portfolio 2019
industrial design // digital design
Florencia Gonzรกlez
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profile Industrial designer with strong passion for sustainable products and user interface. My focus is design product should be intuitive, playful and create an unforgettable experience. My curiosity drives me to get to the root of the problem and discover the actual user needs. I thrive mostly into multidisciplinary team projects where I can be part of creating major impacts in people's quality of life.
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brief Assembled chair concept. One chair turns into four without tools.
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brief LED night light. A fold-it-yourself playful lamp.
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brief Cotton harvester Development of cotton transportation system to gin.
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Assembled chair concept. One chair turns into four without requiring tools.
BRIEF / CONTEXT / PROBLEM / RESEARCH / CONCEPT / RESAULTS
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context
project /01 There is a tendency in the future to live in places reduced in size. We will need to save room by creating functional furniture.
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concept - Organic-functional shape.
single chair:
made with 4 pieces out of the full product
the problem project goals
how to storage extra furniture that are only used occasionally - functional design - 2+ chairs in one - assembled without tools
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one chair including four chair components: 16 pieces in total.
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the chair
how to assamble it?
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the functionality
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Production details
16 pieces in total, 4 for each chair get combined to make one
One GUEST chair ďŹ ts in an MDF board
Easy to assemble
MDF board (15mm) CNC cut 17 components
Technical details
All measurements and angles are based on principles of a good ergonomic posture.
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What’s left to improve? / ergonomic features about assembly / check weak areas of back chair legs
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brief Led night light. A fold-it-yourself playful lamp.
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context
Kids bedroom and playground.
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concept
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playful night light
project goals the product - help to overcome fear of the dark - create a friendly companion - develop an easy to produce polypropylene lamp
Assamble-yourself LED lamp. Friendly, playful and collectionable. Change its posture with the snaps buttons and have fun.
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the searching
The lamp needed to be playful, easy to produce and with minimum material waste. It should build mostly from a single plastic sheet.
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the chosen alternative
functional design details - lamp shape in one piece to fold up - uses led “stick and click” light - two “arms” attached by snap buttons - two snap buttons attached to the lamp “legs” - buttons allow the user to play with the lamp character positions and to attach it to other units.
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Production details
One GUEST chair fits in a MDF board
- polypropylene sheet 0.8 mm - laser cutting - snap buttons
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Plegar por las marcas de doblez.
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Pegar el dispositivo de luz.
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marcas de doblez
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Para prender la luz sólo hace falta presionar la lámpara. (20 units production)
Cut Fold
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What’s next? / ďŹ nd a more sustainable battery or source of power / explore the design in different materials / develop a collection
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Cotton harvester Development of cotton transportation system to gin
BRIEF / CONTEXT / PROBLEM / RESEARCH / CONCEPT / RESAULTS
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Dust generated in the process of ginning cotton causes respiratory health issues for workers and surrounding inhabitants.
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the problem
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Cotton is mixed with dust in the harvesting process and it’s often dropped on the soil
Polluting agents Cotton gin dust
cotton gin
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objetive
dust free
Keep cotton clean of dust from harvesting to ginning.
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- visit to cotton gin in Argentina - interviews with employees - data recollection from harvesting and ginning processes. Analysis
concept Protection and isolation. Container module to store cotton until it’s ginned.
clean cotton
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container design
Polybutylene bag with cut outs to expand during the harvesting and constricts it a 30% when transporting cotton to the gin.
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harvest system
picker
5 mÂł 1,5 tn. volume
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loading capacity quick feed system
200 cm x 180 cm
Container basket
steel ring Ă˜1,5m
polybutylene cylinder
strech-and-compress system
capacity 6 containers
100% cotton bag polybutylene back lid
30% compression*
*when storing after harvesting
alternatives
streched container
full and compressed 30%
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the solution
The new cotton harvester stores cotton in closed bags, keeping it dust free and easier to transport. It can harvest up to 9 tons and the bags are reusable.
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resaults
/ transport clean cotton to the gin / less pollution = less respiratory health issues / better ginned cotton quality
What’s left to improve? / user interface of module bags and basket / production details / design commands for the new harvesting system / material and technology sustainability CLEANCOTTON
cotton cycle
Harvesting and compression of cotton
with new harvester
Storage and transport in bags of 1,5 tn each
Arrival to the gin
Bags come back empty and folded for a new harvest
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Florencia González +45 28 14 79 81 florencia.gnzl@gmail.com Copenhagen 1324, Denmark
Industrial designer focused on simplify user interface and improve sustainability in products. Fast sketching, hands-on prototyping and 3D modelling are my strenght. Rower and outdoor activities lover.
EXPERIENCE
Digital design intern at KAI Copenhagen / January-December 2018 I started as an intern on digital design and marketing and later I took the lead in the process of changing the company concept from kids interior products to digital surface design licensing. I learned about the small business manufacture process, sales and web design.
SOFTWARE SKILLS
Adobe Illustrator / Adobe Photoshop / Adobe InDesign / CorelDraw / SolidWorks / Keyshot /
DESIGN STREGTHS
Hands-on model prototyping / Sketching and visual presentation / Infographics Graphic design / Branding Web design / basic HTML Human-centered design (HCD) / User interface / Research and problem solving passionate / Ergonomic user testing / UX enthusiast / A sustainable approach to design /
LANGUAGES
Spanish (native) English (fluent in writting and speaking) Danish (Beginner - Module 3 and in progress)
EDUCATION
Industrial designer National University of Córdoba, Argentina Graduated in September 2016. (Equivalent in Denmark: 1 year Master´s degree)
Lead industrial designer for start up - Watch display design / 2018 I participated in this independent project with DTU students. My role was to research the market, develop the concept and design alternatives in 3D. Product designer Independet project - MONS night light / Since 2012 My lamp design won a contest and that encouraged me to start my own small business. MONS was commercialized on 8 design stores in 2012 - 2014. Currently developing a product line and researching sustainable materials. Industrial designer - Calf Care Center for dairy farms 2015-2016 We developed the product using rotational-moulding technology, it took a deep understanding about plastic structures. Research, concept and product features test were made in collaboration with Eng. Georgina Frossasco at the National Institute of Agricultural Technology. RESEARCH
Research assistant Human Enviroment Institute “Liliana Rainis” Objective: Guide and coordinate studies, research and management tending to a progressive improvement of the quality of life through sustainable design. My role: data collection for analysis. / 2012
Furniture designer Private Institute “Aguas de la Canada”, Argentina Graduated in 2012. RECOMMENDATION Recommendation letter from Eng. Georgina Frossasco “She has great management of design tools [...]. Above all these skills, Florencia is very responsible, willing to overcome anything, always keen to help, a team player, and that makes her a very valuable human asset.”
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florencia.gnzl@gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/flor-gonzalez