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Black & white T-shirts and badge for Moscow drum'n'bass festival "Generator Stage2"
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47th Annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington DC on Saturday afternoon, 29 June 2013 by Elvert Barnes Photography
The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity
www.festival.si.edu/2013/Will_to_Adorn/index.aspx
DESIGN STUDIO / Health and Heritage
SCARVES FOR CANCER SURVIVORS Project by Artist / Fashion Designer CYNTHIA SANDS and ANDRENE TAYLOR (ZURIWORKS)
Visit Cyntha Sands website at www.csandsart.com/
Visit Andrene Taylor / ZuriWorks website at www.zuriworks.org/
Visit Smithsonian Folklife Festival website at www.festival.si.edu/
Visit Elvert Barnes 47th SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL 2013 docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/47thSmithsonianFolklifeFestival2013
47th Annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival OPENING DAY on the National Mall in Washington DC on Wednesday afternoon, 26 June 2013 by Elvert Barnes Photography
The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity
www.festival.si.edu/2013/Will_to_Adorn/index.aspx
THE DESIGN STUDIO
Visit Smithsonian Folklife Festival website at www.festival.si.edu/
Visit Elvert Barnes 47th SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL 2013 docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/47thSmithsonianFolklifeFestival2013
47th Annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival OPENING DAY on the National Mall in Washington DC on Wednesday afternoon, 26 June 2013 by Elvert Barnes Photography
The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity
www.festival.si.edu/2013/Will_to_Adorn/index.aspx
THE DESIGN STUDIO / HAIR STYLING
Fana Chisolm, Hair Braider and Loctician
Washington DC
Visit Smithsonian Folklife Festival website at www.festival.si.edu/
Visit Elvert Barnes 47th SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL 2013 docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/47thSmithsonianFolklifeFestival2013
Corporate identity for boutique of ladies' wear.
Logotype, folder, catalogue, cards, label.
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Selfportrait,
if you like my photos, visit
www.facebook.com/ateliercarnarius
After the project "stevenbysteven" comes "just steven". Irregular self-portraits in which I experiment with lighting, location and my camera. from portrait to fashion to erotic. a mix of different styles.
(C) 2011 Steven P. Carnarius. All rights reserved
47th Annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington DC on Saturday afternoon, 29 June 2013 by Elvert Barnes Photography
The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity
www.festival.si.edu/2013/Will_to_Adorn/index.aspx
THE DESIGN STUDIO / BARBERING
Dennis “Denny Moe” Mitchell
Barber, Harlem, New York City
Denny Moe’s Superstar Barbershop
www.dennymoesuperstarbarbershop.com/
Visit Smithsonian Folklife Festival website at www.festival.si.edu/
Visit Elvert Barnes 47th SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL 2013 docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/47thSmithsonianFolklifeFestival2013
Colors: Shades of Blue + Turquoise
This wedding inspiration board was inspired by Pantone's 2010 color of the year – Turquoise.
If you can't have a destination wedding on the beach with the ocean as your gorgeous backdrop, bring the ocean to you. Be bold! and wash everything in shades of the ocean for your wedding and reception. Surround your whole reception venue with strong, accessory lighting to create the effect that you are surrounded by the cool, ocean water.
I have the perfect wedding invitation design that will go perfectly with the look of this mood board. I am envisioning a very artistic treatment of waves, very graphic, on the cover, and the initials of the bride and groom are perfectly embedded into the design. If you like what you see and hear, email me for custom invitation designs. I am here to help in anyway to make your day come to life.
To see more inspiring design projects, visit www.designwithchon.com
Like me on Facebook! www.facebook.com/DesignWithChon
.............................
Design With Chon (DWC), a boutique design studio with defined niches in (1) visual communication, (2) event design and (3) interiors. Each of these industries are huge in themselves, but DWC has an understanding that bridges them together — color, balance, texture, order and a good eye for design. DWC’s goal is to achieve good design in all its various forms, whether it’s from the branding of your business to saying “I do” to transforming a dwelling in your home. Let me, “Chon," be your go-to person for good design, color, great photography and art. A balanced environment makes you feel good, and I am here to inspire your surroundings.
If you’re interested in sharing an idea or a project, drop me a line at designwithchon[at]gmail.com to start the conversation.
©Design With Chon. All Rights Reserved.
47th Annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington DC on Saturday afternoon, 29 June 2013 by Elvert Barnes Photography
The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity
www.festival.si.edu/2013/Will_to_Adorn/index.aspx
DESIGN STUDIO / Health And Heritage
Andrene Taylor, Founder of ZuriWorks for Women’s Health
Visit Smithsonian Folklife Festival website at www.festival.si.edu/
Visit Elvert Barnes 47th SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL 2013 docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/47thSmithsonianFolklifeFestival2013
47th Annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington DC on Saturday afternoon, 29 June 2013 by Elvert Barnes Photography
The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity
www.festival.si.edu/2013/Will_to_Adorn/index.aspx
THE DESIGN STUDIO / HAIR STYLING
Fana Chisolm, Hair Braider and Loctician
Washington DC
Visit Smithsonian Folklife Festival website at www.festival.si.edu/
Visit Elvert Barnes 47th SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL 2013 docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/47thSmithsonianFolklifeFestival2013
47th Annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival OPENING DAY on the National Mall in Washington DC on Wednesday afternoon, 26 June 2013 by Elvert Barnes Photography
The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity
www.festival.si.edu/2013/Will_to_Adorn/index.aspx
THE DESIGN STUDIO / BARBERING
Dennis “Denny Moe” Mitchell
Barber, Harlem, New York City
Denny Moe’s Superstar Barbershop
www.dennymoesuperstarbarbershop.com/
Visit Smithsonian Folklife Festival website at www.festival.si.edu/
Visit Elvert Barnes 47th SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL 2013 docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/47thSmithsonianFolklifeFestival2013
47th Annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival OPENING DAY on the National Mall in Washington DC on Wednesday afternoon, 26 June 2013 by Elvert Barnes Photography
The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity
www.festival.si.edu/2013/Will_to_Adorn/index.aspx
THE DESIGN STUDIO / BARBERING
Dennis “Denny Moe” Mitchell
Barber, Harlem, New York City
Denny Moe’s Superstar Barbershop
www.dennymoesuperstarbarbershop.com/
Visit Smithsonian Folklife Festival website at www.festival.si.edu/
Visit Elvert Barnes 47th SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL 2013 docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/47thSmithsonianFolklifeFestival2013
47th Annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival OPENING DAY on the National Mall in Washington DC on Wednesday afternoon, 26 June 2013 by Elvert Barnes Photography
The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity
www.festival.si.edu/2013/Will_to_Adorn/index.aspx
THE DESIGN STUDIO / BARBERING
Dennis “Denny Moe” Mitchell
Barber, Harlem, New York City
Denny Moe’s Superstar Barbershop
www.dennymoesuperstarbarbershop.com/
Visit Smithsonian Folklife Festival website at www.festival.si.edu/
Visit Elvert Barnes 47th SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL 2013 docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/47thSmithsonianFolklifeFestival2013
Some of my artwork from 1995. At A Space Apart studio, 148 Madison Avenue, Nomad, Manhattan. See also: www.flickr.com/photos/zeldman/sets/72157651970640230
Lemonade was commissioned to Art Direct and Design the catalogue for for Coussinet's Autumn Winter 2009 collection of scarves, belts and accessories. The final product resulted in a large format catalogue along with an A1 poster folded down that also doubled as a product guide. The uncoated finish and textures used throughout the brochure helped reinforce Coussinet's 'hand crafted' quality.
Lemonade has created branding and marketing collateral including brochures, catalogues, flyers and websites for leading fashion labels both in Australia and overseas. Some of our clients include:
Lemonade was commissioned to Art Direct and Design the catalogue for for Coussinet's Autumn Winter 2009 collection of scarves, belts and accessories. The final product resulted in a large format catalogue along with an A1 poster folded down that also doubled as a product guide. The uncoated finish and textures used throughout the brochure helped reinforce Coussinet's 'hand crafted' quality.
Lemonade has created branding and marketing collateral including brochures, catalogues, flyers and websites for leading fashion labels both in Australia and overseas. Some of our clients include:
47th Annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival OPENING DAY on the National Mall in Washington DC on Wednesday afternoon, 26 June 2013 by Elvert Barnes Photography
The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity
www.festival.si.edu/2013/Will_to_Adorn/index.aspx
THE DESIGN STUDIO / BARBERING
Dennis “Denny Moe” Mitchell
Barber, Harlem, New York City
Denny Moe’s Superstar Barbershop
www.dennymoesuperstarbarbershop.com/
Visit Smithsonian Folklife Festival website at www.festival.si.edu/
Visit Elvert Barnes 47th SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL 2013 docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/47thSmithsonianFolklifeFestival2013
Hardcover: 160 pages
Publisher: ABC Edition Verlag (May 1983)
Language: German, French, and English
ISBN-10: 0803872275
iPlay V1
Our design had to be cheap to manufacture, with minimal manufacture processes and a low overall cost. Keeping this in mind I sketched my basic idea and then rendered it. After exporting the DXF files I lasercut them and had my first prototype.
There is an everlasting debate amongst gamers as to which console and controller is the best. I found that the PS3 controller was the most popular second being Xbox 360. The PS3 controller is symettrical unlike the Xbox controller and is so ergonomoic you can often forget you are holding it.
I illustrated the PS3 controller outline to kickstart the CAD process. My design consists of 3 layers of 5mm acrylic creating an iphone cavity depth of 10mm (iPhone 4 has a thickness of 9.3mm) and an overall thickness of 15mm. The structure would be held together with tight fit acrylic rods. I need to carry out test pieces on 2.99+-0.1mm radii to decide what are the best dimensions to use for these slots bearing in mind the lasercutter burns away material.
The whole in the bottom layer is so the device can be pushed out from the case after use.
V2
I asked some students to test the V1 prototype. They liked the product especially its simplicity. There were points that I could develop and improve.
Not all iPhone games auto orientate, hence it was essential I adapted my design so the phone could be rotated 180 degress. This would be easy by simply duplicating the button slots.
In addition to this there was no camera hole. If I were to introduce a camera holeto the design it would have to be duplicated 180 degrees to ensure photos could be taken no matter what orientation the iPhone was.
Taking this on board I designed and manufactured iPlay V2. Although acrylic rod would create a tight fit, 4 drops of dichloromethane would chemically weld the components together for a long lasting permanent fit. After this I used a buffing wheel to create round edges making the product more ergonomic to hold.
V3
Once again I asked some students for feedback on my prototype. They were impressed with how I addressed the previous issues. The only negative point raised was that it would not fit in your pocket. This was the next challenge I faced.
I considered hinging the lower two arms and making them lock into the back of the case. However this would make the design more complex and increase cost and manufacturing processes.
I moved the top pair of holes further up to better distribute the stress. I decided to split the product in half. My V3 model has alternating layers this creates cavities that allow it to be locked together together when not in use as photographed. This would easily fit in you pocket.
The problem the alternating layers created is a less ergonomic shape. Secondly there was nothing holding the two half together when placed on the phone.
In my V4 model I introduced a rubber band which kept the two half together when on the phone. It would also prevent one half form being lost. This created a new problem; the top half of the rubber band would not always line up as there was nothing guiding it. This was my next problem to solve.
V4
My final model would be made from acrylic but I was not going to buff it as that would add a manufacture process and would siginificanty increase the manufacture time. Since I was already using the laser cutter for cutting my components I thought I may aswell engrave some sort of graphics onto the top layer. I decided to remove the gaps in between the layers to make it better to hold and to remodel the rubberband tracks.
V5
I solved the problem of the inconvenient rubber band with two more locating rods on the top. These extra rods would keep the rubber band guided along the correct track. I made a MDF prototype to test my idea and it worked successfully even with coffee stirrers replicating the acrylic rod.
Satisfied with my idea I finally created an acrylic version. This required a bit more thought than previously as I had to accomodate for the thick rubber band. I decided to use 3mm acrylic instead of 5mm to create a thinner profile. This meant I needed a total of 5 layers to accomodate an iPhone 4.
Since I was already using a lasercutter and I wanted the product to appeal to gamers I decided to engrave some patterns. I was going to use a translucent coloured acrylic for the bottom layer and adjust the design so that it covers the camera and flash. This way the case will act as a camera filter and the flash/torch will produce coloured light.
Now that the product was split into halfs the individual components were so small that cutting a single iPlay V5 uses less than an A4 sized amount of 3mm acrylic (the 2D Design screenshot has an A3 page layout). This also meant that it would fit both an iPhone 4 & 5 as the rubber can stretch to accomodate for an iPhone 5. Apart from the height of the iPhone 5 the dimensions are very similair to those of the 4.
I am very pleased with the final product and getting through to the next stage with KFDS. If I were to develop the product further I would find a way to lock the two halves together when not on the phone. This could be done like a jigsaw puzzle or by manipulating the rods into a dowel joint.
iPlay V1
Our design had to be cheap to manufacture, with minimal manufacture processes and a low overall cost. Keeping this in mind I sketched my basic idea and then rendered it. After exporting the DXF files I lasercut them and had my first prototype.
There is an everlasting debate amongst gamers as to which console and controller is the best. I found that the PS3 controller was the most popular second being Xbox 360. The PS3 controller is symettrical unlike the Xbox controller and is so ergonomoic you can often forget you are holding it.
I illustrated the PS3 controller outline to kickstart the CAD process. My design consists of 3 layers of 5mm acrylic creating an iphone cavity depth of 10mm (iPhone 4 has a thickness of 9.3mm) and an overall thickness of 15mm. The structure would be held together with tight fit acrylic rods. I need to carry out test pieces on 2.99+-0.1mm radii to decide what are the best dimensions to use for these slots bearing in mind the lasercutter burns away material.
The whole in the bottom layer is so the device can be pushed out from the case after use.
V2
I asked some students to test the V1 prototype. They liked the product especially its simplicity. There were points that I could develop and improve.
Not all iPhone games auto orientate, hence it was essential I adapted my design so the phone could be rotated 180 degress. This would be easy by simply duplicating the button slots.
In addition to this there was no camera hole. If I were to introduce a camera holeto the design it would have to be duplicated 180 degrees to ensure photos could be taken no matter what orientation the iPhone was.
Taking this on board I designed and manufactured iPlay V2. Although acrylic rod would create a tight fit, 4 drops of dichloromethane would chemically weld the components together for a long lasting permanent fit. After this I used a buffing wheel to create round edges making the product more ergonomic to hold.
V3
Once again I asked some students for feedback on my prototype. They were impressed with how I addressed the previous issues. The only negative point raised was that it would not fit in your pocket. This was the next challenge I faced.
I considered hinging the lower two arms and making them lock into the back of the case. However this would make the design more complex and increase cost and manufacturing processes.
I moved the top pair of holes further up to better distribute the stress. I decided to split the product in half. My V3 model has alternating layers this creates cavities that allow it to be locked together together when not in use as photographed. This would easily fit in you pocket.
The problem the alternating layers created is a less ergonomic shape. Secondly there was nothing holding the two half together when placed on the phone.
In my V4 model I introduced a rubber band which kept the two half together when on the phone. It would also prevent one half form being lost. This created a new problem; the top half of the rubber band would not always line up as there was nothing guiding it. This was my next problem to solve.
V4
My final model would be made from acrylic but I was not going to buff it as that would add a manufacture process and would siginificanty increase the manufacture time. Since I was already using the laser cutter for cutting my components I thought I may aswell engrave some sort of graphics onto the top layer. I decided to remove the gaps in between the layers to make it better to hold and to remodel the rubberband tracks.
V5
I solved the problem of the inconvenient rubber band with two more locating rods on the top. These extra rods would keep the rubber band guided along the correct track. I made a MDF prototype to test my idea and it worked successfully even with coffee stirrers replicating the acrylic rod.
Satisfied with my idea I finally created an acrylic version. This required a bit more thought than previously as I had to accomodate for the thick rubber band. I decided to use 3mm acrylic instead of 5mm to create a thinner profile. This meant I needed a total of 5 layers to accomodate an iPhone 4.
Since I was already using a lasercutter and I wanted the product to appeal to gamers I decided to engrave some patterns. I was going to use a translucent coloured acrylic for the bottom layer and adjust the design so that it covers the camera and flash. This way the case will act as a camera filter and the flash/torch will produce coloured light.
Now that the product was split into halfs the individual components were so small that cutting a single iPlay V5 uses less than an A4 sized amount of 3mm acrylic (the 2D Design screenshot has an A3 page layout). This also meant that it would fit both an iPhone 4 & 5 as the rubber can stretch to accomodate for an iPhone 5. Apart from the height of the iPhone 5 the dimensions are very similair to those of the 4.
I am very pleased with the final product and getting through to the next stage with KFDS. If I were to develop the product further I would find a way to lock the two halves together when not on the phone. This could be done like a jigsaw puzzle or by manipulating the rods into a dowel joint.
47th Annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival OPENING DAY on the National Mall in Washington DC on Wednesday afternoon, 26 June 2013 by Elvert Barnes Photography
The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity
www.festival.si.edu/2013/Will_to_Adorn/index.aspx
THE DESIGN STUDIO / BARBERING
Dennis “Denny Moe” Mitchell
Barber, Harlem, New York City
Denny Moe’s Superstar Barbershop
www.dennymoesuperstarbarbershop.com/
Visit Smithsonian Folklife Festival website at www.festival.si.edu/
Visit Elvert Barnes 47th SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL 2013 docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/47thSmithsonianFolklifeFestival2013
47th Annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival OPENING DAY on the National Mall in Washington DC on Wednesday afternoon, 26 June 2013 by Elvert Barnes Photography
The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity
www.festival.si.edu/2013/Will_to_Adorn/index.aspx
THE DESIGN STUDIO / BARBERING
Dennis “Denny Moe” Mitchell
Barber, Harlem, New York City
Denny Moe’s Superstar Barbershop
www.dennymoesuperstarbarbershop.com/
Visit Smithsonian Folklife Festival website at www.festival.si.edu/
Visit Elvert Barnes 47th SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL 2013 docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/47thSmithsonianFolklifeFestival2013
A great way to spruce up your bathroom is to go with a bold tile in your shower or even on your floors. Keep everything else neutral, simple and budget friendly from your walls to your sink counter and transform the visual playing field with a good tile like this. Image via Apartment Therapy.
To see more inspiring design + ideas for interiors, visit www.designwithchon.com
Follow on Twitter: @DesignWithChon
Like on Facebook! www.facebook.com/DesignWithChon
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Design With Chon (DWC), a boutique design studio with defined niches in (1) visual communication, (2) event design and (3) interiors. Each of these industries are huge in themselves, but DWC has an understanding that bridges them together — color, balance, texture, order and a good eye for design. DWC’s goal is to achieve good design in all its various forms, whether it’s from the branding of your business to saying “I do” to transforming a dwelling in your home. Let me, “Chon,” be your go-to person for good design, color, great photography and art. A balanced environment makes you feel good, and I am here to inspire your surroundings.
If you’re interested in sharing an idea or a project, drop me a line at designwithchon[at]gmail.com to start the conversation.
One of a continuing series showing the ever changing faces of the publicly funded John McAslan Display Space at 451-453 High Road Tottenham, London N17.
Taken on 17 January 2015 at 4:18pm.
I was trying not to do the typical gender, specific baby shower invite with baby powder blues for a boy and light pinks for a girl. Plus, this shower was co-ed, and I wanted it to appeal to everyone.
In this first shower, I went with a colorful palette that leaned to be more feminine with the hot magenta hue since my friend was having a baby girl. And for her custom invite, I used this fun baby rhyme that we once heard as children – (insert a girl's name) and (insert a boy's name) sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G, First comes love , Then comes marriage, Then comes (insert a girl's name) with a baby carriage. Obviously, I modified the rhyme to be more fitting for the invite.
Custom invitation design, reverse side of cover - shower information, custom circular labels and envelopes from Paper Source.
Technique: 4-color ink on Epson Heavyweight Matte Paper, printed front and back on an Epson Stylus Photo 1280 printer.
To see more custom design projects, visit www.designwithchon.com
Like me on Facebook! www.facebook.com/DesignWithChon
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Design With Chon (DWC), a boutique design studio with defined niches in (1) visual communication, (2) event design and (3) interiors. Each of these industries are huge in themselves, but DWC has an understanding that bridges them together — color, balance, texture, order and a good eye for design. DWC’s goal is to achieve good design in all its various forms, whether it’s from the branding of your business to saying “I do” to transforming a dwelling in your home. Let me, “Chon," be your go-to person for good design, color, great photography and art. A balanced environment makes you feel good, and I am here to inspire your surroundings.
If you’re interested in sharing an idea or a project, drop me a line at designwithchon[at]gmail.com to start the conversation.
©Design With Chon. All Rights Reserved.
47th Annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington DC on Saturday afternoon, 29 June 2013 by Elvert Barnes Photography
The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity
www.festival.si.edu/2013/Will_to_Adorn/index.aspx
DESIGN STUDIO / Health And Heritage
Andrene Taylor, Founder, ZuriWorks for Women’s Health
Visit Smithsonian Folklife Festival website at www.festival.si.edu/
Visit Elvert Barnes 47th SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL 2013 docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/47thSmithsonianFolklifeFestival2013
iPlay V1
Our design had to be cheap to manufacture, with minimal manufacture processes and a low overall cost. Keeping this in mind I sketched my basic idea and then rendered it. After exporting the DXF files I lasercut them and had my first prototype.
There is an everlasting debate amongst gamers as to which console and controller is the best. I found that the PS3 controller was the most popular second being Xbox 360. The PS3 controller is symettrical unlike the Xbox controller and is so ergonomoic you can often forget you are holding it.
I illustrated the PS3 controller outline to kickstart the CAD process. My design consists of 3 layers of 5mm acrylic creating an iphone cavity depth of 10mm (iPhone 4 has a thickness of 9.3mm) and an overall thickness of 15mm. The structure would be held together with tight fit acrylic rods. I need to carry out test pieces on 2.99+-0.1mm radii to decide what are the best dimensions to use for these slots bearing in mind the lasercutter burns away material.
The whole in the bottom layer is so the device can be pushed out from the case after use.
V2
I asked some students to test the V1 prototype. They liked the product especially its simplicity. There were points that I could develop and improve.
Not all iPhone games auto orientate, hence it was essential I adapted my design so the phone could be rotated 180 degress. This would be easy by simply duplicating the button slots.
In addition to this there was no camera hole. If I were to introduce a camera holeto the design it would have to be duplicated 180 degrees to ensure photos could be taken no matter what orientation the iPhone was.
Taking this on board I designed and manufactured iPlay V2. Although acrylic rod would create a tight fit, 4 drops of dichloromethane would chemically weld the components together for a long lasting permanent fit. After this I used a buffing wheel to create round edges making the product more ergonomic to hold.
V3
Once again I asked some students for feedback on my prototype. They were impressed with how I addressed the previous issues. The only negative point raised was that it would not fit in your pocket. This was the next challenge I faced.
I considered hinging the lower two arms and making them lock into the back of the case. However this would make the design more complex and increase cost and manufacturing processes.
I moved the top pair of holes further up to better distribute the stress. I decided to split the product in half. My V3 model has alternating layers this creates cavities that allow it to be locked together together when not in use as photographed. This would easily fit in you pocket.
The problem the alternating layers created is a less ergonomic shape. Secondly there was nothing holding the two half together when placed on the phone.
In my V4 model I introduced a rubber band which kept the two half together when on the phone. It would also prevent one half form being lost. This created a new problem; the top half of the rubber band would not always line up as there was nothing guiding it. This was my next problem to solve.
V4
My final model would be made from acrylic but I was not going to buff it as that would add a manufacture process and would siginificanty increase the manufacture time. Since I was already using the laser cutter for cutting my components I thought I may aswell engrave some sort of graphics onto the top layer. I decided to remove the gaps in between the layers to make it better to hold and to remodel the rubberband tracks.
V5
I solved the problem of the inconvenient rubber band with two more locating rods on the top. These extra rods would keep the rubber band guided along the correct track. I made a MDF prototype to test my idea and it worked successfully even with coffee stirrers replicating the acrylic rod.
Satisfied with my idea I finally created an acrylic version. This required a bit more thought than previously as I had to accomodate for the thick rubber band. I decided to use 3mm acrylic instead of 5mm to create a thinner profile. This meant I needed a total of 5 layers to accomodate an iPhone 4.
Since I was already using a lasercutter and I wanted the product to appeal to gamers I decided to engrave some patterns. I was going to use a translucent coloured acrylic for the bottom layer and adjust the design so that it covers the camera and flash. This way the case will act as a camera filter and the flash/torch will produce coloured light.
Now that the product was split into halfs the individual components were so small that cutting a single iPlay V5 uses less than an A4 sized amount of 3mm acrylic (the 2D Design screenshot has an A3 page layout). This also meant that it would fit both an iPhone 4 & 5 as the rubber can stretch to accomodate for an iPhone 5. Apart from the height of the iPhone 5 the dimensions are very similair to those of the 4.
I am very pleased with the final product and getting through to the next stage with KFDS. If I were to develop the product further I would find a way to lock the two halves together when not on the phone. This could be done like a jigsaw puzzle or by manipulating the rods into a dowel joint.
Hardcover: 160 pages
Publisher: ABC Edition Verlag (May 1983)
Language: German, French, and English
ISBN-10: 0803872275
Although my background is in graphic design/advertising, there are design qualities that can be bridged between graphic design and interiors – color, texture and balance. Those three key words that I just described truly reflect my design aesthetic. Whether it's the color of Pantone inks printed onto 100 lb. cover weight Strathmore paper for graphic design, or Benjamin Moore paints onto a wall contrasted by a bold, patterned fabric wing chair, both creative fields require an eye for color, texture, and making sure all the elements work & balance each other in totality.
To see more custom design projects, visit www.designwithchon.com
Follow on Twitter: @DesignWithChon
Like on Facebook! www.facebook.com/DesignWithChon
.............................
Design With Chon (DWC), a boutique design studio with defined niches in (1) visual communication, (2) event design and (3) interiors. Each of these industries are huge in themselves, but DWC has an understanding that bridges them together — color, balance, texture, order and a good eye for design. DWC’s goal is to achieve good design in all its various forms, whether it’s from the branding of your business to saying “I do” to transforming a dwelling in your home. Let me, “Chon," be your go-to person for good design, color, great photography and art. A balanced environment makes you feel good, and I am here to inspire your surroundings.
If you’re interested in sharing an idea or a project, drop me a line at designwithchon[at]gmail.com to start the conversation.
©2011 Design With Chon, LLC. All Rights Reserved.