TOM BRIL INDUSTRIAL DESIGN & ENGINEERING

PORTFOLIO 2014

hi My name is Tom BrilI just finished my BSc in Industrial design engineering and I am currently working as Industrial Designer for FEIZ design studio in Amsterdam.

When I’m not working I like to go running, snowboarding, skiing and surf-ing. Besides al the sporty stuff I enjoy to make beautiful pictures and put some lines on paper by sketching.

Improving user experience at domestic boarding gatesGraduation projectIndustrial & experience design, engineering

Manta rayIndividual projectIndustrial design

Modus chairIndividual projectIndustrial design

Headphone packagingIndividual projectGraphic & industrial design

Laminate cutterIndividual project in collaboration with OrbisWillIndustrial design & engineering

CONTENT

IMPROVED CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AT DOMESTIC BOARDING GATES Graduation intership / 5 months / 2014 / Experience & Industrial design

PROJECT BRIEF

The aim of this project was to create a feasible concept vision to adress the current problems at domestic boarding gates. The project was part of my graduation internship for Qantas in collaboration with Bluesky design group Sydney.

RESEARCH

Prevent an industrial product look Service oriented role for airline staff Prevent queues at the gate Minimize environment noiseModular gate systemQantas look & feel

Insights

User, Market, Trend & Technology

research

Research at Sydney Domestic airport

user interviews (staff & passengers), user observations

A New boarding process (personalized boarding) notify passengers when they should be boarding the plane. This is achieved via a new location tracking system.

Location tracking is made possible by using free Wifi services provided on all the airports or using the BLE integrated in most new smartdevices.

AdvantagesPassengers are no longer required to stay in the boarding area but can freely use the airport (taxfree) services outside the boarding area.

FUTURE USER SENARIO

Check in Drop bags at bagrdop point Security check

Contineu shopping & spending time in a lounge area

Message on smartdevice

show s personal boarding timeRelax in lounge & shopping

Scan boarding pass (Q-card, smartdevice etc)

Walk on plane, show seat number and sit down at your seat

Passengers arrive perfectly on time at the gate

Additional messages showing updates if required.

In the process of creating different gate concepts a lot of sketches where made.

GATE DESIGN

CONCEPT STAGE

Different concepts for different concept routes.

FINAL CONCEPT

The new concept focusses on improving the user experience for both passengers and airline crew members, this is achieved by changing boarding gates into a self service system. Because of this, the flight attendants role is changed to a service orientated role (instead of working role).By providing passengers only with the information they want to recieve and by using a more visual information system misunderstandings are prevented.

CONCEPT FEATURS

By using LED carpet (from Philips & Desko) signage is intergrated in the gate. This re-sults in a much cleaner environment (less noice).

The LED arrows move along with the pas-senger towards the gates. By using high contrast colours, the arrows are visible for all the passengers.

The gates are making use of state of the art boarding pass scanners that are future proof. This means they can scan traditional and modern media (paper, smart-devices & passports)

To keep track of the passing passengers 6 infra red sensors are placed to detect pas-sengers. When unautohorized passengers pass through a red screen appears, and warning messages are show in the carpet and on the flight attendants smart device.

Special designed software for the flight attendants is used to keep an eye on the boarding progression. With this app the flight attendants get information regarding the following points:

- Passenger information- Boarding gate status.- Plane status

Further more the software/ smart device gives them the opportunity to inform se-curity if necessary and print the final flight documents. The printer is integrated in the gate furniture.

Boarding gates arround Australia vary in size, the amount of gates and setup.Therefore the new boarding gates are made of modulair parts that easily can be changed to customize the gate for the different preferences for boarding gates across Australia.

To test if the product can be used in the real world all the parts are speci-fied and engineerd when needed.

For all the parts that are needed in the gate I’ve looked at different ma-terials/ production methods. The result: a product that can withstand real live problems i.a. - People standing on the gate- People pushing against the gate.

To perform these tests SolidWorks Simulations was used. Some results are shown on the right.

Besides the testing, critical user sce-narios ,exploded views, BOM (bill of materials) and technical drawings where made in this phase

ENGINEERING

PROTOTYPE

1:1 foam & cardboard prototype.

MANTA RAY LIGHT INSPIRED BY NATUREUniversity project / 2 months (part-time) / 2013 / Industrial design

Due the global effect of urbanization, the living space for people in the cites is limited. But less space doesn’t mean that quality of living should be compromised.

This does require a general rethink of our thoughts/views about products and product design that we use in our daily liv-ing conditions. This means maintaining certain important products, but strip prod-ucts down to the bare essence, leading to a focus of quality at minimal material spend, as an alternative for todays focus on quantative aspects of product design.

As a result of multiple researches done in the past it was concluded that light has positive effects on wellbeing of people. With lack of light people are more likely to suffer from depressions, sleeping- and concentration problems. In other words : when people are exposed to iight under optimal conditions it will improve their lives and overall well-being

URBANISATION

Overview of the available & used technologies during the project

Available light sources

2014Transparant OLED

2019Flexible OLED

2025OLED paint

2021OLED windows

Possible technology roadmap

TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH

Example of an EAP

Interesting technology: Electro- active polymer to generate movement

SKETCHES & MOODBOARD

Flexible luminous (6500K)OLED Surface

Anodized aluminium body

Support frame

Electro-active polymer (EAP)

HOW IT WORKS

MOVEMENT CONTROL

The position of the wings can be set by using a smart device (smarthphone/ tablet )

Neutral mode

Wings up modeSpread the light to illuminate a larger area.

Wings down modeFocus the light rays to a central point to create a smaller but better illuminated area

MODUS CHAIRModus woodworkshop/ Freelance project / 2013 / Industrial design

Modus is a company located in heino (The Neth-erlands) that makes wooden casting moulds for concrete cellars. In 2012 Modus bought a new milling machine that is used to produce parts for the concrete moulds. Because the new ma-chine did offer other production capabilities leading to new technical possibilities ,Modus is also using the machine to enter new markets (furniture & interior design applications ).

MODUS WOODSHOP

MODUS CHAIR

COLOUR OPTIONS

To attract a wider target group the chair can be customized using different seating colours.

REDESIGN AIAIAI TMA-1 HEADPHONE PACKAGINGSaxion university / 1 month (part time) / 2013 / Industrial design & Graphic design

AIAIAI PACKAGING

A simple but strong new packaging con-cept for the TMA-1 Studio headphones from the Danish brand AIAIAI. The new packaging shows more of the character-istics of the TMA-1 Studio headphone

Bad packaging examples- Shiny plastic- A lot of information on the packaging- Strange colour combinations

Good packaging examples- High quality paper (matt paper is premium)- Clean packaging, only necessary information- Subtile colour details, if its a big colour surface, colour use is limited

AIAIAI packaging examples- Simple looking packaging (focus on product)- Clean packaging, only necessary information- Graphics elements are used to create a brand-image

MARKET RESEARCH

SKETCHES

SKETCHES

PROTOTYPE WITH HEADPHONES

SLEEVE & PACKAGING

PACKAGING DETAILS

LAMINATE CUTTEROrbisWill gmbh & Saxion university / 5 months (part time) / 2013 / Industrial design & Engineering

It’s always difficult when you install laminate flooring and you come across obstacle like heating pipes. You have to cut or saw a small part in the required size. This is time consuming, and the risk of poor quality is increasing. There are some products on the market, suitable to hide the imperfections of the cuts. But this is not a good solution for the problem.

After discussing this problem with professionals i found out that there are a couple of methods to create those holes in de laminate.

Drilling and sawingThe most common way of solving this problem is done with the help of a drill. Take a drillhead with the same dimensions that you need, and drill the holes needed in the laminate. Then cut the plank in two parts so you can install it.

SawingAnother way of doing it is using a small fretsaw. Its time consuming, and there is a risk of loss of quality, when this tool is used. In this case you have to mask the cuts by putting a cover on top of it.

Both methods take a lot of time, and there are powertools involved. I worked on an alternative that did allow to punch a hole with a plier in the laminate in order to create the opening. The risk of safety accidents during the handling of the cutting was limited, using this new technique.

Results of current cutting technique

PROBLEM ANALYSIS

ERGONOMICSimprovements in grippings

LIGHTWEIGHTlighter than predecessors

EASY MANIPULATION rapid and simple adjustment

FORCE TRANSMISSION efficient and dependable

HEALTH AND SAFETY OF USERSless vibration, reduction of risk of trapped fingers

DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGESprimarily for use by users with some form of physical disability

FOCUS ON SUSTAINABILITY at the end of product life, products can be recycled

FOCUS ON USERuser centered design

MARKET TRENDS

CONCEPT SKETCHES

Different concepts got reworked into CAD with SolidWorks to develop into a more realistic concept.

Changable cutting blade enables the user to customize the cutter to make it suitable for cutting the most common tube diameters

Lock the arm, to make transport easier

Slide the blocks in the right possition to align the laminate in its possition

Complete flush sur-face to place wood laminate

On fold to increase the stability during cutting.

3 cutting blade supports that function as measurement tool as well. They are locked in the body of the cutter (12mm, 15mm 18mm)

FINAL CONCEPT

CUTTING LAMINATE

Senario 1: The heating pipe is positioned on the split line of 2 laminate planks.

How to cutCutting a half circle in 2 pieces of laminate to create one round hole.

Senario 2: The heating pipe is positioned in the middle of a laminate plank.

How to cutCutting a slot in 1 laminate plank.

Step 1: Fold the stabilazators open, release the handle by opening the arm lock, choose the right cutting blade & support plate & position the alignment blocks.

How to use the laminate cutter:

Step 2: Position the wooden laminate plank so its ready for cut-ting

Step 3: By moving the handle down, a hole is cut out of the lam-inate plank

INTERFACE

60

mm

DIMENSIONS

440mm

72

mm

ENGINEERING

For all the parts that are needed in the laminate cutter I’ve looked to different materials/ production methodes. The result: a product that can withstand real live user situations.

To test some of the user situations SolidWorks Simulations & simple hand calculations where made to calculate strenght/ thicknesses of specific parts.

Besides testing critical user sce-narios exploded views, BOM (bill of materials), cost calculations and technical drawings where made in this phase of the project.

INTERFACEPROTOTYPE

INTERFACEPROTOTYPE

1:1 working (all the moving parts can move) prototype from MDF

RESUME

EDUCATION

2009- 2014 Saxion University Enschede - BSc. Industrial design & Engineering

2004- 2009 High school Carmel College - Economy, Society & Art

INTERNSHIPS

09 2013 - 01 2014 Bluesky Design group Sydney (Australia) - Graduation Internship

08 2012 - 01 2013 Yellow Design Pforzheim (Germany) - Consumer electronics

02 2012 - 06 2012 Feiz Design studio Amsterdam - Furniture & consumer electronics

WORK EXPERIENCE

04 2014 - Present Feiz Design studio Amsterdam - Industrial Designer

06 2012 - 08 2012 Feiz Design studio Amsterdam - Consumer electronics

TOOLS

3D moddeling SolidWorks & Rhino

3D Rendering Keyshot & Vray

2D Adobe suite, hand sketching

Other Photography

LANGUAGESDutch Native language

Englisch Fluent

German Good

LETS GET IN CONTACT!

Mail : bril_tom@hotmail.comPhone : +31 6 55 192494Skype : tombril2LinkedIn : Tom BrilAdress : Rooseveltlaan 77, 1079 AG Amsterdam (The Netherlands)