Conor Thirkettle Product Design Portfolio 2024

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Product Design

Conor Thirkettle 2024’

Hello, I’m Conor,

ABOUT ME

Hello, my name is Conor, an enthusiastic Product Developer and Designer who delivers results with integrity and humility. As a creative problem solver who often sees what others don’t, I’m always challenging my own methods and ways of doing things and specialise in finding innovative solutions to complex problems. I have a strong eye for detail and technical visualisation and have good experience in user centred product design and product development all the way through to operations and manufacture.

INTERESTS & HOBBIES

Travelling Food

3D Printing / Modelling Music

Running Speaker Building

Coasteering

Camping

Skiing Piano Rugby

Snorkelling Photography

SKILLS & EXPERTISE

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS PERSONAL SKILLS

Product Design

Graphic Design

UI / UX Design

Sustainable Design

3D Printing

Prototyping

Rapid Ideation

Packaging Design

Concept Development

User Refining

Branding

Project Management

Research Analysis

Design For Manufacture

EDUCATION

2010 - 2017

Bishop Of Llandaff Church In Wales High School GCSE’s and A-level Qualifications

2017 To 2020

University Of The West Of England Product Design BA (Hon) 2:1 Upper Class Honours

2019 - 2020

University Of The West Of England Product Design BA

Creative Problem Solving

Team Player

Communication

Leadership

Attention To Detail

Data Analysis

Visualisation

Great Organisation

Ability To Work Under Pressure

Self-time Management

Highly Motivated

Fast Learner

CONTACT INFO

https://issuu.com/conorthirkettle

www.linkedin.com/in/conorthirkettle

conor designs

Furniture Design With UI / UX App Integration

Packed with numerous smart features, SONA brings you the next generation of high-tech furniture, The ‘SleepHub’.

As technology advances and is introduced continuously into our lifestyles, there is a need to start integrating these technologies and smart features in everyday products we use that we may not realise are of any benefit. As to this day more and more smart homes are being built with modern day technology being implemented into them and even pre-existing ones to improve our overall quality of life which is where the need for SONA originates.

So... What Is The SleepHub? Understanding The Need... 01.

The SleepHub from SONA is the next generation bedside table that is designed to support your connected lifestyle. With advanced sleep tracking technology, ambience control, voice activation and smartphone integration, The SleepHub is at the forefront of providing you with the best sleep and recovery your body needs.

SleepHub’s wireless charging, gadget storage and concealed cable management are aimed to decrease clutter and mess. Whilst features such as sleep tracking, light therapy, ambience control and smartwatch compatibility aim to provide you with the tools and data for getting the perfect night’s sleep.

All of SleepHub’s smart features are directly accessible through the SONA app where you can take full control of your sleep hygiene and lifestyle no matter where you are.

Ideation

Concept Sketches

The ideation phase consisted of finding an interesting form for the product that would complement it’s surroundings and also allow room for the functional SMART features that would be included.

Development Rapid Prototyping & User Testing

Functional prototypes were built out of cardboard and wood to really focus on the human interactions with the product and to gain a real life experience of how to use it and if the idea actually works.

Development Designed For Manufacture

All parts for the product carefully designed to adhere to modern day manufacturing methods.

The SleepHub comes pre-assembled with a user manual for easy setup and use.

Ski Goggle Redesign Branding Project VOID EYE-WEAR

A branding project focused on designing a product of your choice and creating a brand identity that surrounds it.

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The Mood...........................................................................................................................................................................................Initial Ideation...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Concept Ideation

Ski Goggle Redesign Concept Ideation

Rapid sketch ideation exploring different forms and styles the goggles could possibly adopt.

Ski Goggle Redesign Concept Development 02.

Further concepting exploring lens colour, fine detailing, materials and textures for the final concept.

CAD Development

CAD Modelling and Keyshot renders displaying features of the final design.

Ski Goggle Redesign

Designed For Manufacure

Each part of the goggles carefully designed to adhere to modern day manufacturing methods.

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Tooling Design For Manufacture

Progressive Striking Tool

Jewellery Production, Engineering & Manufacture

Tooling Design For Manufacture

Progressive Striking Tool

Brief:

This project consisted of designing, developing and producing a manufacturing tool capable of transferring highly precise patterns onto items of jewellery. The tool was designed to create an embossd pattern that would be struck onto the edge of a cuff in 3 seperate alloys consiting of 925 silver, 9ct and 18ct yellow gold.

Tooling Design For Manufacture

Progressive Striking Tool

Speaker Design

Branding Project For British Airways

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Speaker Design Branding Project For British Airways

Brief:

To design a product for a chosen brand. You must consider product semantics in which form can convey meaning, both in terms of how a product functions, but just as importantly how form, material, finish, colour and applied graphic can serve to evoke an emotional response as well.

Speaker Design

Concepting & Ideation

The concepting stage consisted of various form experimentation and material, colour and texture applications to find a suitable theme and style that would best represent British Airways.

04.

Speaker Design

Concept Development

Technical drawings were made to gage the size of the speaker and it’s applications

HoloSound3D

Future Technology Design

With the demand for better quality sound and a more immersive music listening experience Bose brings to you HoloSound3D, The all new holographic, home surround sound system. This new revolutionary speaker from Bose allows you to bring your home to life with live feed holographic concerts and artists singing right in your living room. The speaker uses surround sound and holographic laser technology to project 3D visuals and highquality sound right in front of your eyes letting you get the most out of your music listening experience.

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HoloSound3D Future Technology Design

Brief:

Propose an object-based design solution to represent a brand of 2050. It can be multi- platform but must have a physical element. It must fit into a strategic proposal for a better future.

HoloSound3D

Concepting & Ideation 05.

Rapid Ideation exploring simple and clean forms that radiate a futuristic aesthetic.

HoloSound3D The Holographic Experience 05.

Bose holographic technology takes your music listening experience to a whole new level. The technology works by diffracting laser light to produce what appears to be a 3D image. This new technology gives you endless possibilities of what can be displayed in your homes making it tailored to you. You can even try the live stream feature which lets you live stream a concert from anywhere in the world and can then project it into your living room through a hologram. So, don’t hesitate, Bring all your favourite artists and musicians right into your home with HoloSound3D!

Futuristic Technology Design

Dyson Carbon Energy

Brief:

How we respond as designers in the next 20 years will be critical to the effects of Climate Change and will require the most challenging adaptations and resilience for society and the industry itself. Forecasting into the next 20 to 30 years you are required to design a product/service/environment that creates a visionary proposal that helps human society to live in harmony with the natural world.

Futuristic Technology Design

Dyson Carbon Energy

Research Insights

With the global issue of climate change and a consistent rise and build-up of greenhouse gases across the globe the Dyson “CE” aims to decrease our carbon footprint and bring a greener approach to our cities in 2050. Transport and cities themselves play a huge role in carbon emissions in which roughly the top 100 highest emitting cities accounted for roughly 18% of global carbon footprint.

Technology Research

The Dyson fan pulls air from the atmosphere into itself, where it passes over thin plastic surfaces that have potassium hydroxide solution flowing over them. This non-toxic solution chemically binds with the CO2 molecules, removing them from the air and trapping them in the liquid solution as a carbonate salt. The CO2 contained in this carbonate solution is then put through a series of chemical processes to increase it’s concentration, purify and compress it, so it can be delivered in gas form ready to be converted into synthetic ultra-low carbon fuels.

06. Futuristic

Technology Design

1.Carbon dioxide is captured from the atmosphere via Dyson’s “Carbon Energy”, direct air capture technology which is then absorbed as a carbonate salt and transported through underground pipes to a fuel synthesis facility.

The Carbon Life Cycle

2. Fuel synthesis plant is powered by renewable energy sources such as wind turbines or tidal power.

Low Levels of CO2 Air CO2 Captured Transportation through pipes

Ultra-low carbon fuels

Fuel Synthesis

Unlike capturing emissions from industrial flue stacks, Dyson’s technology captures carbon dioxide (the primary greenhouse gas responsible for climate change) directly out of the air around us. This can help counteract today’s CO2 emissions in cities and remove the large quantities of CO2 emitted in the past that remains trapped in our atmosphere.

The atmospheric CO2 captured and delivered by the Dyson CE can then be used to produce clean transportation fuels for our future vehicles.

3. The carbonate salt solution is then taken to the carbon fuel synthesis facility and is put through a series of chemical reactions to which a synthetic, Ultra-low carbon fuel is produced.

4. The Ultra-low carbon fuel is then transported to facilities in which it will be used. E.g. future petrol and fuelling stations.

5. The ultra-low carbon fuel can then be used to fuel our everyday vehicles to which the process will then continue into the carbon energy cycle.