Developing a range of glass artefacts for Savvy Studio, focused around the theme of glacial ice melting as a result of climate change, for the 2020 Milan Design Show.
Product development with Savvy Studio
Client
Savvy Studio
Product Designer
2019
Role
Year
Developing a range of glass artefacts for Savvy Studio, focused around the theme of glacial ice melting as a result of climate change, for the 2020 Milan Design Show.
Product development with Savvy Studio
Product Design
Role
Savvy Studio
Year
2019
Client
Developing a range of glass artefacts for Savvy Studio, focused around the theme of glacial ice melting as a result of climate change, for the 2020 Milan Design Show.
Product development with Savvy Studio
Client
Savvy Studio
Product Designer
2019
Role
Year
Joining Savvy Studio in Mexico City for an internship during 2019 I worked to create a range or bespoke glass artefacts based on different processes of rock deformation. The project allowed me to utilise skills in product design, research and development, CAD models, rapid prototyping and the delivery of final physical products.
Intro
The aim of the project was to create a range of glass vessels, including vases, bowls and diffusers, alongside luxury glass manufacturer NouvelI for Savvy Studio to exhibit at the 2020 Milan Design Show. The project was focused on representing the deformation caused by rising global temperatures on our planet's glaciers and ecosystem. We wanted to showcase the uniform and distorted effects that climate change has on glaciers using a medium (glass) that is formed under extreme heat and moulds made from ice.
Goals
Throughout the project I was tasked with conducting researching into different forms of deformation that could be used as inspiration for the glass artefacts. I researched themes of erosion caused by water and wind whilst looking at other design projects in which these themes had been explored and applied to glass artefacts. It was decided after pitching a selection of concepts that we would progress with the concept on glacial deformation caused as a result of climate change.
Research
When developing our concept, we travelled to a smaller glass workshop on the outskirts of Mexico City to test how the glass would react when blown into moulds made from ice. The opposing forces of molten glass and ice were used to represent the fragile nature of our environment and how climate change is altering our planet that existed unharmed for millions of years prior to the industrial revolution.
Experience
When developing our concept, we travelled to a smaller glass workshop on the outskirts of Mexico City to test how the glass would react when blown into moulds made from ice. The opposing forces of molten glass and ice were used to represent the fragile nature of our environment and how climate change is altering our planet that existed unharmed for millions of years prior to the industrial revolution.
Experience
I explored different moulds that could be created out of ice in order to achieve the desired shapes for our artefacts. The use of tension and stretching was investigated to reflect the contorted shapes that occur with glacial ice as it is broken apart or melted. Through prototypes, sketching and testing with ice moulds we were able to arrive at a range of shapes that best reflected the changes experienced by glacial ice. CAD renders of the final products were created once we had visited the glass manufacturers and arrived at a final selection of products.
Product Development
Joining Savvy Studio in Mexico City for an internship during 2019 I worked to create a range or bespoke glass artefacts based on different processes of rock deformation. The project allowed me to utilise skills in product design, research and development, CAD models, rapid prototyping and the delivery of final physical products.
Intro
The aim of the project was to create a range of glass vessels, including vases, bowls and diffusers, alongside luxury glass manufacturer NouvelI for Savvy Studio to exhibit at the 2020 Milan Design Show. The project was focused on representing the deformation caused by rising global temperatures on our planet's glaciers and ecosystem. We wanted to showcase the uniform and distorted effects that climate change has on glaciers using a medium (glass) that is formed under extreme heat and moulds made from ice.
Goals
Joining Savvy Studio in Mexico City for an internship during 2019 I worked to create a range or bespoke glass artefacts based on different processes of rock deformation. The project allowed me to utilise skills in product design, research and development, CAD models, rapid prototyping and the delivery of final physical products.
Intro
The aim of the project was to create a range of glass vessels, including vases, bowls and diffusers, alongside luxury glass manufacturer NouvelI for Savvy Studio to exhibit at the 2020 Milan Design Show. The project was focused on representing the deformation caused by rising global temperatures on our planet's glaciers and ecosystem. We wanted to showcase the uniform and distorted effects that climate change has on glaciers using a medium (glass) that is formed under extreme heat and moulds made from ice.
Goals
Throughout the project I was tasked with conducting researching into different forms of deformation that could be used as inspiration for the glass artefacts. I researched themes of erosion caused by water and wind whilst looking at other design projects in which these themes had been explored and applied to glass artefacts. It was decided after pitching a selection of concepts that we would progress with the concept on glacial deformation caused as a result of climate change.
Research
Throughout the project I was tasked with conducting researching into different forms of deformation that could be used as inspiration for the glass artefacts. I researched themes of erosion caused by water and wind whilst looking at other design projects in which these themes had been explored and applied to glass artefacts. It was decided after pitching a selection of concepts that we would progress with the concept on glacial deformation caused as a result of climate change.
Research
When developing our concept, we travelled to a smaller glass workshop on the outskirts of Mexico City to test how the glass would react when blown into moulds made from ice. The opposing forces of molten glass and ice were used to represent the fragile nature of our environment and how climate change is altering our planet that existed unharmed for millions of years prior to the industrial revolution.
Experience
When developing our concept, we travelled to a smaller glass workshop on the outskirts of Mexico City to test how the glass would react when blown into moulds made from ice. The opposing forces of molten glass and ice were used to represent the fragile nature of our environment and how climate change is altering our planet that existed unharmed for millions of years prior to the industrial revolution.
Experience
I explored different moulds that could be created out of ice in order to achieve the desired shapes for our artefacts. The use of tension and stretching was investigated to reflect the contorted shapes that occur with glacial ice as it is broken apart or melted. Through prototypes, sketching and testing with ice moulds we were able to arrive at a range of shapes that best reflected the changes experienced by glacial ice. CAD renders of the final products were created once we had visited the glass manufacturers and arrived at a final selection of products.
Product Development
I explored different moulds that could be created out of ice in order to achieve the desired shapes for our artefacts. The use of tension and stretching was investigated to reflect the contorted shapes that occur with glacial ice as it is broken apart or melted. Through prototypes, sketching and testing with ice moulds we were able to arrive at a range of shapes that best reflected the changes experienced by glacial ice. CAD renders of the final products were created once we had visited the glass manufacturers and arrived at a final selection of products.
Product Development