PURA
The Pura was designed across my final year at university for my honour’s thesis. The Pura uses UV light to detect bacteria and is designed to maximise a products healthy lifetime to minimise landfill. Maintaining hygiene whilst being environmentally sustainable is going to be a massive challenge post Covid and the Pura aims to address this.
POWER HEART
The Power Heart was designed to be a corporate gift QUT would give to visiting academics and guests. A small 3D printed desktop ornament that uses a solar panel to power a small set of LEDs. The device was designed to showcase QUTs work around the wireless charging of pacemakers while remaining to a budget of $10 per unit. The device started as a more anatomical sketch and clay model that was 3D scanned. This form was changed in preference of a more cartoonish form.
MODBOX
This project involved designing a technology embedded device to assist in boxing training for PCYCs across Australia. The “Pass the Punch” is a universal boxing bag attachment that prioritised fun and teamwork in a boxing training session. The device work uses a conductive fabric wrapped in vinyl to detect punches and the direction of these punches influences who’s turn is next. Force, reaction time and accuracy can all be measured with the device. A working prototype was constructed with Arduino devices to demonstrate the designs functions.
REFRIGERATED PACKAGING
This design unfortunately cannot be explored in much detail as it is currently being further developed by and industry partner. The project was done in conjunction with the industry partner who approached the university with a design problem. They had an environmental alternative to Styrofoam to keep food cold during transport however it was clunky to use and involved many different product models. The solution used a large roll of perforated lining which could be torn to a desired size, taking their entire product line and recreating it in one product.
SPIN DOCK
The Spin Dock is a phone dock designed to be mass manufactured using injection moulding. Using draft angles and strengthening ribs the Spin Dock is designed with manufacture in mind. The name Spin came from the idea of putting a fresh spin on classic designs, like Dieter Ram’s SK2 which the dock is loosely based on. A prototype was 3D printed and painted for the design along with the construction of graphics to match.
CARDBOARD TOILET
The cardboard toilet was an early design project. Designed to be taken camping, where it would need to be easily and quickly assembled and disassembled. It was made from only cardboard and was able to support 110 Kg.
