II Tone
Instead of two different nibs, this marker has two different tones. By combining two tones in one pen, with separate refillable enclosures, it halves the amount of pens needed to be bought and carried, saving money for extra ink refills.
Soup
A ceramic bowl with a form that grows from a cylinder to a soft square. The intended aesthetic is only succeeded when the bowl is in use, and soup poured into the bowl creates a circle of colour, framed within the square edges. It is an object that gains visual value and basks in its...
Pet
For those that would like the company of a pet, but cannot afford the time to look after one. Unlike other devices that use pre-programmed algorithms to create ‘natural’ spontaneity, the animal silhouette displayed reflects the movements of a real live pet, possibly in your neighbors home, or another continent entirely. Although a whimsical concept, the...
Best ’till Last
From observing different rituals, I became interested in human behaviors when eating foods. This ceramic plate plays with the tendency for people to organise their food whilst eating, pushing contents around the plate, readying bite-size portions for consumption, often trying to include a bit of everything in each fork load. Saving a favourite part of the meal for...
Month
Still in the development stage, this self initiated project attempts to alter the users perception of time. The face of this watch does not boast the hours or minutes passed through- out a day, but rather attempts to give the user a new sense of the time of month. The faint black circle indicates the...
Buro
For a live client brief from Habitat, former head designer, Bethan Gray, tutored our progress from start to end, asking for a small, low cost home office solution with a separate mobile storage unit. Responding to the fact that a work surface in use is never flat, Buro provides levels to create opportunity...
AM/PM
Far too many high-technology creations have moved from real physical controls and products to ones that reside on computer screens, to be operated by touching the screen or manipulating a mouse. All the pleasure of manipulating a physical object is gone and, with it, a sense of control. Physical feel matters. We are, after all, biological...
Harley Davidson
This camera is the result of a global branding project, exploring how to de-code a brand, and then apply that code to a different product type. ‘it’s the journey, not the destination’ The Harley Davidson mantra comments on experience being key to their brand. With this focus, the controls of the camera are bold and...