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ALIBI

This project was a 10 week, individual, 4th Year Project. The brief was to design a 'digital nomadic' device that would aid in working away from the office.

4th Year

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Individual

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10 Weeks

The Initial Idea

to be developed.

  • A product that you will video call from home which will act as a virtual version of yourself sitting at your desk.

  • It will allow for interactions with colleagues working out of the office without the need for an official video call.

  • This will improve mental health & social interaction as well as group collaboration & office moral.

Design Preparation

Research

Design Preparation

Understanding the market.

  • I researched products that do similar things.

  • I researched office spaces & products used in office spaces.

  • I looked at interestingly shaped products to inspire me.

 mood board,

created from my research to aid in my concept development, market understanding & help create a potential colour palette.

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Concept development

 Digital Drawing 

Concept Development

Using research to develop a design direction.

  • I experimented with shape using ideation pages.

  • I then developed the chosen direction to begin to get an initial final form.

ideation

By using the mood board & sketching I decided on an overall form to develop further.

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Cocept Research

Research

Concept Research

Ensuring the product is user-centred & functional.

  • I performed thorough user centred research & technical research to ensure the product was as user friendly & to understand how the product would function.

User centred research

  • I performed a group interview to better understand user's requirements.

  • I wrote an initial list of user requirements to guide my development.

  • I wrote a detailed design brief using the user requirements.

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technical research

  • I researched each component that was going into the ALIBI.

  • I researched how similar products work.

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 Digital Drawing 

Concept Form Development

Developed the overall form. 

  • Developed the form to ensure it was aesthetic, fit the researched components & fit the user requirements.

Form development
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 Digital Drawing 

Technical Development

Developed the technical details.

  • After deciding on the basic form I developed the details to ensure the product fit the specification.

Technical development
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I developed a USB C charging port indent & light to show when the user is available

Charging port & availability light

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Base vents

I designed cooling vents on the bottom of the charging base.

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Button placement & design

I played around with a few button designs & placements to ensure it fit with the design aesthetic.

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Speaker solution

A worked out how the speaker could be down facing & added a charging light to the base.

 Digital Drawing 

Final Design Concept

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CAD

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3D Printing & Blender

Visualising the design & testing the ergonomics.

  • I modelled the design in Blender to aid me in modelling a more detailed solidworks model.

  • I 3D printed the design to understand the designs proportions and test that it was a user friendly product.

Modelling & Blender
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Keyshot

Final Design

Final CAD model & rendered visuals.

  • After modelling the final design in Solidworks it was rendered in Keyshot.

  • The renders were edited and formatted using Affinity Designer, Publisher & Photo.

Final Design
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