CSD STUDENT MEDAL 2007: PRODUCT

EMBRACE
John Green
York St. John University

" My aims and objectives were to meet the Design Brief by designing a product based on the original Egon Riss Penguin Donkey, with a twist.

The design brief was to design a product that had dimensions with 10% of the original.

The brief also specified to incorporate emerging micro technology to allow users to interact with the product.

My response to the above design brief was to design a unit that is intereactive in more than one way, a unit that has more than one function. EMBRACE was the outcome, this design may be used as a pair of low modern tables, or emabraced together in order to create a small multi-media storage unit.

The 2 side panels which act as handles for easy portability are designed to store magazines and mail etc.

These 2 easy to access areas are designed in a way that allows users to casually store multiple items in no specific order.

The central area however is designed to allow users to stack DVD's - Computer Games or Books in an organised fashion.

This area is 220mm in height this allows users to easily add or remove DVD's (190mm - Height).

I also designed EMBRACE to have a flat top so that it may double up as an occasional/coffee table.

In order to meet the brief in terms of emerging technology, I designed EMBRACE to have a built in Mp3 docking station (iEMBRACE), this allows users to further interact.

Users may insert their iPod/Mp3 player subtly converting the unit into their very own jukebox.

Speakers will be built into the sides of the unit in order to give an equal spread of sound".

John Green