Industrial Design Portfolio 2016 - Matt Marchand

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CO NT ENT WALKER DREMEL CURVILIN EAR H AN GER CH ECKOUT SOAP BIKE IKEA

THE WALKER Desi gned to su p p o r t it ’s u se r f u n c t io n a lly, aestheti cal l y a n d so c ia lly.

LIO KO BAYASH I A g e 2 7 / S e a tt l e , WA / I nj u re d i n c ar ac c ide nt / D oe s n’t w ant a w alke r, ne e ds o n e. ” H o n e st l y, I j u s t d on’ t fe e l good us ing a w alke r. I m ay be handic appe d but I s till c are wh at I lo ok l i ke . S how m e so m e t hing c ool t hat w orks w e ll and I w ill rock it.”

Li o l i ve s i n a t w o - b e droom a p a r t me nt in Se at t le , and w orks as a phot ograph er. His h o b b i e s i n c l ude c onc e r ts, b a r c r a w ls, and food-t ruc ks w it h his frie nds . D ue to h is inj u r y, t h e se s oc i a l eve n t s a re d i f fic ult for him t o at t e nd w it hout ge t t ing fat ig u ed .

R ES E ARCH

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BY ACT IV E A D U LTS

M OBI LIT Y D E V I C E M A R KE T QUA NTIT Y

C R U TC H E S

Wa lke rs m a ke u p 2 5 % o f th e d evic e s u se d by a c tive ad u lts, ye t o n ly 9 % o f a ll a c tive m o b ility d evic e p ro d u c ts.

C A NE S WA L K E R S

$ 35

81%

$40

Sam e m at eri a l s an d looks acro s s a l l walker s.

$50

*Statistics from “Mobility Report” by Disabled World™

$ 60

$7 5

H i g h l y sa t u rat e d i n n exp en s i e m a r ke t

$9 5

$1 0 5

Ve r y fe w fe a tu re s or f u nc ti o ns re g a rdl e s s of pr i c e

CON CLU SIO N T h ere is ampl e room on the mar ket fo r a h ig h -end wal ker that suppor ts its u ser f uncti onal l y, aestheti cal l y an d so cial l y.

$1 2 0

$1 75

Wa l ke r s s e r ve a va l u a b l e f u nc ti o n yet fe w de s i gns re f l e ct it.

ID E ATI ON T h e f i r s t s ketch es exp erimen te d wi th f or ms and stance, assi sti ng the d e c i si o n p roc e s s by elimin atin g b u lk y shapes, and f ocusi ng on f or ms that emp h asi se d sup po r t a nd lig h tn ess, as in sp ired by Japanese and Scandi navi an f ur ni tu re .

M OCKUPS E a r l y sc a l e mo ck u p s exp erime nted wi th f uncti on. Bui l t i n seats, bar s, c an e s a nd ot he r featu res were co n sidered. These ear l y desi gns assi sted the d e c i si o n pro c e s s by g ivin g an averag e id ea of di mensi ons and possi bl e f uture i ss ue s.

M O CKUPS + T he se co n d ro u n d o f mo ck ups were done al ongsi de gr atui tous amou n t s of s ke tch es. M o d el b u ild in g hel ped me under stand what was possi b l e a nd wh at was n o t. Un fo r tu natel y, many good l ooki ng dr awi ngs were ju s t no t f u nctio n al in real life. Fi ndi ng a desi gn that that l ooked good an d w o r ke d well mean t a lo t o f prototypes, sketchi ng and pati ence.

D ECI SI ON T he f i nal d esig n was a co m bi nati on of f ur ni ture and mobi l i ty f uncti on s .

W he n no t in u se th e walker woul d rest ver ti cal l y, l i ke a si de tabl e. In us e i t w o uld b e simp le to o p en and move smoothl y on hi dden br i stl e ti ps .

G E ARS O n e o f t he g reatest d esig n ch al l enges was how to make the wal ker op e n an d cl os e i n a simp le, in tu itive way that sti l l provi ded the suppor t necessar y w i t h o u t a d di n g c omp lex b u tto n s o r mechani cs to the exter i or. Thi s was sol ved by p l ac i n g a spe c i f i c se t o f g ears in sid e a wo od housi ng. By openi ng the handl es 90 deg re e s , a wo r m ge a r ro tates five o th er g ea rs, al l owi ng the l egs to open the per fect di s t an c e .

CLO S E D

OPEN

US E I n pu bl i c t h e b ar wo u ld b e a co nveni ent resti ng pl ace to l ean on when the u s e r is p hys i c a l l y fatig u ed , leavin g th e i r hands f ree and provi di ng a sur f ace f or t h e m t o re s t t h i ng s o n , like co ffee o r a pl ate. More i mpor tantl y i s the el evated h e i g h t wh i c h w o ul d keep th e u ser en g aged i n conver sati ons on a more natur al pla n e .

BRISTLE TI P

THE D REM EL Co mpact and egronomi c

I D E ATI ON

Mockups

Testi ng

3D Pr i nti n g

T HE CURVE Un iq u e sh ape cr af ted wi th onl y two cuts.

I D E AT I ON

MOCKUPS

UN SAN D ED

THE H AN G ER It’s simple, durable and i ntensly eco-f riendly

IN SPI RATI ON

Paper Cl i ps

Dock Cl eat

Car abi ner s

ID E ATI ON

MOCKU PS / TESTI NG / F E ATURES

Weight Test ing

Limit: 3 5 lb s

Pa c ks Fl a t

Weekd ay Org a ni z a ti on

Lightw e i ght

THE C HECKOUT Team p ro ject d e si gni ng an ergonomi c and user frien d ly self ch ec kout car t f or Whol e Foods.

Te a m : D u stin E ato n , M ad a Al abdul jabbar, Quang Ng, Dani el Car i l l o

S h op pin g

E a sy to u se in ter face

Scanni ng

Baggi n g

Cl utter -f ree checkout

O u r d e s i g n f o ll o ws th e p h ilo so p h y of Whol e Foods to reduce, reuse, and re c yc l e . Th e g o a l w a s t o d e sig n a fu lly in d ep en d ent sel f -ser vi ce system that al l ows user s e as i l y s c an it em s, we i gh p ro d u ce, an d ch eck o ut wi thout havi ng to remove anythi ng f rom t h e i r c ar t .

Th e c a r t wo ul d to tal u p items as th e user scans and shops, and when they are d o n e , t h ey would pay electronically at the car t itself, without having to wait in a line to bag or checkout.

Tou c h sc reen featu rin g e a sy t o u se UI. T h e ro u n d p i e c e be hin d is a h o u sin g f or t h e scale, u sed to we i gh t i t ems as th ey are ad d ed to b ag s

Bl u e t oo t h h an d -scan n er i s re m ovab le an d easy to use . Bo t h t he to u ch screen bo dy a nd h an d scan n er c on tain erg o n o mic m e t hod s fo r scan n in g

Ho usin g s ab ove th e re a r wh eels p o wer th e e l e c t ron ics as th ey are u se d. Tray in th e cen ter c a n b e u sed to carr y e s p e c i a l l y larg e o r h eavy items

THE S OAP M e m o r a bl e so ap d esig n ed fo r hunti ng l odge hotel s, m olde d in bat c he s of th ree

M O CKU PS

MOLD POURIN G

POURED FOR M S

T H E BI KE A d emo n stra ti on of Sol i dwor ks prof i ci ency

F RONT

PA RTS

DETAIL

THE B O U LD ERS A fa mi l y o f IK EA product s f or wat er collect ion

A l mo st 1 0 % o f S an ta Clar a County resi dents are l i vi ng i n pover ty.

M an y o f th ese resid en ts are young professi onal s, str uggl i ng to m ake en d s meet to su ppor t thei r mul ti -gener ati onal f ami l i es.

How could I KE A’s ne w Urb an H o mest ead in g d ep ar t men t p rov ide them with a n o pp o r t u n it y t o save mo n ey an d in crease t h ei r sta nda rd of living?

R ES E ARCH S i n c e IK E A was th e co mp an y we were desi gni ng f or, I star ted my researc h t h e re .

R i g ht a way p ro d u cts th at in co rp or ated pl ants stood out to me. These coul d e asi l y b e i nt e g r a t ed in to an u rb an h o mestead to save money. Some thi ngs th at al so ca u gh t m y eye were th e simp le contai ner s. These coul d be used f or storag e o r p l a n t i n g- a nd th ey were p rimarily whi te and pl asti c.

E ARLY CONCE PTS The concepts process i nvol ve d searchi ng f or sol uti ons that woul d i mprove the heal th or f i nances of the f ami l y

Many concepts i nvol ve som e ki nd of natur al el ement, l i ke water, sun, r ai n or compost

C O L L ABORATI ON Wo r k i ng t og e th er assisted th e ref i nement of i deas, of ten ti mes spar ki ng n e w o n e s .

D E CI SI ON I t t u r ne d ou t th at th e family o f p roducts f ocused on the col l ecti on and stor ag e o f n a t ur a l re s o urces was th e mo st fi nanci al y benef i ci al to the ur ban homestead e rs.

Th e “ Bo ul d e r Family � as it was call ed at f i r st, i nvol ved three pr i mar y produc t s : Wa te r c ol l e c t io n /sto rag e, so lar col l ecti on/stor age, and compost producti on/ s t o rag e .

F OCUS Narro win g d o wn th e fami l y to one par ti cul ar sol uti on - f i r st t h e co mp o st b o u ld er, and f i nal l y, the water col l ecti on boul der.

MOCKUPS D u e t o t he s avin g s p o ten tial o f th e water col l ecti on boul der I began l ooki ng t o o ri g am i f o r i n s p i r a t i o n an d id eas. T h e b o u lder needed to have a l arge sur f ace area t o c o l l e c t wa t e r w h e n i t was rain in g , an d th en be put away si mpl y when not i n use.

H OW IT WORKS Si m p l y u nsc re w th e u mb rella to p from the umbrel l a pol e, and screw i t onto t h e b o u l de r t op . T h is creates a larg e sur f ace area f unnel f or the r ai n to be store d i n t h e b o u l de r. A c c e s s to th e water in sid e comes f rom the uni ver sal l y threaded spo u t .

RAINI NG ? G OOD. Catch i t, store i t.

WAT E R WHEN YOU WANT. D r y summer ? No probl em.

T H ANK YOU

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