Jonny Douglas Design Portfolio

Jonny Douglas

Portfolio Product Design 2024

Education Nottingham Trent Univeristy 2019 - 2023

2:1 Degree in Product Design BA Hanbat National University (South Korea) 2019 - 2023

AAA in Capstone Design, UX Prototyping and Interior Design

Introduction Hello! My name is Jonny and I am a recent Product Design graduate from Nottingham Trent University. I am interested in creative opportunities at innovative and sustainable design companies.

I have been creating things for as long as I can remember, but studying design at universities in the UK and South Korea has honed these innate interests, curiosity and creative drive into professional practice.

I find designing and discovering creative solutions to user problems, along with adding my personal touch and attention to detail, both exciting and rewarding.

About Me

Design Experience Fuse London During this work placement, I was part of a design team that collaborated with Nerf to come up with a new product range for toddlers. This gave me insight into what it feels like to work in and be a part of a real commercial design team.

LiveBriefs At my university in Nottingham, I worked on several live briefs with companies, including Loop, IO3M and Tails.

In South Korea, I was afforded similar privileges working with Korean tech giant Naver. This was a huge opportunity for my design education and the feedback I received was invaluable.

Projects

Memento Memory Storage Frame

Boombo + Rody

Theme Park Robotic Asisstant

About Me

Contact Info

Noel De Cadeux Multiuse Champagne Gift Packaging

Olive Interactive Indoor Smart Garden

Noel De Cadeux Starpack Students Competition 2023

Brief C: Metal Gift Pack For Champagne Winner of IO3M’s ‘Highly Commended’ Award

Overview Noel De Cadeux is a luxury champagne packaging product that is ideal for a guest to use to greet their host at a festive dinner party.

It is versatile, serving as protective packaging and as a decorative tea light holder featuring a quaint Christmas village scene.

Noel De Cadeux elevates a mundane party favour into a memorable collectable.

Inspiration Childhood nostalgia was a key component for the inspiration of this project, I wanted the gift pack to carry some of the magic Christmas villages have.

Gift Pack Details The brief states it needs to be made out of sheet metal, but should still feel durable and opulent.

It should have great shelf appeal that possesses a luxurious yet inviting character. Displayable in someone’s home and have multifunctional properties.

It needs good gift-giving qualities, it should elevate a regular gift into something memorable.

Designing a graphical illustration ensured a clear but detailed design of a Christmas village that would be illuminated by candlelight shining through.

Branding Design language is important when it comes to creating branding, there were several label iterations before landing on the final one that lined up with the luxurious and inviting brand that the product packaging should communicate.

For the logo, I wanted to marry Champagne and Christmas in one, clear icon. In Illustrator I created this grape bunch turned upside down to resemble a Christmas tree.

I then played around with this design for the different label iterations to suit each label’s aesthetic.

Final Label Design

I designed the label in coordination with the physical packaging, you can view the label through the cutout used to insert the tealight candle.

Branding Prototype

In Situation All of my CAD is first created in Solidworks and then I take it into Keyshot to make it look realistic. All of my visuals are often perfected using Photoshop.

Final Design

Prototypes I made two final prototypes, one out of water-jet cut stainless steel sheet, and another out of laser cut ply. I used AutoCAD to specify which marks of the Illustrator design were cut through or just etched in.

Here you can see the impact of the candlelight shining through the building doors and windows, as well as the illumination of the brand name and logo.

Poster Noel De Cadeux unique design combines with other packs to create an illustrative Christmas village scene when lit up by a tea light.

Memento

Self Directed Project The modern, at-home time capsule Nostalgia, organisation, personalisation

Overview

Memento is a memory collection frame where users can collate memories they pick up in their everyday lives and display them beautifully all in one space. Memento creates an organised space, reduces clutter and encapsulates a certain period of time.

The Brief

Since the pandemic, young people have had difficulty letting go of everyday objects that they have made into memories, such as loose pieces of paper or photos. With these memories usually not having a set home or space to go, they often get lost or end up cluttering their space.

Problem

Sentimental objects like the ones seen below are difficult to display, Memento takes care of this problem.

Solution

Memento encourages users to display everyday objects into a picturesque collage, creating a gallery wall effect with a finished oak border.

I had a lot of fun with the hands-on process of braiding and combining different strands of rope to create the centrepiece of my design.

This proect required a lot of 3D printing sketch development, I had to find the right shape for the intricate components to fit their various functions.

Sketch Modelling

User testing helped me analyse how people would interact and use the product, these informed me of necessary ammendments to my design for a smoother use.

Details

Trough A space for memories that can be hung up to live.

Crane 3D Printed Crane clip to attach memory to rope.

Aglet

Rope Braided yarn to create a aesthetic blend to attach memories to.

Memories Sentimental objects on display.

Plastic case to stop rope from fraying and makes it easier for user to thread through frame.

Frame Protector 3D Printed component to stop friction of strope pulling.

Anchor Bespoke component with a purpose to hang frame to the wall and be a spoke for the rope to be tied around.

memento

making memories mindful

Branding

I wanted to keep the branding minimalistic to be aligned with the product itself. The product is easy to understand, relatable and has a classic feel to it... this should be reflected in the branding too.

Marketing this product was a exciting challenge to create, I had to consider the aesthetic and potential consumers for this product and find a retailer that would match. I think a brand like Sostrene Grene, an upscale, whimsical scandinavian company would be a good fit.

Hanbat University Project Future Thinking SMART Technology Homeware

Olive is future gaze into at home smart technology. In the style of a futuristic Ikea, I have designed a Indoor SMART Garden.

Perfect for growing plants in water and soil, this interactive product can teach you how to grow your own food whilst learning the science behind it.

Access

Moon Shape

Here are the two access points once the hatch is removed.

Moon inspired shape from famous Korean painting featuring farmers working in the moonlight

LED Light Display

Removable top

Makes it easier for users to examine plants and helps growth of plants.

So users can easily sew seeds, tend to and harvest plants.

SMART Screen A space for memories that can be hung up to live.

Water Garden Water section for hydro plants and herbs, alternatively you could put pet fish.

Transparant Glass Easy to measure height and check health of growing plants.

Control Two buttons to turn off and on, and to connect to bluetooth.

When I started the sketching process for this I was exploratitive with the form and style of the concept. I wanted it to be sculptural but also be practical for the home environment.

Sketching

Interaction Olive Smart Garden has a unique interactive feature where, using the Olive App (see next page), users are have different fun tools to leave led messages on the glass smart screen seen at the front of the product.

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Steps [1] - [7] demonstrate how a user might add a message to the SMART screen using the stylus and app.

Multi Coloured LED Light Rings

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App Design The Olive App has a multitude of features to engage with your plant growing experience. There is everything from specialised information on how to take care of your plants, weather (including temperature and humidity) and reminders to warer your plant.

Done

Olea Europaea

Done

Olea Europaea -- 73cm 이 올리브 가지는 매우 달콤하지만 볼품없다

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I use Adobe XD for app design as I can easily use illustrations or shapes made in other Adobe Suite apps in the app.

There is even a commuinty page to connect with fellow green thumbs who share plant progress, problems and even recipes people have used their fresh produce in!

boombo + Rody Overview Hanbat Univeristy Robotics Character Virtual Assistance

Enjoy a more comfortable Naverland theme park adventure with Boombo + Rody, self-driving robotic assistants available to help park patrons with information, navigation and lots more!

Capture Cool Moments!

Hi Im Rody! are you looking for something?

Directions and Guidance

Child Minding Feature

Purchase a tasty snack!

Wait Line Accompiant

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me To o c l e ..

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My name is boombo, how can i help?

You can access all of Boombo’s + Rody’s features from the Naverland Xtra App that I made on Adobe XD.

Here you can see the scale 3D printed model I made to test out the size and feel of the robotic assistants.

Sketching I started sketching in the design style of Naver Labs, I then drew across to a more approachable theme park design, featuring Naver Labs mascots, Boombo + Rody.

Having a softer exterior would make customers more likely to interact with them when they need help.

Park Patrons can purchase and then access snacks and beverages in the rear of Rody.

Naver Labs already has an interactive screen that they have used in many different ways- from restaurants to hospitals. I have designed my product around the ability to install one of these screens at the heart of the design.

Contact jonnydouglas@icloud.com linkedin.com/in/JonnyDouglasDesign