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This is my undergraduate work from the University of Illinois.
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Jeff George616 E Green Street, Champaign, IL 61820(847) [email protected]
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign BFA in Industrial DesignGPA: 3.0
Solidworks 3D Modeling/Printing Photoshop CS5.1Illustrator CS5.1InDesign CS5.5
Sketching Foam Core Models Foam Models Alginate
Displayed Work in the Ideation Link Gallery Show February 2011 and 2012
Technology Center and school of Art + Design for completing the Dis-carded to Precious Exhibit March of 2010
Displayed Work in the Ideation Rough to Refined Link Gallery Show March 2010
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SkillsEducation
MembershipsCurrent Student member of (Industrial Designers Society of America) IDSA Champaign, Illinois Chapter
Member of the Art Institute of Chicago
Member of Standards Board Sigma Phi Epsilon, Illinois Alpha Chapter
Participate in student mentor program in Sigma Phi Epsilon
Work ExperienceDesign Intern For Riveli Shelving May-June, 2011 Chicago, IL-Designed six products from Solidworks Prototype to Production-Designed tradeshow booths, worked with sales team to represent Riveli, set up and broke down displays -Created Prototypes in wood and aluminum for client presentations-Visited manufacturers to spec materials and pick up samples
Marketing Intern for Pulaski Furniture January, 2011 High Point, NC-Mapped national business territories-Shadowed Director of Marketing during advertising campaign process
Freelance Design Champaign-Designed logo for Chucks Compressors in October, 2010-Designed backdrop for the University of Illinois Flower Show spring 2010 and 2011-Freelance Artist, experienced in set design done among various student bodies
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RivaWakeboarding PWC
Wakeboarding is to water skiing as snow-boarding is to skiing. For this project, I ana-lyzed the sport of wakeboarding and found a design problem, not with the sport itself, but with a key piece of equipment: the craft. Wakeboarding traditionally requires the par-ticipants to use a boat or large water craft to tow the rider. These boats are very expensive and are a big commitment for those who are just starting the sport. However, personal
Overviewwater crafts (PWCs) are often used in place of a wakeboarding boat, but these crafts are not meant for the sport. PWCs have the potential to pull wakeboarders, but their light, narrow hull design is not meant to create wake to be used for the sport. I see the potential for a PWC to be an inexpen-sive solution to those who can not afford a wakeboard boat, but still want to enjoy the sport recreationally.
Riva Wakeboarding PWC
Riva Wakeboarding PWC
Riva Wakeboarding PWC
The Riva is a permanent attachment to a PWC that is meant for wakeboarding.
Riva Wakeboarding PWC
The Riva is equipped with two extra reversible seats. These seats give the rider the option of facing forward to view the scene ahead, or facing backwards in order to watch a wakeboarder behind them. When two passengers are on either side, it allows the hull of the craft to sink further in the water and produces more wake.
Attached on the top of the two pods is a solid aluminum wake tower that stretches five feet in the air. Each side holds a board rack that can hold up to two wake or surfboards each.
In the center of the tower, is a standard wakeboard tow rope hitch. The increased elevation allows the wakeboard-er to experience greater ease when riding from wake to wake.
The boat on the top is a MasterCraft Wake boat with a width of seven feet two inches. With the Riva’s side pods, the width of the jet ski is increased from two feet to six feet across. This extra width plus the weight of the craft will in-crease to a comparable wake in the water.
Spencer,The Dish Dispenser
This was my entry for the Electrolux 2011 Design Lab competition. Our design brief had us redesign a home appliance using the theme of intelligent mobility. We were designing this product for forty years in the future, so one of our objectives was to find an existing technology that may be new now, but may become prevalent forty years from now.
I chose to focus on the dishwasher. Through personal interviews, I learned that people do not mind putting dirty dishes in the dish-washer, however they hate unloading a full load that has just been washed. With this in mind, I tried to look into new technology that might help with this problem.
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The University of Illinois has a very extensive aerospace lab. I had the privilege of getting to see some of their equipment up close. The one item that stood out the most to me was the quad drone. These little robots can either be remote controlled by hand or programed to do simple tasks. They can reach fast speeds, but also stop on a dime and hover in mid air.
The military currently uses quad drones overseas in both combat and rescue missions. Quad drones can fly above enemy soldiers, or fly into small spaces because of their amazing maneuverability.
Quad Drone
My initial thoughts were to have this robot be a centerpiece decoration on a dinner table that could transport dishes to and from the dishwasher. However, I began to move toward the idea that this drone should not be seen unless it is doing its job.
This is Spencer, the dish dispenser. Spencer lives inside of the dishwasher and only comes out to put away your clean dishes after the load has been put through.
Spencer is a quad drone with four arms that fold in and out of the body. The center circle is Spencer’s brain, which contains sensors to detect where it is in perspective to the kitchen, as well as GPS that can be programed to tell Spencer specifically where each washed item goes.
After Spencer is programed, all the user has to do is place the dirty dishes in the dishwasher. Once the load is com-plete, the door automatically comes down and Spencer comes to life.
The model on the right shows Spencer’s transformation pro-cess as he comes out of the dishwasher to return the user’s dishes.
Once every dish and cup has been unloaded, Spencer folds back up and returns to the door of the dishwasher.
Hydro Powered Radio
For this project, I wanted to focus on trying to make a product sustainable. In starting my research, I looked at tasks in the house that use the most energy in the most inef-ficient way.
I also tried to think outside of the box with the concepts of kinetic and potential en-ergy. The household products I found most intriguing were water pipes.
Overview
Hydro Powered Radio
Hydro Powered Radio
Hydro Powered Radio
This shower radio uses the energy from the water flow to power itself. The water comes through the showerhead and spins a turbine, which acts as a generator to power the speakers right to the user’s ears.
No more replacing the batteries to your shower radio. Now all you have to do is turn on the water and the music will instantly start playing. To turn the music off, simply turn the water off.
Our brief for this project stated that we had to redesign a faucet for a specific setting. Because it is crucial that doctors and sur-geons keep their hands sterile at all times, I wanted to focus on a faucet that was com-pletely hands free.
A hospital scene can change in a blink of an eye. That’s why it is so important that doctors have reliable equipment that allows them to get the job done in any circumstance.
Overview
Dual
Sketches and sketch models
The Dual faucet is a soap dispenser and faucet combination. The spout of the faucet has an open top to allow soap to be mixed in with the water.
Dual
The Galaxy toilet seat is designed for those individuals who are aging and starting to have limited mobility. This toilet seat comes with a strip of shock absorbing rubber in be-tween two seats to allow the user less of an impact when easing onto the seat.
For more stability, two ground supports can be added on either side to make the seat more stable when moving on or off.
This sofa is meant for a unisex customer and workable for a student or recent graduate’s apartment.
Apartment Sofa Concept
For comfort, the cushions are made out of memory foam material.
Free Hand Sketches
