Viking Range
Industrial Design Intern · Wine rack, Wine Refrigerator & CMF
Role  Industrial Design Intern
Dates  Jan – May 2018
Focus  Wine rack, Wine Refrigerator & CMF

Industrial Design Intern

As an industrial design intern at Viking Range, the luxury kitchen-appliance maker, I applied consumer-focused design to premium product development and coordinated with R&D and supply-chain teams from concept through production. My main projects were wine-rack and wine-refrigerator concepts, carried from sketches and color & material studies through CAD, renders, and physical prototypes shown in the kitchen. I also worked on CMF (color, material, and finish) for a new premium line that launched about a year after my internship ended, and helped redesign the cross-functional process flowchart that maps how the engineering and design teams work together during the concept phase.

Wine refrigerator
Studio
Brushed stainless & graphite · closed, open, detail
Wine refrigerator concept in brushed stainless, closed, a cool white light seam running down the door Wine refrigerator concept in graphite, closed, a warm amber light seam running down the door The brushed stainless unit with its rack pulled out, bottles resting on light oak shelves The graphite unit with its rack pulled out, bottles resting on walnut shelves Close view of wine bottles lying on an oak shelf inside the stainless unit Close view of wine bottles lying on a walnut shelf inside the graphite unit Bottle necks angled across the oak shelves under cool white light Bottle necks angled across the walnut shelves under warm amber light Detail of the vent grille and light groove at the top of the stainless unit Detail of the vent grille and light groove at the top of the graphite unit
Wine refrigerator
In the kitchen
Luxury home, day & night · professional kitchen
The stainless unit installed beside a full-height refrigerator in a bright light-wood kitchen The graphite unit in a dark-wood kitchen at night, warm light tracing the door The stainless unit in a professional kitchen alongside commercial ranges Rack pulled out in the bright light-wood kitchen, bottles on display Another angle of the open rack in the bright kitchen, afternoon light across the cabinets Rack pulled out in the night kitchen, city view behind Another angle of the open rack at night, warm light on the walnut shelves Rack pulled out in the professional kitchen beside the range Another angle of the open rack in the professional kitchen, copper pans behind
The work
Sketches · CMF · renders · prototypes · in the kitchen
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Process
Design & engineering, one map
Brief · research · concepting · CAD · prototypes

The flowchart we made to clarify how the design and engineering teams worked together through the concept phase, from the design brief and research through brainstorming, CAD and prototypes to a design.

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