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INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

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44MOTIFLIGHTINGWHILE EXPERIMENTING WITH SHEET PLASTICS AND FOLDING TECHNIQUES, I DESIGNED AND PRODUCED THESE AMBIENT LIGHT FIXTURES.

EACH PIECE OF EXTRUDED POLYCARBONATE WAS FOLDED IN A BRAKE PRESS COLD. EACH WAS INTENDED TO BE THROWN AWAY.

AVERThome sewer protectionAVERT WAS A PROJECT GEARED TOWARDS THE PREVENTION OF BASEMENT SEWER BACKUPS.

AUDIBLE VENTS

AUDIBLE INDICATOR

LED BACKLIGHT INDICATES STATUS

RUBBER “BOOT” BASECONFORMS TO VARIETYOF DIAMETERS IN SIZE.

BACKUP BATTERY

AIR COMPRESSOR

TEST & RESTART

RUBBER BLADDER

FLOAT SWITCH

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AVERThome sewer protection

AUDIBLEINDICATOR

BATTERY

AIR COMPRESSOR

CIRCUIT BOARD

WIRING TO SWITCH WITH PROTECTIVE SLEEVE

BUSHING

Compressor is engagedto fill rubberized bladder.The bladder is inflatedto approximately nine pounds of pressure to seal conduit in 1.7 seconds.

The rubberized bladder reaches nine pounds of pressure sealing the lateral. Compressor shuts off and holds the pressure until risk of backup is no longer present.

Release valve deflates bladder and makes it ready for use again.

Infiltrating water commonly caused by Sanitary Sewer Overflows is picked up by flow switch, flow switch activates visual and audible alarm.

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PATH

CURRENT I.V. CONCEPTS ARE CUMBERSOME, TOP-HEAVY, AND DIFFICULT TO MANUEVER INDEPENDENTLY.

BIOMEDICALLY-ENGINEERED EQUIPMENT LACKS HUMAN CONNECTIONS WHICH ALIENATES PATIENTS AND CREATES UNNEEDED STRESSES.

WE IMMEDIATELY RELIZED THAT ONCOLOGY GUESTS WANTED TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE DEVICE ON THEIR OWN; NOT ASK FOR HELP.

WOULDN’T IT BE NICE IF..

THROUGH DIRECT OBSERVING AND INTERVIEWS, WE QUICKLY BECAME AWARE THAT PEOPLE’S EXPERIENCES WEREN’T MATCHING UP TO WHAT WE FOUND IN SURVEYS.

THE DISCOVERY THAT STOOD OUT WAS THE BODY LANGUAGE BETWEEN GUESTS AND STAFF.

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PATH

ONCOLOGY GUESTS CAN NOW MOVE ABOUT FREELY AND NOT BE SO CONSTRICTED TO THEIR SEATS.

NO NURSE ASSISTANCE,NO UNPLUGGING,NO AKWARDNESS.

Illustration below depicts the mechanism used for line management.

PATH CHALLENGED TRADITIONAL I.V. CONCEPTS PRIMARILY USED BY CHEMO PATIENTS.

PATH IS A CHEMOTHERAPY ADMINISTRATIVE DEVICE THAT CREATES POSITIVE EXPERIENCES IN ONCOLOGY THROUGH THE METAPHOR OF A PURSE.

NURSE AND GUEST ARE NOW ENGAGING ON SAME EYE LEVEL. THIS CREATES AN EMOTIONAL CONNECTION THAT MATTERS.

THE PURSE METAPHOR GIVES PEOPLE SOMETHING THEY CAN IDENTIFY WITH AND CAN TAKE CONTROL OF ON THEIR OWN. IT ALSO CHANGES THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE DEVICE.

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SKILLS

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SKILLSETILLUSTRATOR

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SKILLSETPROTOTYPE

I WAS ABLE TO MAKE A JIG TO HOLD THE PLUMBING PARTIN PLACE. AFTER I CUT IT IN HALF,I THEN MADE A VACCUM FORMOF THE ONE HALF, THEN MILLED IT OUT, FUSED THE HALVES BACK TOGETHER, AND BONDED THE CLEAR VACCUM FORM TO CREATE THE WINDOW.

AS THE INFILTRATING WATER ENTERS THE SIMULATED LATERAL, THE FLOAT SWITCH ENGAGES AT A SPECIFIC LEVEL AND TURNS THE COMPRESSOR ON TO SEAL THE CONDUIT AND PREVENT FURTHER PROBLEMS.

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CIRUCUIT BOARD

FLOAT SWITCH WIRING WITH PROTECTIVE

SLEEVE

HYDROSTATIC SWITCH

BATTERY

RUBBER BLADDER

AUDIBLE INDICATOR

RUBBER BLADDER

HYDROSTATIC SWITCH

FLOAT SWITCH

FLOAT SWITCH WIRING WITH

PROTECTIVE SLEEVE

CIRUCUIT BOARD

RUBBERTUBING

SKILLSETSKETCHING

HYDROSTATIC SWITCH ENGAGES WITH PRESSURE,AND FILLS BLADDER LIKE AN INFLATABLE RAFT.

CIRUCUIT BOARD

AIR COMPRESSOR

BACKUP BATTERY

AUDIBLE VENTS

TEST/RESET

LED BACKLIGHT INDICATOR

LED SURROUND LIGHTS

AUDIBLE VENTING

TEST/RESET

DEFLATE BLADDER/ RESET

TEST

AUDIBLE VENTS

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touch tech interface

mimic irisenclosure

med packet

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SKILLSETSKETCHING

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THANKS!

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