Portfolio Pieces

In the week leading up to Christmas, I worked diligently to create a couple of product designs, which I then posted to my online portfolio at coroflot.com/metamere.

The first project was a chair design. I just doodled for a little while, and the "Lean-Back Chair" is what resulted after further development in SolidWorks. I was able to test the balance of this half-rocker chair to see whether it's behavior would be interesting to experience, and comfortable to sit in. You can read more descriptions and see more photos in my portfolio page for it.



The second was a design that I had thought up back in the late summer or early fall. I wanted to fully define and execute this idea, since it was a simple and complete one. I wanted a strong, sturdy utensil that could work just as well as a spoon or a fork. I wanted it to be able to stab a grape or meatbell, cut a piece of chicken, scoop ice cream, and scrape yogurt out of the corner of a cup. It had to be beautiful and comfortable to use. In creating this model, I figured out a lot about using surfaces, which will be very valuable in the long run. I also did some FEA (finite element analysis) to test it, and then modified the design a bit based on the results. Here is the portfolio page for this project.