO DESIGN a FUll SIzE prOTOTypE cHaIr USING SHEET maTErIalS.

ThE mAIN FOCUS BEhIND ThIS pROjECT WAS TO CREATE A FUll SIzE pROTOTYpE ChAIR FROm A pREVIOUS qUARTER SCAlE CONCEpT DESIGNED ThE pREVIOUS YEAR EIThER BY OUT SOURCING ThE pRODUCTION OR TO hAND mAKE IT OURSElF.

IN mY CASE I ChOSE TO CREATE WORKING DRAWINGS AND EmplOY A plASTIC COm-pANY TO mANUFACTURE mY ChAIR.

ORIGINAllY DESIGNED TO BE mADE OF CORIAN ThIS pROTOTYpE WAS mADE FROm A SINGlE ShEET OF ClEAR ACRYlIC SO TO REDUCE COSTS FOR INITIAl TESTING.

STRUCTURAllY ACRYlIC pROVED INAD-EqUATE DUE TO SIGNIFICANT FlExING AND ThEREFORE SUppORTS WERE NEEDED IN ThE BACK REST TO pROVIDE STABIlITY.

‘ClARITY’ GAllERY OF AUSTRAlIAN DESIGN 2009

aBOvE:- wOODEN HaND maDE prOTOTypE -

TaSk - DESIGN a vacUUm FOr a cHOSEN SpEcIFIc markET - (caFE)

GECKO CAFE VACUUm DESIGNED WITh AN UpRIGhT pOSITION TO hElp mANOEUVRE AROUND ChAIRS & TABlES WITh A SECONDARY hOSE FOR hARD TO REACh plACES.

BEhIND ThE DESIGN:ClEANING UNDER TABlES AND ChAIRS CAN BE AN ISSUE IN mANY CAFES AS WEll AS DEAlING WITh lImITED SpACE.

ThEREFORE ThE GECKO DESIGN WAS DIRECTED AWAY FROm ThE CONVENTIONAl STYlE OF VACUUm TO RE-DUCE ThE pOSSIBIlITY OF IT CATChING ON ITEmS OR FURNITURE ThUS mAKING IT mORE SUITABlE FOR A CROWDED CAFE.

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DESIGNED FOR USE BY BOTh mEN AND WOmEN ThE CONTOUR hElpS TRANSFORm, SCUlpT AND RENEW hAIR STYlING WITh ThE pRESS OF A BUTTON.

A SImplE SlIDING pOWER BUTTON hElpS ThE USER TO VARY ThE STRENGTh OF ThE DRYER AS WEll AS KEEpING IN FORm WITh ThE hANDlE AllOWING FOR A COmFORTABlE GRIp.

INTENDED USEr: UNISEx hAIR DRYER

PROPERTIES: SlIDING pOWER BUTTON

ManufacTuRIng: INjECTION mOUlDED

MaTERIalS: ABS

OPPOSITE plASTIC VACUUm FORmED FINAl pROTOTYpE

bElOw pRO ENGINEER/ 3D mAx - pRElImINARY pROTOTYpE

‘cOnTOuR’ A RETRO STYlE hAIR DRYER WITh A mODERN TWIST

RETRO STYlED GRIllS GIVES ThE CONTOUR ITS ChARm ThROUGh ThE USE OF lARGE ROUNDED GRIllS SImIlAR TO A hOT COIl WhICh BRINGS FORTh A RETRO FEEl. STRONGER STRAIGhTER lINES FOR ThE BODY GIVE ThE SENSE OF A mORE mODERN DESIGN.

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UNIvErSITy OF laplaND - INTEracTION DESIGN - ( INTErNET TaBlET )TaSk - DESIGN a SOcIal NETwOrkING SySTEm FOr THE NEw NOkIa N800

BEhIND ThE DESIGN: ThE TABlET WAS DESIGNED AS A SOCIAl NETWORKING DEVICE WITh SImplE FEATURES. IT AllOWS ThE USER TO RECORD FOOTAGE AND VIDEO WhICh CAN ThEN BE UplOADED TO ThE NET AND ShARED WITh FAmIlY AND FRIENDS.

pROjECT AlSO INClUDED CREATING A WORKING pERSONA, REASONS AS TO WhY pRODUCT WAS NEEDED AND ITS pOSSIBlE FUNCTIONS. pROTOTYpE INTERFACE DEmONSTRATES hOW ThE TABlET WOUlD OpERATE FOR SOCIAl NETWORK.

ThE DEVICE FEATURES- SOCIAl NETWORK, VIDEO EDITING, SOUND INpUT, SKYpE AND INTERNET WEB pAGE USAGE.

InTEndEd uSE: INTERNET TABlET

PROPERTIES: TOUCh SCREEN, VIDEO CAmERA & RECORDING

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HANNU

FAMILY

HOME

WORK

LEISURE

ECO RELATIVES

Hannu is 30 years old engineer.

He has a wife and little daughter.

Hannu loves spending time in their summer cottage and he’s also active member of Green League.

His sister Heidi lives in Australia.

Grandparents are an essential part of his family’s life.

FOR WHOM

WHAT FOR

WHAT TO DO WITH IT

for everyone who wants to share his /her videos with others either publicly or privately

watch videos

comment videos (own or others)

edit videos with Nokia Internet Tablet

link family members around the world

organize and store own video library

share meaningful videos and make them even more meaningful

V IDEO A R C HIVES

OPEN VIDEO

REMOVESAVE EXTRA

File on device

Website VideoPicture

Select files or effects you want to add and then point the right place on video timeline.

Remove

(picture, video, sound, text)

Cut video by slicing the video timeline with stylus.

Draw X on slice or effect if you want to remove it.

NOTESHow to use

SoundTextCut

extra

Delete

SKETCHESdevice and interface

25.11.2008, 8am: first snow!

http://www.wix.com/johnboydphotography/index