For my P1, I decided to make a chair. For this, I started out looking at a wide range of iconic chairs, and after discussing with my guide, I selected the Indian office chair by Piere Jeanneret. The project was to redesign this chair to make it modern. I researched a lot about the history and heritage of the chair. I also looked into different kinds of wood and joineries. I also did my parallel product study, which was mainly newer versions of the chair made by passionate studios. For ideating, I started out by exploring and trying a wide range of ideas. As I was exploring various concepts for the final design, I also started working with wood parallelly and made joineries and dowels so that I would have a better idea when I make the final chair. After the final concept was ready, I made a 3D model of the chair and then proceeded to make it out of wood.

For project 2, I decided to work on furniture for the elderly. After discussion with my guide, the project evolved into Chairs for the elderly. For this, I took interviews of the elderly and also did my share of secondary research. After I did my primary and secondary research, I got a lot of insights. This helped me to come up with my brief: design a chair for the elderly, which is very easy to get in and out of and is also very comfortable. Then I proceeded to do ideation, and from the ideation came the concepts. Then I made mockups of the concepts, and the final design of the chair was also ready. Then I made a full-size working rig to test.

During the course of this project, I attempted to combine different pieces of bamboo slats using 3D printed joinery to get interesting forms and patterns through the combination of both materials. I began with a few pieces and slowly refined and expanded them as the project went on, which I will be discussing in this report.

Restlessness is a common symptom exhibited by those with both ADHD and anxiety disorders. This often results in them showing these symptoms and fidgeting in a public situation, which might be misunderstood as this often happens subconsciously and is the result of wanting to keep moving. And when they can’t do it worsens their anxiety or makes them frustrated. While people have found ways around this and have different things they use to fidget. This project aims to understand the problem space and design a product that might fit the user’s needs better. I conducted user research and drew upon my own experiences to get a deeper understanding and used that to arrive at a design brief, which I used to work on ideation and conceptualization and come up with the final product.

This report documents the process I followed during the course of my project and the final output I arrived at. It was an exploratory project where I combined different materials and tried to make a set of pieces that can be joined to construct different forms. It initially began with deciding the materials to explore with and then deciding the different methods of joining and what purpose for the toy to serve and progressed from there. The final output involves joining bamboo pieces using 3D-printed joinery to create different forms and shapes.

In this project, I have attempted to design a bike for a car manufacturer. A challenge to create a bike for a company that has never made a motorcycle, and in this case Porsche. Being inclined towards cars more, I have been sketching cars more than bikes. For my P1, I wanted to do something interesting; hence, I chose to design a bike, which I knew would be challenging and fun. The project begins with the study and analysis of the brand Porsche. Dr.-Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, usually shortened to Porsche, is a German automobile manufacturer specialising in high-performance sports cars, SUVs, and sedans, headquartered in Stuttgart, BadenWürttemberg, Germany. In this explorative creative project, I create a scenario where a Porsche bike is being used in Mubai 2050. I use my understanding of Porsche design to try to create a bike capturing the essence and spirit of the brand.

A new adult CPR classroom training manikin was designed, aimed to increase awareness and better educate the general civilian population about CPR, its benefits and risks. The Manikin comprises three components: a compressible torso, the compression piston, and a skin cover. The major aim of the project was to design a manikin that assists students regarding compression force and depth and hand placement. The manikin is designed to be compact and easy to set up and pack up, saving a lot of the instructor’s effort and time. The instructor can carry multiple manikins in a bag. A 3D CAD model with meticulously designed parts has been created keeping in mind manufacturing methods and constraints. This manikin focuses on compression-only CPR. Rescue breathing training features are yet to be developed. A working prototype for user testing and evaluation is to be made.