BlueHair: Interaction & Product Design

Author: David Güiza Caicedo

  • Colombiactiva logo

    Colombiactiva Logo - horizontalThe Colombiactiva Foundation is a non-profit organization, established in March 2007 in Delft, The Netherlands. The Foundation was established by a group of young professionals that work as volunteers, and are aware of the social realities of Colombia. The group feels the responsibility and the compromise to take action to reduce poverty, lack of opportunities and the indifference of people towards these problems. (more…)

  • EVOlving: A concept design for Evi Malisianou’s portfolio website

    This was a very graphical proposed design for Evi Malisianou’s Interaction Design online portfolio (www.EVOthing.com). It was meant as an experimentation with an unusual graphical layout and with playful yet simple interactive tricks, such as the faces following the mouse cursor with their eyes.
    Follow the link and click on one of the faces to see it’s reaction.

    www.evothing.com/1.0

    EVOlving website - 01

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  • They’re made out of MEAT!

    I came across this little story on the internet and I thought it was absolutely brilliant, so I decided to reproduce it here for anyone out there waisting their time reading this page.
    BTW, the illustration was made by yours trully
    So here it goes…
    THEY'RE MADE OUT OF MEAT!
    by Terry Bisson

    "They're made out of meat."

    "Meat?"

    "Meat. They're made out of meat."

    "Meat?"

    "There's no doubt about it. We picked up several from different parts of the planet, took them aboard our recon vessels, and probed them all the way through. They're completely meat."

    "That's impossible. What about the radio signals? The messages to the stars?"

    "They use the radio waves to talk, but the signals don't come from them. The signals come from machines." (more…)

  • Skil Caulkgun: A new battery powered product for Skil’s portfolio

    Skil Caulkgun_thumb

    Relevant Keywords:

    Product analysis, power tools, product development

    Design Goal:

    To make a design proposal for a battery powered caulk gun that can be added to the product portfolio of power tools producer Skil.

    Project duration:

    125 hours

    Methods Used:

    • Product analysis
    • Morphological charts
    • 3D modeling

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  • 3D capacity Logo

    3D capacity is a company specialized in the field of 3D outsourcing. Their logo reflects how they create 3D solutions that perfectly fit their client’s needs.

    3D capacity logo - FINAL

    A little explanation on what the logo stands for:

    • The largest part of the segmented ring represents the client and their current infrastructure.
    • The smallest part represents the solutions delivered by 3D Capacity, which are a perfect fit for the client’s needs.
    • Both together they form a closed ring (a whole), a shape representing the clients organization becoming more solid and complete (thanks to our help).
    • The bigger part of the ring also forms the shape of a ‘C’ for ‘capacity’
    • Both shapes are clearly 3D to represent the nature of our products and solutions.
    • A one-point pespective is used for the ring to make it look more massive.
    • The font is custom made, simple and modern looking giving the logo a touch of uniqueness.

    Explanation:

    • The biggest part of the segmented ring represents the client and their current infrastructure.
    • The smallest part represents the solutions delivered by 3D Capacity, which are a perfect fit for the client’s needs.
    • Both together they form a closed ring (a whole), a shape representing the clients organization becoming more solid and complete (thanks to our help).
    • The bigger part of the ring also forms the shape of a ‘C’ for ‘capacity’
    • Both shapes are clearly 3D to represent the nature of our products and solutions.
    • A one-point pespective is used for the ring to make it look more massive.
    • The font is custom made, simple and modern looking giving the logo a touch of uniqueness.

  • Configurable multimedia CDs for TweenSense

    TweenSense, a company specialized in 3D visualization of architectural projects, needed a standard and practical, yet attractive way of delivering the final products to their clients. It had to be attractive and time-effective. For this, I developed a CD which could be easily customized through a very simple application, so that it would have the unique content that each project demands. The application even generated automatically customized CD stickers and covers for the given project.

    By following this link you can download a demo version of the CD as well as a copy of the customizing application.

    TweenCDs - 01 (more…)

  • Hong Kong Design Institute – Logo competition

    The Hong Kong Design Institute held an international competition to design their new logo. Every individual could enter up to 3 different proposals that reflected the values and interests the Design institute seeks to promote.
    The following are the 3 proposals that I submitted to the competition.

    HDKI - Logo 1

    This logo is both an abstraction of the letters H and K and of a human figure that symbolizes how the people are central to the design practice in general and how the students are the institute’s biggest asset. (more…)

  • Muse – an MP3 player with an e-ink/touch based interface

    Muse 2As part of a design exercise at the TU Delft we were given the task to design a logo and an interface based entirely on typography for an MP3 player. The player was in the shape of a cylinder and would use e-ink and a touch sensitive surface as a use interface.

    By clicking the image below, you can open an interactive model which I made in flash, to illustrate how the interface looked and worked.

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    Muse

  • AnneSieraden.nl

    Anne Renkema is a Dutch goldsmith who makes use of modern and classic crafting techniques for creating her jewelry.

    I was given the assignment of developing her flash website so that she could easily update it herself without any flash knowledge.

    Anne_sieraden

  • TweenSense Portfolio

    TweenSense is the company where I used to work. we were specialized in the visualization of architectural plans through the use of high quality virtual maquettes, renders and animations.

    This was our portfolio site designed and developed by me in flash. It had the advantage that it could also be easily distributed as a multimedia CD, making it very versatile.

    Unfortunately the company no longer exists and the website has been taken offline ever since, but a working copy can be found on my own server HERE.

    TweenSense Portfolio - 01

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  • TweenSense.com, a website for a 3D visualization company

    TweenSense.com is the internet website of the company where I used to work. We were specialized in the visualization of architectural projects via interactive maquettes, high quality renders and animations. The website had to be simple and eye catching, and it must show in a very straight forward manner what our products are and the high quality we deliver.

    Unfortunately the company no longer exists and the website has been taken offline ever since, but a working copy can be found on my own server HERE.

    TweenSense.com - 01

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  • Nuntius: A newspaper delivery tricycle

    Nuntius_thumb

    Relevant Keywords:

    Newspapers, delivery, product development, technical development

    Design Goal:

    As part of a design exercise at the TU Delft I was asked to design a human powered vehicle with the main purpose of transporting goods. I decided to develop a newspaper delivery trike.

    Project duration:

    150 hours

    Methods Used:

    • Collage making
    • Morphological charts
    • Technical detailing
    • 3D modeling

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  • Baller: Concept furniture for children

    Baller_thumb

    Relevant Keywords:Hema

    Children’s furniture, design competition, plastic, conceptual design

    Design Goal:

    Design a piece of furniture for children to be produced in plastic and go along with the general Hema style:  simple, colorful products, with a high quality and a low price.

    Project duration:

    75 hours

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  • Okkebas: A website for a typical Delft student house

    ‘Okkebas’ is a student house in Delft where I used to live and I designed a website for it in my free time. It’s a very interesting site where you can customize the look of your own character and use him to walk around the house and to interact with the different objects.

    Okkebas website - 01 (more…)

  • DSVV Punch – 10 years logo

    Punch - 01Punch is a student sport union in delft and in the year 2005 they were celebrating a decade as owners of their own ‘boat-bar’.

    They asked me to design a logo  for the celebration, which could be used in different types of print material, such as flyers, posters and even beer glasses.

    The logo was made in a single color to allow for a flexible use in different media, and of course, the 10 years anniversary and the boat were central in the design.

    You can see an example of one of the beer glasses underneath.

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  • Gothic Clock: Free formgiving exercise

    GothicClock_thumb

    Relevant Keywords:TU Delft Logo

    Goth lifestyle, wall clock, free form-giving exercise, clay modeling

    Design Goal:

    As part of a free design exercise at the TU Delft we were asked to research a specific lifestyle (goths in my case) and to design a daily use product that would fit the form language of the given lifestyle.

    Project duration:

    75 hours

    Methods Used:

    • Interviews
    • Sketching
    • Clay modeling

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