Degree Show Catalogue 2021: Part 2

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Aura “Great design creates a positive social impact”

Joana Lopes BA (Hons) Product Design

joanatml@outlook.com joanatmlopes

Aura is a jewellery piece that can contact your loved ones or any other emergency contacts in the event of an abusive situation or emergency. It is designed not to be recognised as a panic button and doesn’t conform to the archetypal design of panic alarms/ buttons, instead following jewellery and accessory trends.

Aura focuses on women who are harassed daily and can’t reach help in a discreet way.

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Canli “Accessible design is the best design” Canli is designed to prevent the type 2 diabetes epidemic in urban areas. It is a discrete, noninvasive blood glucose monitor, which is predominately a watch, but can also be worn as a necklace and around the body.

Sam MacFarlane MDes Product Design

99sammacfarlane@gmail.com sammacdesigns

Canli is a lifestyle management device for people living in urban areas. The wearer will be aware of how their work, travel and leisure effects their blood glucose levels as well as being notified and guided by Canli, to make subtle, day-to-day lifestyle changes in order to keep it regulated.

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U-Vita “The future of hand hygiene”

Marco Man MDes Product Design

marcoman.design@gmail.com marcoman.design

U-Vita is a technological alternative to alcohol-based hand sanitiser (ABHS), using 222nm Far UV-C wavelengths to kill microbes on the outermost layer of the epidermis (stratum corneum) without causing cytotoxic and carcinogenic issues.

U-Vita emits Far UV-C, designed to sanitise as users place their hands through the aperture; neutralising issues such as ABHS efficacy issues due to insufficient application and dermatological irritations.

Professional Enhancement Year With Aqualisa (3 months)

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MEDSMART “Creativity is nothing but a mind set free” Medsmart is a household AI automatic medication dispenser, which uses RPM integrated technology to connect user, carer and product together. For much needed support and reassurance for all parties involved.

Sean Marshall BA (Hons) Product Design

Seanmarshall275@aol.com Smarshall_designs

The user will place the magnetic cup underneath the hub to catch the medication which is dispensed at the scheduled time. Once the 3 times a day, weekly pill disc container is empty, it can be easily removed and replace with the following weeks medication.

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Bath Safety “Bringing elegant safety to bath-time” “In the UK around 13 children (under 5 years) die from drowning each year, and 1 in 4 of these deaths occur in a bath.” (Gov.uk)

Niamh Mullane BA (Hons) Product Design

nmullanedesign@gmail.coml artsthread.com/profile/niamhmullane/

The project aims to eliminate any risk to toddlers during bath time by providing a safe and fun environment for both parent and child. The purposedesigned shower head uses atomisation to produce a fine mist, cleansing the toddler without risk of being submerged.

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FlintXL “Lighting your way out”

Tarun Prema BA (Hons) Product Design

tarun.prema@hotmail.com tarun.prema.design

FlintXL is an outdoor alarm device that alerts users in rural areas in California of oncoming wildfire dangers that will pose a threat to their health and well-being.

This device connects to an off-base network hub that is controlled by wildfire responders to effectively communicate with users in wildfire risk areas. The FlintXL hub is a personal alarm and weather station at home with frequent weather updates and alarm for early evacuations and effective at night-time.

Professional Enhancement Year With Aqualisa (3 months)

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RePot “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, RePot”

Dominic Raval MDes Product Design

dominicraval@gmail.com domravdesign

My final major project, named ‘Repot’, was designed as a solution that educates and inspires values of Healthy and Sustainable living surrounding fresh fruits, vegetables, and leaf greens to improve the quality of life for the users and environment. The product is aimed at schools to teach children about growing their own food to raise a generation of more environmentally aware individuals to reduce, reuse, recycle & Repot.

Professional Enhancement Year With British Design Shop (3 months)

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Anzen Transporter “From kitchen to venue with no accidents”

Hafsa Rehman BA (Hons) Product Design hafsarehman358@gmail.com roulettesdesserts

Anzen is a cake transporter designed to transport fragile and intricate cakes from your kitchen to the venue without any damages and accidents. With the aim to provide you peace of mind when delivering and helping provide a stress-free experience of delivering and presenting.

Made to remove your biggest delivery worries whilst making the process of baking really worthwhile.

Designed not only as a secure transporter but as a new way of presenting your spectacular cakes which will really impress your clients.

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BARONT “A way to work smarter at home”

Nathan Rollason BA (Hons) Product Design

nath13design@gmail.com nath_13_design

BARONT is the bridge between work and home life.

It is a 2-in-1 furniture piece that works as a dining table and a workspace with added storage for work equipment. The centre section easily raises up into a secure position and allows users to work in a more ergonomically comfortable position. After work use it can then be returned to its home use allowing the user to easily switch from work to family mode.

Professional Enhancement Year With British Design Shop (3 months)

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Jute Bag&Hammock “Hi, I’m Heetae and I'm happy you are here!”

The product is made using 100% natural materials.

Users can use the product like a bag or hammock, so it is a single product, but it is designed to be used for various purposes.

Heetae Shin BA (Hons) Product Design

heetae.coventryuni@gmail.com heetae.myportfolio.com

Material: 100% Jute Size(Bag): 45cm(H) X 85cm(L)

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Convertible Footwear “Live your journey and follow your heart!”

Ivan Shopov BA (Hons) Product Design

iv.shopov1819@gmail.com Ivan Shopov

This footwear product is designed for people who are born explorers and love trail hiking, climbing and exercising. The product will include technology through a BOA Closure System which can help to the customer who buys it to adjust a sole (midsole – injected EVA + outsole Contagrip rubber) by this convertible function the product will have a condition for every terrain. Wearing the sneaker in the city, then switch it into a hiking shoe for the wilderness!

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The T-Frame “Climbing is the UK’s fastest growing sport” A climbing training apparatus, that is to be a proud feature in its environment. For those living in homes where you cannot attach equipment to the wall, such as a rented homes.

Rebecca “Bex” Smith BA (Hons) Product Design

rebeca.l.smith@btinternet.com bexsmith.design

The T-Fame has a detachable board that a fingerboard or set of climbing holds can attach to and an assistance bar for which therapy bands and weights could be used on. To make full use of its large structure, a clock and timer/stopwatch is visible while training and mood lighting emits from the back to create a relaxing atmosphere in a room while not being used for training.

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Dome-i “Giving wildlife a home”

Heather Spooner BA (Hons) Product Design

Heather.spooner.06@hotmail.com

Heather_s_designs

The idea behind this project was to show awareness of Britain’s wildlife decline. Britain’s native hedgehog population had declined by half in the last two decades, with less than a million now remaining in the UK. With this in mind, Dome-i has been designed to inspire people to give wildlife a home and to encourage wildlife back to UK gardens. The DIY dome construction creates a fun and engaging activity for a family to build, made from highly durable, rot and insect resistant Iroko wood, the wooden geodesic dome provides a safe home for hedgehogs.

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SPEED - Toy Car “Sustainability in play for the 21st century” Made using 3D printing as an alternative manufacturing technology that allows consumers to configure and personalise online.

Owen Summersbee MDes Product Design

owensummersbee@icloud.com owen_summersbee_designs

Local manufacturing reduces the carbon footprint and enables independent easy repaired by the user which encourages sustainable consumption behaviour.

Experience Design Intern at Bluefrog Design (6 Months)

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Scale “Change the scale of indoor activity”

Kodai Takezawa MDes Product Design

kodtake@gmail.com kodesign.ai

Scale is a home exercise game console consisted of wearable device and projector.

This is designed to motivate users to enjoy having exercise regularly and reduce the risk of becoming obese.

The devices support activities with sounds and vibration and reflect user’s movement into the games projected on the screen.

Experience Brionac, Inc., Japan (11 months)

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KATA “One cable, one family”

Yu Chun Tam BA (Hons) Product Design

tam-calvin@hotmail.com Yu Chun Tam

To have as few cables as possible is the biggest goal of this project. Products from different brands that come with different chargers can disrupt the aesthetic of the environment. KATA is magnetic modular solution that has adjustable family-size base. No matter how many products you use, it always requires only one cable to charge them.

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avid “Not all art hangs on walls, but mine does!”

James Torrens BA (Hons) Product Design

jamestorrens_design James Torrens

Avid (achieving vital innovation in Dharavi) is an electric hob and battery charging system for the electricity deprived communities of Dharavi in Mumbai, India.

The focus was to create a product as sustainably as possible, whilst delivering a major contribution to the communities. The materials and manufacturing are kept local using the community’s existing resourcefulness and thriving hub of industry.

Experience Samsonite/American Tourister Internship (6 Months)

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Current “Long-term consistency trumps short-term intensity”

Current is an autonomous robot air purifier and vacuum cleaner.

Chiwei Tsang BA (Hons) Product Design

Chiweitsang1@gmail.com EverydayCheese_

According to my research it is not the intensity of the cleaning session, rather the frequency, which is the most effective way to prevent allergic symptoms from occurring. Therefore, it's goal is to encourage its user to clean more often by being easy to use and will actively remind the user by its presence.

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SPIRO “Assisted healthcare when you need it”

Yahye Daud Wardhere BA (Hons) Product Design

yahye_daud@outlook.com yahye.daud

Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death in the UK. Spiro was created to reduce this number by bring simple and non-invasive lung cancer screening to people’s homes. It utilises the emergence of VOC breath test technology to screen over 1000 unique substances from exhaled air to produce a blueprint of a user’s health. It works with an app to inform users about their health status which can be shared with their doctor.

Experience Freelance

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Reef Sentinel “Designing to rebuild & protect our oceans”

Matthew Williams MDes Product Design

mlwilliams1916@outlook.com mattwillsdesigns

Reef Sentinel is the world’s first underwater sea scooter designed with storage specifically for small coral samples.

This product was designed and researched to protect worldwide coral reefs. Coral bleaching is a side effect of climate change and is killing coral populations in mass. By assisting coral restoration workers and organisations, we can all work together to combat coral bleaching.

This product focuses on utilising coral restoration methods to repair, repopulate and restore coral reef ecosystems.

Professional Enhancement Year With Coventry Transport Museum (3 months)

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SKOTA “Embrace serendipity in the everyday”

Christie Wong MDes Product Design

christievwewong@hotmail.com christiewongdesigns

SKOTA is a personal first aid device with telemedicine capabilities, designed to alleviate sepsis misdiagnosis. Harnessing infrared technology yields unprecedented benefits in non-invasive monitoring of lactate levels, alongside digital temperature sensing; delivering convenience in early detection and improving communication of misinterpreted ailments. Focusing on empowering patients, underpins measures for a more sustainable healthcare system.

Experience Bulletproof Design Agency

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the Stool “A piece of furniture for all situations” ‘the Stool’ is a multifunctional piece of furniture that can take lifes twists and turns in it’s stride. Whether you require a side table for a mug; storage for your chargers; or a seat for someone as you watch the sports together then the Stool has you covered.

Aidan Wright BA (Hons) Product Design

aidanwrightdesigns@outlook.com

the_wright_designer

The versatility of the product means it would find a place in any home, and be a piece you’ll want to keep even through multiple moves.

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Koray “More than just jewellery” There are millions of women worldwide struggling with vasomotor menopause symptoms and there are currently zero wearables on the market to target this.

Amelia Young MDes Product Design

ayoungdesign14@gmail.com ayoungdesigner

The Koray body chain contains galvanic skin sensors to detect a hot flush up to 2 minutes before it is felt by the user. Paired with the Koray app, supplements and shell charger, it is an aroundthe-clock way to monitor and manage treatments, track symptoms, stay calm and understand your menopause. Completely undetectable as a medical device, comfortable, and here to help. Koray is more than just jewellery.

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ELAWASH “Make it simple, but significant”

Rafal Zajkowski MDes Product Design

raf.zajkowski@gmail.com rafal.creative

In my final year, I designed ELAWASH based on the two themes of human-centred design and sustainability. The design of this plastic-free, hand washing device is a new response to global plastic pollution, addressing the lack of access to hand washing facilities in rural Ethiopia. Crucially, the design can be adapted and produced by local populations, using their own expertise and locally sourced materials, for example, clay.

Experience Weiguo Solutions Ltd, China (2 months) The Gift Scholars Ltd, UK (6 months)

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MODULAR OFFICE SUPPLIES “Let the clutter stay away from you!”

Are you also bothered by your messy desk?

Chenkai Zhang BA (Hons) Product Design

Modular Office Supplies is a solution that will take the clutter off your desk. Re-designed office supplies are more integrated and personalised, allowing users to organise their desktops easily.

Everything just CLICKS. Each piece magnetically snaps together like magic.

jasonzhangchenkai@outlook.com

Experience

Jasonzhangkk

Freelance designer and founder of DLIGHT STUDIO