Industrial design projects
Welcome to my Industrial design portfolio. I studied industrial design at the HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd from 10/2018 to 03/2022. This collection of projects from my Bachelor's degree highlights my journey through the world of innovative product and industrial design. Each project represents a blend of creativity and functionality, focusing on practical solutions to real-world challenges. My work emphasizes attention to detail, user experience, and the application of design thinking to create products that enhance everyday life. Explore my projects to see how I bring ideas to life through thoughtful and purposeful design.
In the first semester we were asked to design a piece of furniture for Tiny Houses. At that time, we designed this modular table, which can be extended and retracted by means of a wall attachment and guided rails. At that time, our CAD skills were pretty little, so we only built a 1:5 model in the first semester. Later in our studies we visualised this table called „Klep“ again as a 3D model; as it can be seen in the pictures.
In the second semester, one of our tasks was to give a selected colour a shape. In the case of my team, we had to give the colour silver an appropriate shape. Our result, the silver arrow, can be seen in the illustrations shown.
We were given the opportunity to work with the company H.P. Kaiser. They specialise in metal processing, especially the laser cutting of various metals. The modular grill, which is made entirely of stainless steel, is an elegant and modern solution for any garden or balcony. The adjustable, robust legs make the grill easy to assemble and transport.
The „Lieferflotte“ bicycle helmet, coupled with the „Lieferflotte“ app, is a wearable designed to help delivery couriers get through traffic in a safer and more organised way. Inspired by the Corona pandemic (project in the summer semester of 2021), my team and I thought about how to design a smart bicycle helmet in such a way that it combines navigation, safety and optimal delivery routes as well as transparency for the recipient.
The result is a bicycle helmet with a delivery system that provides the user/courier with all the necessary information clearly and in real time. Thanks to the automatic navigation, other road users are also notified by means of warning signals such as the indicators on the helmet. The app controls the order acceptance and simultaneous route planning as well as the notification of the couriers and recipients.
The task in this design project was to redesign an already existing electronic object or even to introduce innovative changes. The floor lamp I designed in this course has a manually removable music box and an induction charging surface.
I did my fifth semester internship at the Fraunhofer IPA (Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation) in Stuttgart. In the field of agricultural robotics, I worked on the COGNAC (Cognitive Agriculture) project.
My task was to design an agricultural robot, primarily for use in potato and sugar beet fields. The design of the robot was adapted and changed several times during the internship; among other things, I received feedback from large farmers from Baden-Württemberg and integrated it. As you can see in the pictures, my specific task was to design the shell around the Chassie, arrange and improve various user interactions and break through the common agricultural robot image. With this project, Fraunhofer wanted to break the usual reputation of agricultural robots (large, cumbersome, „function over form“) and bring a modern, well-designed robot to the market.
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