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JAN VAN LOO

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

Myself

Shopping bag

Lamp I

Praline

PU-foam

Pro-carton

Stairstick

Barrier

Lamp II

Betafence

Glassiled

Insect-robot


METHOD

CREATIVE

TECHNOLOGY

MATERIAL

PROTOTYPE

USER

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INDUSTRY

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The skills of an Industrial Designer...

PREFACE

The design methodology is the central part of the design-skills. Designers use many methods to

develop a product from an idea.

Industrial Designers are trained to use different creativity techniques to find new product- and

process-ideas.

An Industrial Designer is still an engineer. The knowledge of technology is essential to develop

producible.

The choice and use of materials and production techniques is not only a matter of physical

characteristics but also the emotional and sensitive aspects can make a difference.

Prototyping is an essential part of the design process. With prototypes it is possible to

communicate and validate product-ideas in a more realistic context.

The relation between user and product, the context of use, is part of the necessary information to

make a user-centered-design.

The skill to define the correct look of a product makes the Industrial Designer an unique engineer

using sketches, renders andCADtools.

To compete with the market, the Industrial Designer has to know and use the the most recent

production processes, materials, etc.

... are the perfect mixture between the polyvalent engineering skills and the specific design skills.

With these skills they design the products of the future. Each project trained some of these skills.

These skills were extensively trained during a four-year study at the University of West-Flanders (Belgium).


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JAN VAN LOO

NAME:

FIRST NAME:

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PLACE OF BIRTH:

DATE OF BIRTH:

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ADDRESS:

Van Loo

Jan

Male

Waregem

22 April 1988

Belgian

Drieselstraat 31

9041 Ghent

MYSELFEducation

Experiences

Software:

Skills:

2000-2006: IndustrialScience, EDUGO campusGlorieux [TSO]

2006-2010: Master Industrial Design,University West-Flanders

Student onWork Placement atAGC Flatglass Europe (Glaverbel)

Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint | Mathematica | SolidWorks |

Autodesk Inventor, Alias, Autocad (mechanical) | PTC

Pro/Engineer, Pro/mechanica |CorelCorelDraw, PhotoPaint.

The level of the developed skills are visualised below with bars.

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Hobbies:

Music: Tenor saxophone

BeingActive:Scouts, Hiking, Kano, ...

Designing: Prototyping and Ecologic design


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2006

JAN VAN LOO

SHOPPING BAG

Design a product that helps

students while shopping.

First of all the user puts the

goods in the bag while walking

in the shop

Then the servant easily lays

down the bag at one side,

opens the zippers and scans

the goods while moving it

from the one to the other side.

After scanning just close the

zippers again to use it again as

a bag.

Afterwards, while moving or

(un)loading the bag, it is easy

to hang the bag wherever you

want.


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2006

JAN VAN LOO

LAMP I

This lampshade uses the heat

emitted from the lamp to

make the sculpture rotating.

This creates a beautiful

moving shadow pattern on

the front pannel and on the

wall behind.

The rotor also causes a good

air ventilation without the use

of an exra power supply. This

allows the designer to choose

for less and light materials.

This prototype is made from

carton.


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2006

MANU VOLLENS

JAN VAN LOO

FUNCTIONAL PRALINE

The assignment was to design

a chocolate product spending

a lot of attention to the

functionality and look.

The concept we created was

to have a easu to use, cold,

luxury chocolate fondue.This

product is ideal for special

events and walking dinners.

We produced a hollow bar

that can be easily filled with

different tastes of fruit

pudding.


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2007

SVEA THIENPONDT

JAN VAN LOO

PU-FOAM

Searching a new market,

generating new ideas and

designing applications to use

the waste produced during the

production of PU-foam. This

a s s i g n m e n t w a s i n c o l -

laboration with Recticel.

The concept uses the waste as

a filling for curtains. These

curtains can better isolate

windows at night.

It should encourage people to

install a full extra insulation

package.

'This project was elected by

Recticel as one of the top three

projects.


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2007

JAN VAN LOO

PRO-CARTON

This product is the result of a

contest of the company

PRO-Carton. The assignment

was to make a cardboard

package for food.

Within this context a package

for wine was designed. It can

be fold open to raise the wine

bag. In this position it is easy

to hold your glass under the

tap.

The wine package can easily

be produced of 1 piece of

carton and some standard

folding processes.

The result was nominated for

the price in alcoholic drinks.


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2008

JAN VAN LOO

STAIRSTICKThe StairStick was develloped

as a redesign of a stairlift.

D u r i n g a s m a l l m a r ke t

research normal stairlifts

seemed to be expensive and

unpractical because they only

focus on one stair.

The StairStick helps older

people to climb every stair. It’s

basicly a walking stick but

there is a difference when

climbing a stair.Then a part of

the grip slides down. This part

is half a step high. Now the

user only has to raise his leg

half a step.

This small step can help a

majority of elderly people,

who struggle with stairs.


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2008

JAN VAN LOO

SMART

During a design theme week

about cars we designed this

new trunk concept for Smart.

We deleted the trunk lid. This

saves a lot of materials,

production processes and

costs of small cars like the

Smart. Making it an even more

ecologic car.


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2008

MANU VOLLENS

JAN VAN LOO

BARRIER

For this project the goal was to

design a non-electric powered

low cost barrier for cars

Here it was very important to

make a design allowing an

easy and cheap assembly.

Using as much as possible

standard available parts.

The system works with little

plates who can’t turn down

without using the handle

(=paying).


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2008

JAN VAN LOO

LAMP II

This ecological lamp is a

variation on a normal manual

wind-up lamp..

Because most of the time

when people use a flashlight

at home (cellar, attic, ...) they

need there hands.

With design of LAMP II it

becomes easy to put it down

wherever you want. The light

can shine in all possible

directions thanks to the

special shaped feet.


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2008

JAN LEYSSENS

JAN VAN LOO

BETAFENCE

T h e p r o j e c t w a s i n

cooperation with Betafence.

They make metal fences and

wanted to introduce a new

consumer product, using

these fences.

T h e r e f o r e w e s t a r t e d

designing a new material

using the strengths of the

fences. We invented a light

weight soft structure with

foam.The fence was used as a

die to create a structured

foam. The metal wires inside

made it possible to shape it in

many ways.

W i t h t h i s m a t e r i a l w e

developed a changeable 3D

carpet for children.


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2008

JAN VAN LOO

GLASSILED

Glassiled is a company that

has the knowledge to produce

led’s integrated in glass.

They asked us to develop

new products using this

technology.

The final product uses the

principle of total internal

reflection inside the glass.

This light, captured inside the

glass, reflects on the text

written with a fibreglass

composite so the text itself

starts to light.


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2008

JAN VAN LOO

INSECT-ROBOT

Designing and drawing a robot

inspired by an insect. The

robot was drawn on A0 paper

by hand using materials as

pencils, markers and chalk.


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THOMAS DHAENENS

ISABELLE WATERPLAS

JAN VAN LOO

EMOTIONAL DESIGN

Emodesign is an under-

est imated factor in the

industrial design sector.

Customers don’t buy the most

technical high-end products.

They decide their purchase

largely by emotions.

To understand the aspects of

emodesign we wrote a manual

with a lot of examples and

scientific information about

emotions, sences, perception,

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It is a basic guide for product

and interface designers.


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THOMAS DHAENENS

MANU VOLLENS

SANDER DUMONT

JAN VAN LOO

NEWDOORFor the James Dyson Award

we designed a new concept

to open and close a door.

People often have problems

while handling doors. The

most ergonomic movement

is to push a door. This counts

for opening the door but also

for closing. So we designed a

door that could easily be

o p e n e d a n d c l o s e d b y

pushing. Another advantage

of the newdoor is that it takes

less space when opened.

We made a 1:1 prototype and

tested it in real life. For a

smal l movie about the

functioning, check youtube.

(search for “Newdoor User

Interaction“)


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DRIES COUTIGNY

JAN VAN LOO

MATERION

At Howest they have a special

location to store, test and

compare materials.

The goal was to set the

foundations to make it an

interactive classroom. The

entire group of about 30

students worked as one team.

Dries and I were responsible

for the interior arrangement

and flow. Among others we

designed a table that can be

used in many compositions

alone or in group.


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DRIES ROLLEZ

LAURI HARJU

SOREYA MOKHTARI

JAN DE PAEPE

JAN VAN LOO

TELEVIC< PART1

The first part was an intensive

program with an inter-

disciplinary team of students

from all over Europe.The goal

was to make a modular

conference unit, integrating

the newest technologies.

PART2 >

Jan De Paepe and I had to

further develop the design of

t h i s p r o j e c t . T h e m o s t

important deliverable was a

morphologic overview of

alternatives for the specific

functions of a conference

system. With this overview it

became possible to choose

thousands of combinations.

Accounting the latest trends,

5 concepts were developed.


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200ç

MANU VOLLENS

LP VANCRAEYNEST

JAN VAN LOO

PETELLA

This project was all about

design for sustainability. Our

team was very motivated to

design a system to provide

cheap (free) drinkable water

that can make the difference

for a lot of people living in

slums inTegucigalpa.

The most challenging factor is

t h e c o m p l e x i t y o f t h e

environment taking into

account gangs, habbits,

religion, weather, ...

The system basically tries to

filter rainwater using sunlight.

It is a cheap product which can

be locally produced and

installed.


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JAN LEYSSENS

JAN VAN LOO

THERMOSTATThe assignment was to design

a thermostat. We had to make

a first draft of the electic

diagram, think about the

interfaces and feedback.

But the main accent was to

choose and integrate the right

electrical components.

We unified the thermostat

with an electric powered

h e a t e r. T h i s i s a g r e a t

advantage for heating small

rooms, such as bathrooms. A

well regulated and regulatable

heating system is more

comfortable for the users and

for the environment. We

choose all the electric parts for

a m i n i m a l e n e r g y c o n -

sumption.

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