MiniGhetoBlaster

So I have had this idea for a while now. I think it may have come to me on the cusp of falling asleep. Its funny how that seems to happen. I think I get my most interesting ideas right as sleep graps my face and says, see you tomorrow. Usually I don't remember half of them, I up thinking, shit, I know there was something I wanted to remember. Anyway, here they are. Not finished yet of course. I will start with a brief description then explain what needs finishing. Essentially the bar across the top can pivot like a regular ghetto blaster handle. The right hand square-like hole is a docking station for your smart phone, ipod etc. The top knob controls a clasping mechanism made from rubber. As you turn it counter clock wise, it pinches the device into place. Once the device is connected, the bottom knob controls the volume. Pretty straight forward. The things its missing are extensive. I mean ideally there would be some sort of universal connector which allows you to hook up your device to the speaker. The pivoting handle needs to show the actual pivot points, because i don't think they would be flush like that. The rubber pincher could also be hidden behind the wood paneling to make the product look a lot cleaner. And the speakers.... well again i'm sure there are a number of tweaks that can/will be made. Anyway, I still think its pretty decent for about an hour and a half of work.

Jeff Pinard

Banners

So its been a few days since my last post. I must say I have been busy with several projects, including reviving the longboard business, the graphic novel/making it sellable and intensive job hunting. I am putting these ones up just to keep my two dedicated followers up to date on my designing.
the SQUEEGiT will soon be hitting the blogs and websites finally with a small marketing budget. I have thrown together these two banners in Solidworks/keyshot/photoshop. Admittedly like most of my semi-completed projects (the cutlery) they still need some work. the perspective is a bit off on the wiped line, the fonts etc. Any here they are 100% computer generated. I think they look dammed real enough, although i doubt anyone could get a real squeegit to balance like that.
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And the Cutlery Obsession Continues

Jeff Pinard Design.

Fork You

Refined cutlery at top of blog. + spoon!

Cutlery

These days I seem to be finding the more simple objects the most interesting to design. This might be because it is more form based, and you have a lot more freedom to actually make practical designs from far fetched concepts. This semi-set of cutlery was actually inspired by a couple things. The first being a pen I designed a few months back (see portfolio page). The second thing I drew inspiration from was the Katana (Japanese Sword). It some how reminds me of an angled bone like structure, possibly the jaw of a wale? In any case, I wanted to see what it would look like in utensil size. Idealy the blade would be sharp all the way past where it is fastened in place. The bend wood/carbon fiber, protects the users hands.
As far as the fork is concerned, I do know it looks far less elegant. In fact I would almost call it a "Solidworks sketch". this is because I was really just fooling around with shapes while I modeled it. Funny enough that segues into a topic that I really need to address. "Solidworks sketching".
I know im going to get shit for this one, but here it is. I really think that sketching and conceptualizing products using primarily solidworks has been crucified for far too long. These CAD programs have become so powerful that they are nearly (and i mean NEARLY) making had sketching obsolete. Granted, I did/do rough out most of my product before CAD, but primarily they really only come to life once I get modeling. Lets examine, many people say that sketching gives you the general idea much faster furthermore, it is far more versatile in terms of where/how it can be done. I do agree, yet to reiterate my point, once 3D modeling can be easily done on tablet devices (ipad etc.) look out. I think think this kind of mobile CAD will take over. I say stop pissing on people who use CAD more then sketching, get with the times, there is more then one way to transfer an idea from your brain to the world.

Jeff Pinard.

Thesis

I had been meaning to post this a long time ago. very kool site, featured my thesis last year.
http://www.greendiary.com/tags/jeff-pinard/
They do a pretty good job of explaining it. The article confuses the back and front of the board though... I wanted to go on a small rant on that topic, since the writer never contacted me to find out anything about the project, or myself or get permissions; however, they did a great job and I am glad to see that they took an interest. I can say first hand that doing thesis along with a full school load, social responsibilities and drinking are not an easy set of things to balance. Its really too bad that a lot of these projects go un-noticed. Come out and support the 4th year students at Humber College. Wed. April 20th at Artscape Wychwood Barns. Toronto.


Jeff Pinard.

Product converting

So this is just a few of the products i have began to model/render for the graphic novel project. Most of them are lacking heavy detailing. this is because the styling covers most of it anyway. The trick is to get just enough detailing that you can see it, but not so much that you bust your ass for nothing. Eventually I will post a few shots of how they turned out after converted. Stay tuned.

2 Day Marathon

So it is official, doing the graphics for the novel has not only been extremely addictive but highly time consuming. The full novel sans-pictures is about 50 odd pages (minus the fluff and chapter titles). So far, I have gotten through 2. Two of these pages translating into roughly 6 illustrated pages. My god this is going to be a monumental task. Yesterday I sat down at 11am, started illustrating around 12pm. the next thing i knew, my roommate was home from work at 11pm, went to bed at about 2am. I must say though its pretty dammed fun! Am i concerned that i could have been spending all that time searching for a job, or busting my ass flipping burgers at McDonald? heck no. This recent passion I have discovered is amazing and I will ride until, arthritis wont let me click the mouse.
here are the samples... enjoy!
also, captain Kirk has a camio... but not really, hes just a place holder for now, until i can convince Shatner to let me use him... or whoever Kirk answers to..
(yes that is also John con)


Jeff Pinard,
Industrial Designer

Furniture

Throughout our school year we were required to design and build furniture for various places. I don't have much more to say on the subject, except to enjoy... Actually I also want to note that some of these, ie, the Joi chair and mechanical lamp (right) were group projects.

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First Generation Helmet.

Jeff Pinard Design

Here I sit, getting my bi-monthly dose of Remicade. Its funny how people in these situtations often take great pride in listing the the times they have gone to the hospital or how doctors and nurses have done them wrong in someway. I have literally been in between a full on one-uping battle between two people also getting their Remicade... But I digress, back to the point of this post. Sitting in this chair for a couple of hours every two months has today allowed me to take the time to finish up some renderings. Here is the first generation hazmat helmet from the graphic novel (yet to be named) that I am working on.

The idea behind this design, is to combine an almost steam punk style with futuristic-like materials. I described the suits as being a mash up of parts and technologies. Supposed to be pretty gnarly looking like when NEO wakes up from the matrix, only to find be confronted with a cluster of wires and technology mashed together. Not really the sleek and dynamic future most SCI-FI stories (like I-robot) portray... in terms of design that is.

SQUEEGiT

The SQUEEGiT, March 31, 2011
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