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Glen BaghurstHarmonising Science and Design

www.glenbaghurst.com


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Achievements

3rd in International Design Competition, Green Earth (2008 Oct) DesignboomWork displayed at Tokyo Design Fair 2008, for Tobu Department Store

Verge Art Festival 2008 (Nov) Winner of Best Abstract photograph and BestOverall Photograph.

Masters of Industrial Design, Swinburne University, MelbourneDiploma of Industrial Design, Swinburne University, MelbourneBachelor of Science, University of Sydney, Sydney

Harmonising Science and Design

Science is the study of the real and quantiable, to nd truth. Design

is the practical application of this knowledge to live a better life. These

disciplines are more intertwined than this short passage will manage,

but the main reason for my switch from a scientic arena to design

has been what focal length I have acquired. I am currently able to

approach science with a holistic view, and apply its theories and pro-

cesses into everyday objects. I have used both chemistry (pg), biolog-

ical mimicry (pg) and Material physics (pg) in some works completedthis year in my masters at Swinburne University.

I have also acquired a healthy background in Industrial design

through my diploma, masters and professional practice at Swinburne

University. I have covered user-centred design, contextual design,

product interaction and smart environments, digital content creation

(solidworks, 3dsmax). My studies were unique because I was able

to put my education into practice whilst at university for the following

companies; SCA, sorbent, Frog design and Regent Caravans.

Design is a battle between the urge to create, being

empathetic to others and tapping into the emotions that make us

human.

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FOUR WAYS TO CATEGORIZE USER CENTRED DESIGN

GLOSSARY

AFFINITY DIAGRAMS

INTUITIVELY GROUP THINGS TO FIND RELATIONSHIPS

BEHAVIOURAL MAPPING

TRACK THE MOTIONS OF PEOPLE VIA TIME AND SPACE

CULTURAL PROBE

GET PERSONAL OR WRITTEN RESPONSE ON ANOTHER COUNTRIES

PERCEPTION OF A PRODUCT. DOCUMENT HOW THEY INTERACT

HISTORICAL ANALYSIS

COMPARES THE FEATURES OF VARIOUS GROUPS AND THEIR STAGES

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DEVELOPMENT. eg AN INDUSTRY OR COMPANY

LONG RANGE FORECASTING

ACT SCENARIOS, HOW NEW TECHNOLOGIES COULD MANIFEST BEHAV-

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PERSONAL INVENTORY

CATALOGING EVIDENCE FROM THE USER, AS TO WHATS MORE

IMPORTANT. COULD BE SPECIFIC TO AN AREA. TISSUES.

RAPID ETHNOGRAPHY

BE AROUND YOUR SUBJECT, OBSERVE, HANG OUT, MINGLE.

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Piece Plate, serving plate (2010)

This plate is used as a normal plate. Serves food. Cleans well, is

durable around the house. However, at the end of its life it breaks with

purpose, and can be used once more.

Reincarnatory Design

When an object is broken or its function / life ceases to exist in the

form it once knew, it is dead to the user unless there has been timefor sentimental attachment. People form unique bonds with objects

over time particularly if they wear and tear well. When something

breaks instantaneously their is less room for this build up of sentiment

and normally results in the discarding of the object.

This process of design allows the object to transform in the act of

breaking and propose an alternative use at the point of destruction,

providing the user with a scenario of enlightenment. There bye an act

of reincarnation.

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Prototype 1:2

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Poured Platter, platter (2011)

This form was inspired whilst working on my piece plate, I spilt some

ceramic onto my workshop oor, it set and formed a puddle shape.

The nish was smooth with soft uffy lines where the material had

naturally wanted to ow. As the form was generated through pouring

ceramics, the form is free letting the nature of

physics and viscosity choose the shape.

Available Gaffa Gallery Sydney, &Company.

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Prototypes

The initial production method was to pour ceramic to create the

platters individually, however this was not a possible method for mass

manufacture. We opted for a handmade line by a ceramicist master

who would use our templates, tweaking the form a little to increase

the individuality of each piece. This brought the costs up a little but

manufacturing in Australia is expensive, so it was not much more to

go to a specialist.

These products are being launched via a popular pastry cafe in

Sydney, Blackstar. It was important that they held the entire line of

pastries and cakes, so once we got our initial prototype produced

successfully, we started looking at varying options of platters that

could work together.

We nalised the designs on 4 shapes at start of November and are

looking at a product launch mid November via &company.

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Rock, stool (2011)

material: lightweight concrete

An innocent form, found in nature and brought home. The shape

disarms the user into a casual informal rest, like on a bushwalk.

This stool has been commissioned by a well known pastry cafe

in Sydney, Black Star. The pictures shown below are the

original rock, found as a boulder in a quarry. This has beenmoulded and will be replicated into a lightweight concrete

aggregate form. The top and functional surface will be polished

concrete and will lustre in comparison to the sandy texture. I

chose this at surface based on a comment by Naoto Fukasawa

made about the top of a car. That it will suitably hold your

coffee cup when opening your car door, there bye its a table.

Well this rock will now hold everything coffee, cakes to cutlery.

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Finding the Right Rock

I approached the geology department at Sydney University, and

they explained that Sydney was an old water basin so most of

the rock underlay is sedimentary. If you go walking in the bush

and search for a rest you will 9 times out of 10 sit on sandstone.

In Sydney this is not possible due to urban sprawl, so we will be

bringing back a natural interaction within the bustling CBD.

I was able to get the rocks top and tailed and found having a six

pack of beer at the ready always sped up production.

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Behavioural Mapping

The stools that used at Blackstar are used as both tables and

seating. When the cafe is busy all the stools are in use, so the pa -

trons have a fast experience. When the cafe is quieter, the customers

can spread out and use the top of the stools as tables. Rock capture

both these scenarios by providing a at polished waxed surface.

Friendly to bums ad coffee.This relationship of movement was

produced via different contextual observations over varying times

during a business week.

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Process

An important detail in the design was the polished cut top. A lot of

time was put into lling, priming and sanding to get a perfect transition

from rock to polished surface. This is an important part of the design,

as the polished cut will tell you about the use of the object straight

away.

I adopted a glove moulding technique, where a exible coat of

polyurethane was applied to the rock to capture the details. Once thisset, I started building up walls of clay, and laid up some berglass

sheeting to create structure in the mould. Finally a plug has been

manufactured, that will create a wall thickness.

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Materials


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Materials

We wanted a material that would capture the physicality of a rock,

strain the user when they move it, but be back friendly at the same

time. Our goal was to push the limit. So we researched what the limit

of luggage on an aircraft was, 30kg!

Lightweight aggregates are common in concrete manufacture.

However most of the articles and research undertaken is about thick

load bearing structures and how to decrease weight by units of tonnenot kilogram. After sifting through a lot of research I came across a

Spanish engineer who used recycled foam waste from the car

industry as aggregate. Unfortunately we have stopped producing cars

in Australia, so i found some from the furniture industry instead. I then

produced two kinds of lightweight material, one of which will be used

in the nal design.

The rst material (top picture), was following the engineered method

of mixing, foam and concrete paste. The results were surprising. It

created this mottled marble look. The structural integrity wassurprising at 30mm, it was 40% lighter than traditional concrete made

with sand.

The second material was high density foam soaked in concrete paste.

This was a very interesting material. As it looked rock hard but when

used had a bit of give, and actually formed to your gure. I built a 1:1

prototype but unfortunately I could not facilitate the same amount of

soakage as a smaller piece so this method was not used in the nal

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Part One, picnic bench (2009)


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Part One, picnic bench (2009)

Material: 100% Formed plywood

Nature builds environments and structures through repetition of single

molecular/ structures units, I set out to produce a table with a seat

that could be built through the repetition of a single piece and with the

most natural materials available. part one can be recycled and

refurbished easily, mimicking nature and being truly sustainable.

Concept project.

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Cornered, oor lamp (2009)


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Apartments are not always designed with space in mind, or contra-

dictory how much space can be utilised. Cornered is a oor standing

lamp that tucks into the corner utilising every inch of space, even with

the shade.

The chord climbs up the wall, in a controlled casing that leaves the

power element on show throughout the structure of the lamp, there

bye increasing awareness of energy.

Currently in prototyping stage.

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To nalise the detailing of the design, the inner chord will be fabric


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wrapped giving a timeless and softer more homely feel.

The lampshade has bee quartered to slip easily into the corner,

maximising the most space possible.

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Summer Winter, clothes dryer (2009)


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Shocked by the cold in the land of Europe, I found myself ghting to

get my clothes dry, the products at my disposal were often pricey and

complicated. I wanted to create a simple solution so my dryer would

attach to the heating element. I found this common design beautiful

and also practical as it can be unfolded, adjusting to any dryer.

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This drying rack is an example of a simple object. The utilitarian

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design has a three piece addition. The hook allowing the dryer to be

hung inside on a heating element more commonly found in European

countries. The second and third additions are round screw disks that

can be adjusted to any size of heater.

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Float, bookshelf (2007)

materials: birch plywood frosted perspex


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materials: birch plywood, frosted perspex

This shelving unit plays with the perception of structure and balance,

a memory of literature at the edge of imagination.

This was one of my rst furniture pieces. The shelves were made

from found materials courtesy of reverse garbage, Marrickville. This

is really my rst structural experience and pushed the boundaries on

balance, by using wedged perspex to provide the vertical force in theshelf.

As wood is seen as the major structural element it feels like these

joints are just oating. The addition of lighting explores this apparent

oating of materials.

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Parasitic Design, Collection (2010)


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Youth Homelessness is a major problem in most capital cities around

Australia. We were approached by a Youth Organisation that

particularly looks at keeping kids at home and off the streets by

improving their accommodation standards in conjunction with other

community programs.

Our mission was to develop cheap alternative accommodation for

homeless youth.

Ikea furniture is cheap, accessible and at pack; by designing within

their parameters / hacking, I was able to bring a more personalized

function for the youth and add a bit of character to the mass

manufactured items. These additions Will be developed solely for the

youth organisation to be retro-tted at the point of assembly involving

the youth in the production of their new home.

Natures Purier

Air quality is a large problem in small ats and gardening is not high

on the agenda.

This piece incorporates natures lter with an excepted piece of

furniture, collaborating to be a simple air lter.

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Hangs UPs


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We worked directly with the familys that were involved in these hard

environments. Most of the children had walk in wardrobes, that is

their oor was a carpet of garments. We needed to give them

something accessible and noticable.

This is a space saving solution where a splash of yellow can keep

your clothes off the oor.

material: aluminium tubing.

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Storage Desk

With the addition of a melamine top and white legs, this storage unit


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has been turned into a workstation.

Experience Prototype

Once the product was built I used the desk. I am just over 6 foot high,

so I needed signicant leg room. I found moving one structural bar to

the base to the oor of the product allowed enough room. And if you

wanted to stretch your legs, the draws would just move when needed.

Displaying the uniqueness of this design. The desk was structurally

sound and provided enough room for my 17 inch computer and A4

sketchbook. This has since been adopted into my studio for interns.

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Partitioning System

Material: Felt


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A major part of the brief was to provide the children with a noise and

thermal barrier in the apartments. Often these apartments are

crowded and there is a high level of substance abuse meaning

people cant gauge their voices. Felt is a proven insulator and here is

used in a pleated system alongside the available stolmen unit.

This is a space within a space, allowing a greater feeling of

ownership, control and escape.

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FITA

Fita(2010)-TissueBox

ThedesigncentrewasapproachedbySCA,themothercompany

f S b t t d l ti b th t ld b it bl f

Car apartment Analysis


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ofSorbenttodevelopanewtissueboxthatwouldbesuitablefor

thecar.Wefocusedprimarilyonthetargetuser,femaleswithsmall

children,theareasofresearchwereusersurveysandscenario,car

apartmentanalysisandscenarioenactments.

Research {oppurtunity}

{A packages shape and feel tells the user agreat deal about what a pr oduct is used for.This data shows that there are more reasonsto use tissues and that there is an oppurtunityfor this to be communicated through thetexture.Cleaning after food / Napkin

Covering small cuts

Mop up sweat

Disposal of gum

Make up

runny noses

20%Other Uses

80%

Results of User Centred Research

Packaging

Easily accessible to everyone.

Scenario Enactments

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User centred results found products that full lled these opportune

characteristics that tissues could be used for, and

incorporated the shape and feel in a new designF


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incorporated the shape and feel in a new design.

Fita allows the user to wedge the package into spaces around the

car, allowing exible placement without the need for special

compartments.

This design has been selected by SCA / Sorbent for feasibility

testing.

Key Insight

Grandmas put their tissues

up there sleeves.

Low display

The tissues are manually

forced into place, with

little more holding them

than the elastic of the

sleeve.

Allows quick exchange

between end of use,

Thanks grandma.

Packaging

Fita

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How does the

sleeve work?

Packaging

By packaging the

tissues in a unique way

you can allow dualaccess to the box, for

both drink console and

wedged positions

Developing a working prototype enabled us to take the object and

interact with it in the car, and get feedback from users, which we left

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the product with for a period.

Fita - exploded

Packaging

Packaging

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Fire Protection Suite - Fire Retardant Material / Gel Suit (2010)

Patent Pending


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In a re situation, many civilians who are unable to evacuate early

may end up trapped in a home or vehicle. Due to the sheer intensity

of the heat, they are unable to last long enough for help to arrive.

By providing civilians with a pre-packaged re protection suit

(worn over clothing), it acts as a last line of defence against the

overwhelming heat.

The gel suit protects the wearer from radiant heat, effectively

increasing their chances of survival.

Airtight packaging allows the unopened suit to be stored in both the

home and in a vehicle, ready for immediate use.

The suit is designed for single use.

Materials

Gel Material

Hydrophic Layer

Skin

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Testing Material

Preliminary tests have indicated that fabric* soaked in Thermogel,


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temperatureofbackoffabric(C)

Performance of fabric / 300C of radiant heat

can potentially shield up to 86% of radiant heat to a maximum

temperature of 49 degrees celcius (in comparison with non-

Thermogel-treated fabric, which heats up to 75 degrees celcius).

This gel-treated fabric can be used to produce a civilian suit, that can

be easily stored within the family home or car. The suit will be sealed

in airtight packaging keeping the gel fresh, ready to be used in an

emergency situation.

We propose using a felt-like material, similar to a Scotchbrite, as

this retains a higher percentage of Thermogel as compared to other

fabrics.

Materials

FELT

Hydrophic Layer

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Scenario - Gel Suite

In the case of a bushre the suite can be stored at home or in your


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car ready for use. The suite is a last line of defence and will only be

used as a last resort.

If you are caught in a re normally on the road or your home, the

suite is to be removed from the air tight packaging and put over your

existing clothing.

It will provide protection from the radiant heat from the re, giving youa chance to nd shelter at a low point of your property or perhaps in

your car.

Materials

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