UNSW Built Environment Industrial Design: Hollie Baigent

Boy did that semester go fast! For the first time in this course (now in 3rd year) I feel like I’m finally getting on top of my time management – by keeping my designs small and manageable. I would honestly recommend that to any design student reading this blog.

This semester studio focused on sustainable and socio-ethical design and enlightened me in a new way of thinking about design. In comparison to previous projects focusing more on the form of objects this project tested many of us to think and realise a real life solution to problems in developing countries. In project one – we were to design a product for a disaster situation focusing on the response/preparedness.

My product ‘Lilo.’ introduces a new ferry ticketing system for developing nations in the Asia Pacific. Overcrowding is a huge problem among ferries and/or combined with common tropical weather storms; can create a formula for disaster and catastrophic loss of life. Lilo aims to solve these problems by incorporating an RFID tag into a ticketing wristband worn by passengers to calculate the number of people aboard the ferry to restrict overcrowding. This wristband also features by colour and graphics a ticket system much alike Sydney state transit; indicating section of travel for fares.

Through my research I discovered the importance of the realm of responsibility for these ferries as most are unregistered. This product could be a vector for social and cultural change as the countries national ticketing system for ferries under ‘MyFerry Pass’. This would be one way to register all ferries and safety protocol; making civilians feel a lot safe about boarding ferries in the future.

Incorporated into Lilo wristband is a battery operated and water activated emergency LED light in case of disaster to attract rescue and aid comfort for survival.

The second project; was for the LENS award competition. A collaborative task including James, Tom, Jeff and myself were to design a new product service system. We designed a chain know as the ‘Sydney Cycle Hub’; a product service system providing kiosk information on cycle paths and maps, infrastructure for government initiative known as ‘bike bus’ and providing Sydney commuters access to air pump and puncture sealant facilities. Our project aims to build a bicycle friendly Sydney community, and as such uniquely ties in with the NSW 2010 cycle plan. The product attempts to break down barriers of cycling such as safety and maintenance and repair from the heart of the CBD to outer neighbouring suburbs.

So far, I’ve really enjoyed this semester and can’t wait to anticipate the next but….hopefully it will be on exchange in Norway.

UNSW Built Environment Industrial Design: Samuel Adeloju – Australian Design Award Silver Medalist

Last Friday night three recent graduates of the UNSW Industrial Design Program were lucky enough to be invited to the Australian design  community’s night of nights, the Australian International Design Awards. As one of these fortunate graduates, I was lucky enough to be rubbing shoulders with designers of some of the latest and greatest new products designed by Australian companies and design houses.

As a finalist in the Student Design category, sponsored by James Dyson and Dyson Australia, it was a privilege to be involved in the awards and the media coverage that came with it. We have all been featured in articles in the Sydney Morning Herald and on Channel Seven’s Today Tonight and I am confident that this exposure and encouragement will ensure that we all continue our passion for design and innovation.

My product, The Longreach Water Rescue System, was awarded the Silver Medal for the Student Category. Longreach, is a man-portable system that allows for the rapid conveyance of temporary, water-activated buoyancy devices to a drowning victim’s location. It is designed to allow a victim to remain buoyant while rescue personnel prepare the appropriate response to the situation. The rescue package uses hydrophobic or rapidly expanding foam to provide buoyancy once the package contacts the water. This allows the package to be vastly smaller in size than any currently existing buoyancy device. Equipped with a light for attracting attention the Rescue Package can be propelled over 150m. Longreach is also equipped with Para-Flares for night-time Illumination. Longreach is designed to be simple to manufacture and easy to handle. Ideally used by emergency services personnel or a ship’s crew, Longreach has the potential to significantly reduce the number of drownings at sea.

At the awards night, I met a number of my peers from across the country. It was great to see the passion that we shared for design and problem solving and it was great to be able to quiz people about their unique and interesting designs. It was also good to see people who were not familiar with the awards or our designs, coming up to ask questions about their functions, construction and benefits.

I was also approached by a researcher from the ABC TV show, the NEW INVENTORS, who has arranged for Longreach to appear in an upcoming episode of the show. As I work towards getting Longreach ready for production and explore different opportunities for my product, all the media and industry encouragement I have received reaffirms my belief that Longreach has the possibility to greatly benefit the wider community. In the mean time I know that there is a long way to go, but that this big kick-start that I have been given is not to be taken lightly and will not be wasted.

Hopefully you will see Longreach on New Inventors soon, and in production soon after that.

Man with Launcher Launching Device

UNSW Built Environment Industrial Design: Sascha Dal Santo

Hi everyone!

I wasn’t lying when I ended my last blog post by saying this session is going to be a crazy, busy, non-stop-work session – think that’s just an understatement!

So far this session, we’ve been entering a few design competitions as part of our submissions for our studio design work. We were lucky enough to get involved with the 2010 Electrolux Design Lab, in which we had to design a kitchen or washing appliance for small living spaces for the year 2050.

I focused on cooking with my project, in which I designed a compact kitchen which contained all the necessary and imperative kitchen supplies.

It was a very full-on project but still fun at the same time, as we got to go as creative as we could think in terms of picturing how we will live in 2050.

Final Presentation for 2010 Electrolux Design Lab

Consumer Insight Identification – 2010 Electrolux Design Lab

Final Presentation for 2010 Electrolux Design Lab

We’ve also been pretty busy with our final year research reports, spending a lot of time researching our project topic areas and developing concepts on what we may produce for our final Industrial Design Major Project.

Overall, this session has just been crazy busy – many apologies to anyone who runs into a stressed Industrial Design student!

submiT… to educate a country

what is submiT

In a society overpopulated with blogs and status updates, it’s hard to get a message across.  To communicate something important, people need to be captured, entranced, tantalized and drawn in.

That’s where you and your mad design skills come in.

What is submiT?

submiT is about bringing people with vision together to create something that will cut through the cultural noise like a knife.

Our voice will be your designs.  Shirts will be our medium.

What are we looking for?

We’re looking for designers (that’s you, soldier) to create designs to communicate a message of hope.  A design that captures the message:

EDUCATION is a RIGHT and KNOWLEDGE creates a COUNTRY.

submiT is about raising awareness of childhood education in Ethiopia through the work of imagine1day.  Their goal is to have education available for every child in Ethopia by 2020.  Check out their website for more information: imagine1day.org

We’re looking for SubmiTTions.

http://www.submitadesign.com/

UNSW Built Environment Industrial Design: Daniel Sutherland

Finally back after the four month holiday and looking forward to getting back to work. Things will probably be a little rusty to begin with – especially sketching (I should have practiced).

Work outside of UNSW has kept me busier than I would have liked to have been over the break, but that’s life. I did manage to finish a few personal projects in the last 2 weeks that I’d told myself I needed to finish (I went on about how it’s good to do little projects in your holidays in a previous post!)

The first Studio 4 class was a shock to the system – a 4-hour in class assignment was handed to us before we even entered the studio room.

I have a strong feeling that this semester is not going to be as fun as others.. 4 years is a long time to spend anywhere for a younger person; I’m walking into the beginning of my 5th (others around me are into their 6th and 7th years @ UNSW).

Despite that, there is light ahead – the notion of completing “Major Project” at the end of the year is good motivation to finish off the degree.

UNSW Built Environment Industrial Design: Sascha Dal Santo

Hi everyone!

For those who are new to this blog, my name is Sascha and I am now (scarily enough!) a 4th year Industrial Design student.

The last couple years have gone by so fast! I remember my first day of Industrial Design, and now I’m one of the 4th years who I would look at and never believe that I would reach to their level at Uni!

With this year being my final year of Industrial Design, it is going to be a completely crazy and jam-packed year ahead!
For our studies, we have to complete a project research report on a topic area based on a particular problem. After the many weeks of research that we have already begun to undertake, we then have to develop some potential design solutions to the problem. I have selected to focus on motorbike and scooter rider safety, and am going to look at the potential design possibilities for a series of products which will aim to enhance riders’ safety whilst on the roads.  Despite the hefty amount of research required, I’m looking forward to completing the project!

Also this session we will be taking our major design studio class, which will greatly assist us next session when we actually create the products we have designed from our project research reports.  We are also taking a design management course too, which is a nice change from some of the other subjects we will be doing!

Outside of Uni, I will also be commencing my scholarship with the Australian Institute of Packaging, which I was awarded last year. In addition to the study and course work associated to the scholarship, it has also involved some media work which I undertook over the summer break. This consisted predominantly of interviews, which I did with the AIP and also Cormack Packaging.

Overall, it’s going to be a crazy, busy, non-stop-work session! But then again, it always is with Industrial Design!

– Sash.

UNSW Built Environment Industrial Design: Elective project by Man Chun Wong

Student: Man Chun Wong
Contact: ysoytsit@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.coroflot.com/man_wong
Skill: Illustration/3D-modelling/Technical drawing

During the four years of my Industrial Design degree I have gained and developed a range of skills and knowledge. Through the past projects, I have developed my own design process, theory and visual language.

Dinner Culture - Pleaso Teapot

By working on each studio projects, I have the opportunities to develop my skill of researching, marketing, product planning and presentation. Every steps of the process required a lot of practice and improvement of skills and knowledge which I have learnt. Organisational skills such as time management have developed the strength in my discipline and have improved my work efficiency.
The following works show that different goals such as marketing skill, brand cooperation, culture identity and problem solving have been developed. Each of them allows me to strengthen my logical/technical thinking skills, creativity, 2D/3D presentation and modelling skills.
Design is a combination of every aspect in our lives such as culture, technology, economy, society and even religion. By exploring each of them, we discover what people need and what is good for them. As it is said that technology is based on improving people’s lives, design would be the form that connect it and people together and we all should be passionate to improve our future.

Ryobi vacuum cleaner exploded view

Ryobi vacuum cleaner packaging

Product elevations

Exploded view

UNSW Built Environment Industrial Design: Black Ice by Lin Jinghao (Industrial Design 09)

Black Ice: Win Chiller Storage

Lin Jinghao, Bachelor of Industrial Design

jericholam@hotmail.com

http://www.coroflot.com/jinghao

The Chinese import wine market is rapidly increasing, thanks mainly to its growing GDP. The market has more than doubled over the last ten years and by 2011, China is expected to be the eighth largest market for wine in the world.

‘Black Ice’ is the perfect way to store your favourite wine. Designed to celebrate the beauty of wine bottles, the unique design racking system and glass doors guarantee 100% visibility of the labels on each bottle. With a holding capacity of 28 bottles, it is perfect for any luxury wine connoisseur. The product contains two storage chambers protected by a security program providing the owner, individual temperature adjustment.

Temperature control unit

‘Black Ice’ is designed specifically for the Chinese luxury market. The coexistence of traditional wooden furniture and modern electric appliances fully reflect their cultural essence as well as their desire of improving living condition. With its wooden panels and high polish details, the ‘Black Ice’ should blend right in to the ever-transforming home of the upwardly mobile and cultural elite.

UNSW Built Environment: e4: Explore, Expand, Explain, Excite – Industrial Design Graduation Exhibition

UNSW Built Environment Industrial Design: Daniel Sutherland

Hey All…

So last post of the year.. Well i’m not graduating this year as I might have mentioned earlier, so at least not the last post ever :).

I’ve been in and around the workshop a bit over the last few weeks and have seen all my fellow 4th years working hard on finalising their models and overall designs – this has made me wish I was doing the same! As much as Uni is great, it would be nice to be done with for the sake of a little bit more freedom. The part time work I mentioned in my last post is the cause for my added year next year.  A decent price to pay I think.

Looking ahead to the holidays – I have two busy weeks coming up working in the laser and printing room down in the Squarehouse to help out with the flood of Architecture projects coming in.

**Note to anybody submitting anything for cutting or printing – Ever**: PLEASE submit your drawings exactly to the specs outlined on the faculty website and include a .jpg and text file to help explain what your doing + draw with CONNECTING TABS wherever possible. If you can do this then you will get your work back faster, of a better quality AND cheaper. The Design Lab @ the Squarehouse workshop is probably the best place to get FDM “3D printing” and laser cutting done anywhere – in terms of customer service and price anyway (i’ve had both done outside of Uni and its basically a case of what you submit is what you get – very little effort is put into understanding your needs, yet you pay a premium and there is generally a minimum cost). To ensure it stays this way at UNSW, you NEED to be following the tips mentioned above – we have a sweet deal going at the moment so lets not spoil it.

O.K so beyond that.. A huge number of days off Uni.. can you believe we’re really only at here for about HALF of the year!? I think it’s important to work on something related to your degree over this break so i’ll be working on jewellery and my thesis. Try to get some of those little projects done during this time that you’ve always wanted to do, as Summer Uni holidays are the last times we will have such an amount of free time (until you retire most likely hah!). If your finding your degree a drag, then you might be surprised that you actually enjoy it when working in that area in your own time and outside of a class / brief.

Good luck to those graduating this year – Industrial Design Students in particular! Best of luck with your chosen careers and make the most of the break. I hope to bump into some of you in the professional world in the future so as I can hit you up for favors (you’re welcome to do the same so don’t be strangers 🙂 ).

For all other Industrial Designers – get along to the 4th year project presentations coming up soon for an insight into how to do well in your major project – ask Miles P or Andrew F for exact dates and times. Enjoy the Summer Everybody.