Product Design Portfolio 2022

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2022 Product Design

Louise Briggs

Hello,my name is Louise BSc Product Design Loughborough University

I love the multifaceted nature of design and enjoy being involved in the full design process - initial research and ideation stages as well as realising ideas through CAD modelling and designing for manufacture. I like to create purposeful design solutions that I know are fully functional and therefore make sure to thoroughly test and evaluate ideas throughout the process. Last year I was fortunate to complete a placement year at Rutland Plastics where I learnt specialist knowledge of how to design parts for injection moulding. I am currently looking for a graduate role.

Experience.

Student Designer Rutland Plastics (1 year) Business Intelligence Team GKN Aerospace (July-Sept 2018) Engineering work experience Eaton Aerospace (1 week, June 2017) Shop assistant One stop (April - July 2020)

Education.

A levels The Chase, Malvern A*, A, B (Art, Maths, Physics) GCSE The Chase, Malvern 8 A*, 2 A, 1 B

Awards.

DCA Live Projects brief 2022 1st prize winner A level art prize 2018 The Chase, Malvern

Projects

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Muurska.

Brew.

Bloom.

Redesign.

Salus.

Additions.

Final year major project

Electromechanical group project

UX concept

Placement year project

DCA Live project

3D printing . Personal artwork

1 Muurska.

Final year major project

Providing an effective solution to managing food waste in a domestic setting

Key Findings

Existing solutions

“Design of a product based solution to mitigate existing food waste management painpoints and encourage continued engagement with the food separation process.”

Design development

Working Prototypes The proposed mechanism designs were prototyped and tested against a detailed PDS. Suitable changes were made as a result of this. User testing was also completed with a prototype UI. A product semantic analsysis survey was used to inform suitable product styling.

Pests eliminated The drying process slows down decomposition

Easy Cleaning Optimized Drying Odours eliminated The design means chambers can be easily slid out and placed in the dishwasher

Smart sensors work alongside a unique paddle mechanism to efficiently dry the food

User focused

As well as the drying 7.5L capacity process bad odours combined with the are filtered out ability to add wet food during a cycle

Food waste is added to the system through the lid. The lid contains an activated carbon filter to remove any bad odours

The food waste is then shredded in a dual shaft shredder system powered by a gearbox. This assembly can be removed as a draw unit through the side door for easy cleaning The shredded food waste is stored until at a sufficient level for a drying cycle. A trap door mechanism opens and the food falls into the dehydration chamber The dehydration chamber features a PTC ceramic heater, fan and a paddle drying system to improve the efficiency of the process.

Once the food is dried it falls into the bottom chamber where it is stored. It can then be disposed of easily or used as a compost alternative.

2 Brew.

Electromechanical prototype Design of a coffee machine prototype to automate the ‘Aeropress’ brewing process

Project Overview We were tasked with designing and manufacturing a fully functionable coffee machine prototype which automates the Aeropress brewing process and eliminates user painpoints.

Initial research activities were conducted including user journey mapping, electromechanical evaluation of similar products and early experimentation with the device.

Individual Design As a result of research we were each assigned with a seperate user persona. Mine was the ‘Ecowarrior’. An individual coffee machine design was created to meet this brief before a thorough concept selection process was completed.

Assembly design The coffee machine was first designed and iterated through Solidworks CAD modelling. Simulations and calculations were completed in order to refine the design

Manufacture The majority of the machine was manufactured using 3D printing. Where possible standardized or recycled components were used such as the water chamber.

The remaining components were manufactured in the metal worshop using engineering drawings for reference. The electronic system was coded using C language and a PIC1845K20 microcontroller.

3 Bloom.

UX Concept

Reducing domestic energy consumption in an Airbnb setting

Problem

Currently Airbnb hosts are struggling to manage their guests energy usage leading to them becoming exploited by excessive consumption.

To understand the user requirements and create a suitable UX vision thorough research was conducted using a range of UX tools such as empathy mapping.

Airbnb is only a booking platform it currently cannot hold guests accountable for energy consumption.

The reason guests can be so careless about energy use is because they see it as “free” energy that they’ve already paid for in the booking.

Empathy map

Miro board

Meet Jen...

Jen is a 63 year old Airbnb host residing in the tourist hot spot of Bude Cornwall. Having only recently started she often reads through the community forums for advice. Recently, she has come across some horror stories about guests being disrespectful to rentals and in particular hosts racking up huge energy bills. Jen relies on the business as her sole source of income now she is retired and with energy prices soaring, she is concerned about her guests potentially over consuming . However, Jen is unsure of how to effectively enforce rules without disturbing her guests stay and risking her host rating. She is also concerned about the business negatively impacting the local community and as a active member wants to be able to give back where she can.

“I am worried about the increasing energy prices and how this will affect my income” “I feel like I am responsible for the behavior of my guests”

Wireframing Wireframes were produced alongside a detailed site map for the concept. These were then iterated through bodystorming evaluations.

Final Screens Produced in Figma

1. Budget Creation The app allows the host to create a budget for the stay using AI. If the guest falls below their budget their donation score will be increased.

The host can use this score as an indicator of whether to approve a stay. However, if the guest is overbudget this won’t decrease their score so as not to discourage guests from using the service 2. Community donation system The host selects a local cause. When the guest recieves their budget they also are given a case study to read about the cause to provoke a sense of responsibilty in the guest.

In turn, this aims to motivate the guest to reduce their energy consumption during the stay. Any money out of the budget that has not been spent

4 Redesign.

Placement year project

Working with client to redesign a new lunchbox product optimized for injection moulding mass manufacture.

DFM Changes The current design issues were documented and discussed with the customer across a series of meetings. Potential solutions were then presented. Full mouldflow analysis was also completed on each part using ‘Moldex’ industry standard software. Design changes were made accordingly.

Final Renders Renders produced for the customer to use for marketing

5 Salus.

Providing an effective solution to managing food waste in a domestic setting

Context The live brief set by DCA was to design a physical product for one of the following service based brands: Deliveroo, NHS, AirBnb and WWF.

1 Deliveroo workers tend to be based in busy urban areas and often will be working during darker hours. This combined with the laborious job makes riders more suseptible to accidents.

2 It is implied that a significant amount of riders do not currently wear helmets or helmets that meet safety specifications.

3 Helmet use is not a law in the UK although helmets have been proven to significantly reduce the liklihood of serious or fatal head injuries.

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User turns on the helmet and then opens the Deliveroo rider app and connects to their phone using bluetooth

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Pressure sensors in the internal helmet pads work alongside the app to signal when the helmet is adjusted correctly

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User adjusts the helmet on their head using the adjuster wheel and buckle straps

Once the helmet is on correctly the full app unclocks and the rider is now able to complete orders as usual

The helmet uses capacitive pressure sensors to verify if a helmet is fitted correctly on the rider. Once correct the rider can unlock the app.

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The helmet also uses GPS data from the app to provide smart signalling using inbuilt indicator lights

PC upper shell

PC lower shell

EPS foam

Adjustable helmet retention system

Padding with inbuilt flexible piezoelectric pressure sensors

Standardised side release buckle Branded adjuster buckle

Solidworks surface modelling features were used to create this 3D CAD model

Jigs/Fixtures

Across my placement year I was involved with automation team where I designed numerous jigs and fixtures to be used on the shop floor. This involved running a high end Stratasys 3D printer which printed in Nylon 12 CF and ASA material.

A little about me...

I enjoy being creative through painting and textiles. I really enjoy watching live music and running in my free time. I am a bit of a thrillseeker and I did a skydive in 2019.

Thanks

Phone - 07484180535 Email - Louisebriggsdesign@gmail.com LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/louise-briggs-7518181a4