Video Blog A

How its made

It was interesting learning about the different manufacturing processes for various packaging, especially tetrapaks. I’ve always thought tetrapaks were hard to recycle as they were multi layered with plastic, paper and aluminum. After watching the video I’ve learnt that they are completely recyclable; separating the 3 layers through expansion in water. The printing side of the packaging was also interesting. It is important for a designer to know this information as it limits their color to 6 layers.

Even though these videos are quite old, I was quite surprised by how technology has advanced. There is very little human interaction in the development and recycling of packaging, which makes for very fast output times.

Giving packaging a new life

Watching these videos gives an important insight to how the manufacturing of packaging works and how important recycling is as it provides raw materials for new products.

After viewing the videos I was left surprised by how much resources we use to create new products is recycled ie waste paper accounts for 60% of new paper products.

I’ve always viewed recycled products as low quality and second rate, but after watching the videos it helped me understand what goes behind in the processes and how some materials can be just as good as virgin materials for example tinplate can be recycled over and over again without product quality loss.

I can see now how sorting through different types of materials is vital in recycling. Wether its color glass or clear glass, pet or pc they all need to be sorted into their respective groups to be recycled efficiently and effectively. Its am It’s amazing to see how even a fragmented glass piece the size of 15mm or less can be detected on a convey belt and removed at fast speeds.

The videos are important for a designer to understand as it is up to them to pick the materials which will end up in land fill.

Caroma Design Project

For this assignment i decided to design a faucet for the bathroom environment. I wanted to make the faucet different fromt he ones already on the market. To do this i wanted to add LED lights into the faucet, but i thought this would be too difficult as water and electricity doesnt go side to side, so i researched into thermochromism and decided to go down that road. Its esentially paint that fades under certain temperature. eg those cups where images appear when hot water is put in, but instead of an image i have blue coat which turns to red so that it indicates temperature.

The reason why i wanted to visually show the temperature in the form of  blue and red was to give the user an experience when using the tap, and give them a visual aid of how hot or cold the water is.

The tap is also retractable so it helps people when they want to wash their hair int he sink or wash their babies and other particular tasks.

White enamel is used as the external surface so that the colors of the thermochomic paint can be greatly constrasted against the white rather then the ordinary chrome.

The handles were designed so that u could use them in a variety of ways, u can push them with ur palm, urfinger, the back of ur hand, twist it at the base. This gives more versatility when using the tap. I decided that the tap would be pushed backwards rather then pulled forwards so that when washing ur hair or other tasks, the handles wouldnt be int he way.

Australian Design Awards

 Yates  8L Watering can


Description and Principal Function
This is a watering can designed to be proudly displayed in the garden, not hidden in the shed. The colour was selected in order for the watering can to stand out against a lush green background. But it’s not just for show. This is an accurate measuring device, contemporary in appearance with the durability to last and be used in the garden for many years. Its ergonomics were carefully considered so that it would be easy use even when full. It’s also easy on the environment. UV stabilisers protect it from the Australian sun and it’s shape maximises transport efficiency.


Key Features and Benefits
Designed to stand out
The product was designed to stand out on the shelf and in the back yard. With an abundance of cheap imports saturating the market, it was important that the form reflect the higher level of thought and quality that are integral to Yates products. It needed to look and feel modern and stylish. The colour was carefully chosen both for the fact that it stands out on the shelf and in the back yard.  

Ergonomics
The handle is broad and comfortable even when carrying 8L of water. Non-Slip grips are moulded into the handle. The handles are long so that it is easy to maintain the desired pouring angle without twisting your wrist or arm. The fill hole is high on the body and free from obstructions for easy filling. The filling hole is lower than the Rose so that it’s easy to see when the watering can is full.  

Accurate gardening tool
The moulding tool for the body was made without the volume levels. Samples were tested and the levels then added to the tool. Accuracy is important when measuring garden chemicals.  

Environmentally friendly
UV stabilisers have been added so the watering can will last for many years in the sun. Great care was taken to improve transport efficiency. There was a 20% improvement in the number of watering cans that can be packed on a pallet.  

Space Efficient
The Rose clips into the fill hole so that it won’t be lost when not in use. The spout can also be removed with the Rose so that the watering can can be stored in a smaller space. This also helps to prevent the spout and rose getting tangled up with everything else in the shed!  

Studio 2a - Packaging Awards

 

Studio 2a - Sheet Material

Choosing from either Aluminum, Polypropylene or Acrylic sheets we were tasked to create a product. I decided to choose the lesser; Aluminium. A hard task it was, to form something out of metal in a short amount of time.

As this project required us to design a household object out of a sheet material it was logical for me to look into origami for inspiration because to me, origami is the epitome of sheet material folding. The inspiration i found was not in the matinstream side of origami (paper cranes n such) but in the realm of the abstract, where folds are not made in straight lines but in curves to make 3d forms.

After modelling ideas out of paper card i finally came to a conclusion in the direction i would take for this assignment. A bowl made out of one sheet of aluminum using only bends to create the form.

From a single square sheet of aluminum using bends and folds, Orisa was formed. The name Orisa is derived from the Japanese words fold "ori" and plate "sara".
Like Origami the process in which Orisa is made does not involve any cuts or added material, which means there is no wastage of excess material.

Considerations about manufacturing has been factored. The size of orisa is not random. It has been designed to be made from a sheet of 300mm x 300mm aluminum. With a single 300mm square sheet, 32 Orisa templates can be made out of a standard 1200x2400mm sheet of aluminum. Which means the sheet of aluminum is being used at its maximum potential

 
                              

Usb KeyRing

In Material and Technology B during my 2nd semester of Industrial Design, we were asked to create a housing for a usb chip.
The shape i chose to house the usb chip was to be a key shaped form. The final product is made from layered mdf boards and spray painted with a metallic finish.

User Instructions

During Communications B we had to make user instructions for a product.
The Item i chose to do was a retractable cutting knife. The instructions were created by taking photos of a user handling the cutting knife and then traced through by illustrator using different line weights to obtain the final instruction set.

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Upcycling

Rationale

As this project was about upcycling, the material I used was very important to me as I wanted to help turn waste into a beautiful product. With this in mind I was prompted to go with using E-waste, cable wire in particular as e-waste is such a big problem as there are so many products being discarded due to the fact that replacing is much more efficient and cheaper to repair the item which is also known as design obsolete.

With these considerations I was inclined to use the insulated wires you find when you strip down telephone or network cables. The insulating wires found in the cables have very bright contrasting colours which I wanted to use in my advantage.

My product “Spirals” is a small decorative bowl used to hold small objects such as keys, lollies and etc.  Spirals incorporates the different coloured wires to make a visually attracting bowl that anybody would want to put in their home, its inviting, attractive and appealing. 

Design for Life

Watching the series design for life has inspired me to become a better designer. It was quite shocking to see that a lot of the people that were accepted into the show were very young like Lachlan who has just finished his 1st yr of uni which ranged up to rob who was 32. I was also suprised that Nebil had started his own freelance design company whilst in his 2nd year, It makes me feel i should do better as i'm already a 2nd year student.
But after watching more into the videos i realized that it doesn't matter what age you are as age does not matter when design is about dreams, aspirations, and good ideas, and that isn't constricted to how old you are.

After watching their first task of finding 2 objects which represents either ecology, function or gender made me reminisce back to our studio task where we had to mold a sculpture out of clay from smelling a scent. As we needed to find the designers intent behind the product which was represented in smell (shape, line, color, texture). It helped me a little to understand why we needed to study all those tedious tasks during first year.
Phillipe Stark described how he liked design which was rooted in everyday life and was connected to all and how art was for elitists. With this in mind Stark has designed many products which were sculptural like his lemon squeezer which cannot be used as the lemon juice corrodes the gold plating and is mere sculptural, or his kettle which is useless, so i was quite puzzled as to how Phillipe Starks design philosophy tied into his work.