Capacity: Lead Designer
Client: Champions of Butter
Date: 2014 - 2017
Purpose for Development:
Create a single-use, high volume production butter applicator for corn that eliminates the need for a separate spreading utensil on-the-go
Design highlights:
From the first interaction to the ultimate disposal a seamless user experience is the key to projecting a convenient experience keeps user's hands clean, is intuitive for first time users and packs up compactly for efficient storage.
Capacity: Major Thesis Project
Place: Carleton University
Date: 2014
Purpose for Development: 1. To enable seniors and vulnerable users to retain freedom of mobility during the Winter, which is often inhibited by dangerous walking conditions. 2. To reduce the ergonomic and psychological barriers that prevent seniors and vulnerable users from using Safety Traction Aids in the winter.
Design Highlights: Hands-free installation and removal of traction spikes, seamless change over between indoor and outdoor environments, magnetic cane system allows for retrieval without bending down.
Position: Lead Designer
Employer: Future Food Studio
Date: 2016
Purpose for Development: Quick Service Retail, internal and external events, licensing of the concept to third parties.
Design highlights: Customizable modular popsicle, built on demand. No drip, no fall packaging that can be assembled on demand economically.
Position: Lead Designer
Employer: Future Food Studio
Date: 2015
Purpose for Development: To facilitate further engagement among workshop participants and streamline pouring service/ maintenance. Geometric Cloud units were also sold to Las Vegas casinos and molecular gastronomy enthusiasts.
Design highlights: Seamless interaction, captivating aesthetics, robust and simple maintenance requirements, portable to facilitate dissemination of use.
Capacity: Freelance Work
Client: NEW FRDM
Date: 2017
Purpose for Development: The current merchandise show displays communicated a chaotic visual with no hierarchy. I brought focus back to the primary product through a minimalist aesthetic, which suits the brand style and offers functional benefits.
Design Highlights: A lightweight, compact, disassemblable display with a minimalist aesthetic to reflect a modernist gender fluid underwear line.