Thomas S Design

Industrial Design Victoria University of Wellington

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Six examples of reversible architecture that can be taken apart and recycled

Here are six examples of reversible design, which allows installations or even entire buildings to be deconstructed and their components used again.

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Cube storage

https://www.werkhaus.de/shop/wohnen/Regalsystem-WERKBOX.html

https://lundia.co.nz/products/storage/ecobox/

https://www.blocklayer.com/kerf-spacing.aspx plywood bending kerf spacing calculator

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If there’s one thing that annoys me, it’s when things are thrown away because one tiny part has gone wrong with them that could easily be fixed.

These headphones broke, snapped across the arch where it met the band. This rendered them useless as headphones. With the application of a 3D-printed part and precisely one metric ****tonne of epoxy resin, they are now fixed.

This means I can continue to use them, which means I don't have to buy new ones, which means I save money, but more importantly it means another pair of headphones don't need to be shipped halfway around the world, it means another pair of headphones don't need to be made, it means the raw materials to make another pair of headphones don't need to be extracted from the earth.

It also means that this pair of headphones can continue to serve their purpose. It means I didn't have to discard them when 99% of them were still functional. It means all the materials, all the energy that went into making and shipping them weren't dropped into a hole in the ground (bar what could be salvaged from them as e-waste) to be forgotten about but where they would remain for generations to come. It means these headphones continue to be headphones, and not waste.

It’s a tiny thing, but it has a massive effect. We should fix more things.

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Things that inspire my work...

Clean, minimal form inspiration

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This morning’s sunrise

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Flat-pack Lumber table is made entirely from cardboard

Seoul-based design studio PESI has made a side table using planks of cardboard that have the appearance of wood.

Throwback to 3rd year

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Model Painter Truly Re-Thinks the LED Task Lamp - Core77

The design of LED desk lamps all have a disappointing sameness to them; their creators seem unable to shake the traditional bulb-using form factor, and still think of a flat, weighted base and a stalk reaching upwards to support the light source. These are essentially just skinner, flatter versions of

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cox janssens promotes colorful textile decay for longer use

dutch designer cox janssens creates 'time included cloth' textile series that tempts people to prolong the use of everyday fabrics.

Wear in, not wear out

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Panuku | The Sense to be Flexible: Another run on the board for WQSmart

Panuku and NEC collaborate together bringing new technologies into Wynyard Quarter.

I rendered some enclosures onto an Auckland pole for NEC. Welcome to the real world of Industrial Design.

(P.S I am actually doing some useful stuff with them too. Stay tuned, I will post stuff when it comes available)

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Conceptual social media-based campaign for Fresh-up, to revitalise the iconic Kiwi brand and reconnect it with its target market.

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Otaki man invents hands-free wheelchair for best mate

The device is already getting attention from around the world.

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Next project after uni

http://www.instructables.com/id/A-Framework-For-Making-Affordable-Stylish-Modula/?ALLSTEPS

https://www.virtualdj.com/wiki/ControllerDefinitionMIDIv8.html

http://theamateurmaker.com/category/projects/midi-foot-switch/

Pads

http://iainmccurdy.org/diy/forcesensorlowprofile/

https://hackaday.io/project/1601-diy-usb-midi-controller-mpc-style

multiplexer for LEDS https://nicegear.co.nz/lcds/adafruit-16x8-led-matrix-driver-backpack-ht16k33-breakout/

8 channel mux https://nicegear.co.nz/electronics-gear/sparkfun-multiplexer-breakout-8-channel-74hc4051/