Auburn ID Studios
Industrial design studio projects · Auburn University
School  Auburn University
Degree  B.S. Industrial Design, 2019
Projects  5
Industrial design · Studio work

Five studio projects, sketch to prototype.

Studio work from my industrial design degree at Auburn: sponsored projects with CSP Technologies, Emerson, Gibson and Western Forge, and a three-day workshop at the National College of Art & Design in Dublin during my study-abroad semester.

01

SHIFT

Dry-powder inhaler
SponsorCSP TechnologiesYear2017
SHIFT dry-powder inhaler, hero render

SHIFT is a dry-powder inhaler (DPI) I developed with CSP Technologies. The brief was a single injection-moldable case for the medication: airtight, with a distinctive opening action.

This project taught me how many constraints come with injection-molding plastic products. Rather than letting the production process limit the form, I learned to design with the mold and push what it could do.

Renders

The form.

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Exploration

Sketches & concepts.

Early sketches and the three named concept directions: SHIFT, FLUX, and ALPHA.

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The poster

SHIFT.

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Role
Industrial design: research, sketching, CAD, rendering, 3D printing, and user testing.
Challenge
An injection-moldable, airtight DPI case with a distinctive opening function.
02

VERVE

Smart-home ceiling fan
SponsorEmerson TechnologiesYear2017
VERVE ceiling fan with orange foam blades, hero render

VERVE is a smart-home ceiling fan I developed with Emerson Technologies. The goal was a fan that works in any home, old or modern. A ceiling fan sits high and dead-center in the room, which makes it a natural hub for smart-home tech.

Verve has three foam blades, a child-monitor and security camera, and a Bluetooth speaker ring. The foam blades use a Nerf-inspired material, which I landed on after my research turned up a pattern of kids hurting their hands or hitting their heads on fan blades while jumping on their beds.

The product

The fan.

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Research & process

How it came together.

Research, exploded components, and usage, from the original project boards.

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Role
Industrial design: research, concept, CAD modeling, rendering, and a hand-built foam-and-wood scale model.
Process
User research → sketch → CAD → renders, documented end to end.
03

UNUM

Adaptive guitar case
SponsorGibsonTypeConcept → prototype
UNUM guitar case seen from above, with the UNUM wordmark

UNUM takes on a problem nobody had solved: one guitar case that adapts to many different shapes and sizes. And it looks damn good doing it.

It went from foam studies through CNC-milled molds to a built and finished prototype.

The work

Concept to prototype.

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Role
Industrial design: concept, CAD, rendering, and physical prototyping.
Process
Foam studies → CNC-milled molds → a built and finished prototype.
04

Amber

Flat-pack paper luminaire
WhereNCAD, DublinFormatThree-day workshop
Amber luminaire lit from within, title slide reading Amber, Flat Pack Luminaire, Three Day Workshop in Dublin, Ireland, National College of Art & Design

Amber is a flat-pack paper luminaire I designed in a three-day workshop at the National College of Art & Design in Dublin, during my study-abroad semester.

My first sketches were organic and kinetic. As I kept sketching I realized I could get the same sense of movement from several simpler, repeated pieces. Quarter-scale models showed how the paper would take the shape, and full-scale models settled the connection points and the hanging. In the final piece, string tightens the paper into shape: the bottom piece hangs from the wire and every other piece simply stacks on top of it.

Process

Sketch, model, light.

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Role
Concept sketching, quarter- and full-scale paper models, and the final luminaire.
Setting
Three-day workshop at the National College of Art & Design, Dublin, during a study-abroad semester.
05

HIGHdrate

Hydration harness for workers at height
SponsorWestern ForgeTypeResearch → full-scale model
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HIGHdrate is a hydration harness for construction workers, a studio project for Western Forge. The brief started broad: observe construction sites and design tools that improve the daily lives of the people working them.

Field research with ironworkers and telephone-tower inspectors narrowed it down. Everyone agreed staying hydrated is crucial to working safely, but drinking from a bottle while climbing a 300-foot tower is tricky and dangerous, and the one product on the market sat on the upper back, loaded the shoulders, and meant taking off the whole harness to refill it.

HIGHdrate moves the water to the lower lumbar so the weight rides on the hips. Dual zippers open the pouch from either side, so it can be pulled around to the front, refilled and put back without taking the harness off, and the hose runs up the back through a protective channel. The pouch is Camelbak’s Antidote Lumbar Reservoir.

Process

Problem to final model.

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Role
Field research, concept sketching, full-scale model construction, and the final model.
Insight
Put the weight on the hips, and make the pouch refillable without unclipping from the harness.