PORTFOLIO UniSA
The following projects were part of the course work within the
Product Innovation (Industrial Design) Bachelor of Design course
at the University of South Australia.
GOLDEN RECORD

2012, Study Period 5,
Product Design Studio 4,GRAPP 2033.
Working Model / 1st Prototype.
Cast Concrete & CNC Machined “Di-Bond”
Brief:
Design a working Record Player using only 2 materials with 1 process each.
Create using production methods suitable for production of 100 units.
DUO Rotary/Drill

2014, Study Period 5,
Product Design Studio 6,GRAP 3011.
Final Studio, Design for manufacture
Protoype of a drill/driver for a domestic environment.
Brief:
Design a Drill/Driver tool for the home. With the home office in mind.
Taking into consideration:
Legal requirements for patents and standards,
Design for Usability,
Competetive benchmarking
Design for Manufacture & Environment,
Visual Brand Language,
Innovation.
Full presentation webpage here...
Japanese Inspired Tall-Lamp

2013, Study Period 2
Ergonomic + Cultural Factors in Furniture Design, ARCH 2034
Brief:
Design a free-standing floor lamp, based on elements of Japanese culture, using a modern LED light source.
Method:
Constructed from Square cut Tasmanian Oak,
Oak dowelling
& hand textured & laquered paper diffuser
Adelaide Velo-City Bike Share

2014, Study Period 2
Product Design Studio 5 (Usability), GRAP 3010
Displayed at the Adelaide Convention Centre
as part of the 2014 "Velo-City" Conference
Brief:
Expand upon the Adelaide bike-share system by creating your own system that will also interact with a product & an App suitable for smart phones.
Approach:
Upgrades to the Share-bikes to include a "Smart Hub" and universal smart phone "Cradle" to interact with the rider and the overall system through education, hire and intervention in conjunction with the app and the E-Velo system.
Flat-Pack Chair

2013, Study Period 2
Ergonomic + Cultural Factors in Furniture Design, ARCH 2034
Brief:
Design a Flat-Packed Chair based on elements of Japanese culture,
using a nominated size of material.
Method:
CNC Routered MDF
Oak dowelling
Vinyl Decals
Construction was achieved without fixings or adhesives.
Glucagon Injector

2014, Study Period 2
Product Design Studio 5 (Usability), GRAP 3010
Introduction:
The basis of this project is a Glucagon Injector: a medical device (“auto-injector”) used by people with hypoglycaemia.
Brief:
Develop design for usability skills and knowledge: implement Design For Usability principles such as mappings, affordances and visibilities.
User instructions: create instructions that will enable the user to use the product correctly & conduct useability trials as a way of evaluating the success of a design.
Solidworks Assignments

3D Drafting Assignments using SolidWorks
GRAP 2029 (2013)
Design Communication 3
Projects included:
1. Reverse engineering the model from an
off the shelf soap dispenser.
2. Reverse engineered model of Microsoft
USB Mouse.
3. Custom mouse design, based on
pop-culture reference for branding/styling.
All of the above assignments required a blog to document the progression and troubleshooting of the drafting process.
More Furniture
Furniture Electives
During the degree I took part in 2 furniture electives:
ARCH 2035 Furniture Design for Manufacture
ARCH 2034 Ergonomic and Cultural Factors in Furniture Design
Furniture also often emerged in other areas of the "Bachelor of Design" program.
This is a product range we can easily model, self-test and fabricate.
These are a few of the examples
![]() Tall EchoAnother Chair from the Furniture Elective. This was built with Manufacture in mind and combines standard cut pine with aluminium for the dowel rods with and Echo Panel cushion | ![]() Experimental MugThis was made as part of the Product Aesthetics and Values course. My mug was made from Cast Concrete with a Laser cut Marine Ply base |
|---|---|
![]() Cardboard Chair (1st year studio)The brief asked for everyone to use the same size sheet of card and use as much of it as possible. Other rules were: -Hand cut -NO Tape, No Glue -Must hold average adult's weight | ![]() repurposed chair-AThe brief required that we used no new elements and that the new product had a different function to its original form. |
![]() repurposed chair-BThe chair was constructed using a couple of old AB-Rockers, timber decking & two broom-handles. The chair can be used as a reclined reading chair or flip it around for a low rocking chair. |




