Joanna Hawley Personal RSS Feed http://www.behance.net/JoannaHawley Prosthetics generally lack humanity, style and grace. Often, they look much like landing gear and make the wearer uncomfortable, self aware, and sometimes depressed. By channeling the Eames' use materials and iconic style, we designed a leg with Steve McQueen in mind. We sought to convey a creative use of positive and negative space, a balance of materials and a reflection of the wearer. This project taught me to expand my use of research materials. We interviewed several amputees in varying stages of acceptance, met with Sephora color specialists to discuss skin tones, and 3D laser scanned actual legs to translate the proportions of the human body into CAD. Through a wide range of techniques, I explored the challenge of designing something with the body in mind. http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Eames-Inspired-Prosthetic-Leg/168225 Prosthetics generally lack humanity, style and grace. Often, they look much like landing gear and make the wearer uncomfortable, self aware, and sometimes depressed. By channeling the Eames' use materials and iconic style, we designed a leg with Steve McQueen in mind. We sought to convey a creative use of positive and negative space, a balance of materials and a reflection of the wearer. This project taught me to expand my use of research materials. We interviewed several amputees in varying stages of acceptance, met with Sephora color specialists to discuss skin tones, and 3D laser scanned actual legs to translate the proportions of the human body into CAD. Through a wide range of techniques, I explored the challenge of designing something with the body in mind. http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Eames-Inspired-Prosthetic-Leg/168225 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:29:23 -0600 These images were taken during a transient period in my life. They were quickly shot, using a dinky Holga. Ideally, these images are printed 24x24 inches. http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Vignettes/185772 These images were taken during a transient period in my life. They were quickly shot, using a dinky Holga. Ideally, these images are printed 24x24 inches. http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Vignettes/185772 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:11:17 -0600 A balance between the function of a table and the art of imagery. The form was driven by the bent-ply process, through much trial and error and research. http://www.behance.net/Gallery/the-W-table/168221 A balance between the function of a table and the art of imagery. The form was driven by the bent-ply process, through much trial and error and research. http://www.behance.net/Gallery/the-W-table/168221 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:21:36 -0600