SHIFT
Dry-powder inhaler (DPI) · Industrial design
Role  Industrial Design
Sponsor  CSP Technologies
Year  2017
Industrial design · Collaboration

A shift in the right direction for inhalers.

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.

SHIFT hero render
01 — The idea

Designing for the mold, not around it.

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.

02 — Renders

The form.

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03 — Exploration

Sketches & concepts.

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

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04 — The poster

SHIFT.

SHIFT poster
Notes

How it was made.

Role
Industrial design: research, sketching, CAD, rendering, 3D printing, and user testing.
Collaboration
Developed in collaboration with CSP Technologies.
Challenge
An injection-moldable, airtight DPI case with a distinctive opening function.
Status
CSP Technologies-sponsored university studio project, 2017.