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| Singapore Freelance Design - Product Design Portfolio |
After going through the drawing board, 3D modeling and prototype process, what allows a proposed design to stand out from the rest? The user-experience of course. Housed here are some of my award winning product design and industrial design concepts created during my course in the Singapore Polytechnic (Creativity Innovation and Enterprise Option).
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The Wi-fi Hotpsot Audio Player (STB) | |
Developed for the Tourism Board primarily to be used on Singapore Flyer Observation Wheel, this audio player is a wi-fi hotspot device. Available in various colours, this wi-fi device is also targeted to be used islandwide in various attractions around Singapore. It delivers location-specific content and will automatically play attraction informational content when a tourist enters or is within a wi-fi hotspot, e.g. when looking at a particular display or informational panel. Having a footprint slightly longer than a deck of playing cars, the device is not only small but also made simple to use with only 2 buttons to operate. Language information is shown on a front LCD screen and the rest of the front face is used mainly for branding and sponsor logos. | |
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Radical Motion Simulator | |
The Radical Motion Simulator is built by 3 mechanical engineering students in the creativity innovation enterprise (CIE) option over a span of 14 weeks in Singapore Polytechnic as part of their final year project and showcased in the SP Open house and Spinnovex 2008 exhibition. Led by team leader, Shaun Chng, the project won the highest possible gold award for the exhibition. The Simulator is actuated by pneumatic cylinders and linked on a dual networked PC interface allowing any force feedback racing game to be played. You can view the informational multimedia video used in the exhibition itself on my multimedia portfolio page and the actual simulator in motion shot on Youtube here. | |
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Luna Handheld Audio Player | |
This portable audio player goes about the executive ideology into designing and selling a product which not only looks as good as it\'s functions but allows the user to flaunt it in style as well. The Luna concept paints elegance and luxury, courtesy of dark reflective finished plastic which is not only modern but fashionable as well. This exclusivity is primarily depicted through simple thin discreet circular accented strokes at the ends, emphasized by a landscaped length-wise LCD screen. | |
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Mystic Audio Player | |
This faddish concept goes in black and sliver, with one of either colour dominating the device face and the other accented by the side where the play and volume controls are. A large handle/lanyard loop dominates the top of the player, which allows a variety of hanging and accessory options typically for youths. Similarly situated on the right is the headphone output jack which placement near the top handle allows a blend and balance between technological limitations and ergonomic meaning without comprising much on the user and practical experience. | |
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Travel Talker Optical Reading Pen | |
The Travel Talker pen is an innovative product created to break language barriers. Designed from the ground up as a handy translation device, it will allow travelers to translate any desired foreign language from a guide book. It can also be used either as a language translator tool for anyone learning a new language. An illustrated example was it being used in the Beijing olympics with a travel guide, allowing any visitor in their own naive language to point the pen in their guide (say in English) and the pen will simply read the translation in Chinese. The point-and-speak usability (opposed to cumbersome translation CD, language libraries, etc) give the ease of use by simply opening a book on the streets & allowing the pen to read text out to the Chinese locals on the spot itself. | |
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Vichy laboratories Loreal Capital Soliel Homme Brandstorm | |
Created for a team participating in the Loreal brandstorm international competition, this project saw the artistic creation and piecing of 5 distinctive skin care variants in the Capital Soliel Homme 24/7 line. It mainly comprises of 30 SPF sunscreen facial wash, shower cream, etc, which are all preservative-free, fragrance-free, colorant-free and hypoallergenic. All products feature an innovative twist out mobile tin at the bottom which is essentially can be a separate identity to the main product itself. This project also saw the presentation of this project line with a fully computer animated 3D video presentation.
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Creation of various OEM Peripherals and custom packaging | |
Here are few product development projects I've done for few original device manufacturer (OEM) clients worldwide. This involves designing and engineering various ranges of computer peripherals such as wireless devices, mice, speakers as well as engineering custom packaging solutions for products. Due to the OEM nature of the products, these products can be rebranded into any consumer shelf brands we see around the stores. | |
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Children Learning Pen | |
Created as a modern learning tool for children, this optical reader pen is a breakthrough in language learning books. The pen can read any text or image by pointing it at specially encoded pages which can be printed onto any desired teaching book. The possibilities of a book encoded with such optical technologies opens up many applications in a book and will definitely redefine the term, point and read. For example, pointing an object, will make the pen pronounce the name of the object (e.g a bus or an apple) it can also be used to read whole books out to children without any adult supervision and at their own pace as well. It\'s applicable in children bi-lingual language books where any word in a foreign language will be read out in a recognized language simply by pointing at any desired word. | |
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Designo SHINGJI "Xavier" Concept Phone | |
The Xavier is a clamshell/ candybar dual-form factor Pocket PC phone running Windows Mobile 6.0 crossbow. It supports Quad Band (GSM 800/900/ 1800/1900), UTMS 2100 & 3.5G HSDPA. The phone runs on an 520Mhz Xscale processor backed by 128MB RAM & 256MB onboard flash ROM (expandable with external MicroSD Cards including SDHC cards up to 32GB). It's powered by a 1440mah removable Li-ion battery & supports USB charging, host/client & sync through mini-USB. (See thumbnail captions for more features). | |
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Kinwel Aural BP Watch | |
Built from the ground up with the concept "prevention is better than cure" this device is targetted in promoting elderly health, wellness and vitality. It appeals to them, served in a sleek yet discreet non-flashy conservative look. The watch is coupled with bluetooth and passive Wi-fi to send and recieve data from the companion weighing scale or to a computer for health monitoring/charting or paired with a bluetooth enabled handphone for encoded SMS transmission to receiving doctors for analysis. | |
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Kinwel Companion Scale | |
Designed complementary to the Kinwel AURAL Watch, this companion weighing scale measures health and bodily information such as weight, body fat, body water percentages, transmitting them to the AURAL watch computer through power saving 2.4Ghz wireless channels. Powered by lithium-ion batteries lasting 6 months at a go, it is as discreet as it looks and features step on auto-on function coupled with audible beeps and LED lights on the weight measurement status - putting more focus and attention to the wearer's mini computer watch where all data will be displayed and computed. | |
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Cappobrewis Final Variant | |
"Cappo" from cappuccino and "Brewis" from the French words meaning "bread soaked in hot beverage", this the final design of the integrated breakfast machine featuring traits from both it's previous predecessor designs - a metallic aluminum finish with userability, accessibility and functionality rolled into one small footprint. The device is automated to ready hot beverage and toast dispensed from it's integrated hoppers at preset times or at calendar events saved in it's configurable memory. | |
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Cappobrewis Variant 2 | |
As part of user-oriented and component mapping concepts, this variant of the Cappobrewis features a distinctive toaster, coffee maker and control panel segmentations, clad in dark coated steel. The inward moulded jug is designed with it's center of gravity at the center of the jug itself allowing one-handed handling of a full beverage loads with ease. | |
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Cappobrewis Variant 1 | |
This preliminary draft concept of the cappobrewis focuses on minimizing the footprint of the appliance, allowing it to be fitted in most convention kitchens in either standalone or rack mounted modes where space may be a limitation. This is done through the top integration of the control panel and the use of an aluminum body which is not only lightweight but for ease of cleaning, maintenance and hygiene. | |
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Integrated Entertainment Device (iDES) | |
Featuring both a 4:3/Widescreen LCD TV with TV tuner, game console, web-camera, media reader and DVD player built into one, the iDES is a clever integration of consumer technology we see today fused into one small combined package, minus the hassles and wires. Able to function independently without an attached personal computer, the whole device is controlled with a universal Bluetooth remote which does not require a line of sight to operate. Front access ports allows dated wired peripherals to be connected as well. | |
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