Class: Presentation Principles
Client: Portfolio
Client: Portfolio
Role: Industrial Designer
Year: 2010
Artwork: Stephen Atkinson
Artwork: Stephen Atkinson
Garden Grinders
In 2010, concurrently with the bottle opener project, we were to design a product that could be used in, or is based on, urban farming. Urban farming is the process of growing, cultivating, processing agriculture in a city, town, or village. This is a look at the final presentation for my product; Garden Grinders. Garden grinders were inspired by my hobby of cooking. Garden Grinders allowed a user to grow and grind fresh herbs, in a small space, in their homes.
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Brief overview from initial design to final rendering - Photoshop
Brainstorming
The first step was brainstorming what Urban Farming meant to us. The entire 20+ person class all participated in one large brainstorming session, and from there, each individual came up with their own product ideas.
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Notes taken from the initial group brainstorming session
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Mood Board - used to spark inspiration for our project
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Product Inspiration - used to start initial concept designs
Concept Sketches
I initially had to come up with a variety of different product concepts, and narrow my choice down from there. Sadly, some products didn't make the cut - the Crop Duster, which was an ass-shapped spray bottle, didn't make it through initial concept buy-off.
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Concept Sketches - hand drawn
Benchmarking
Once my final concept was selected, I had to work out the various details of my product.
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Concept benchmarking - hand drawn
Final Product Renderings
Hand drawn final sketches were then turned into rendered final product sketches.
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Final Product Rendering - Photoshop
