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Oliver Corfield 2023

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Me. Education
Bath Spa Universty
Furniture Product Design BA (Hons) 2020 - 2023

Work
Nike
Part-time Footwear Associate 2018- Current

Sainsburys
Part-time Trading Assistant 2017-2018

Skill
Problem solver
3D Modeing / printing
Adobe Creative suite
Rhino
I am a dynamic and creative product designer Sustainble approach
focused on a career in innovation where I can
take design into an exciting future that makes a
difference to the way we live, work, and navigate
through life.

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Contents page.
2019 2020 2021 2023

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Desk to go Bird bar The wulver in you Oven table Final project

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Desk to go. Stabilo Pens

The challenge for the brief was to identify any prod-

uct which is currently packaged in single use plastics
and to re-design the packaging using 100% corrugat-
ed cardboard. This project improve a Stabilo pen case
packaging from a one-time use of storage into a pack-
aging that can have longevity, more functionality and
multi - use.

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Stablio Research.

I researched the Stablio brand and took from their branding a number of aspects. Firstly, the positioning of their logo within a red box design which is normally
placed vertically on the packaging. I included two vertical logos on my product to advertise the brand.
Secondly the colours that Stablio use in their packaging and branding relates to the colour palette of the pens. It was important to identify this in my own pack-
aging branding to represent their colour theme.
Thirdly the hexagon shapes that are used in their advertising and are shaped on the bottom and top of the pens, I used the shapes on the packaging to show the
shapes. I also incorporated the use of the hexagons so when you open the packaging and pull the pens out it reveals a colourful hexagon pattern aligned to the
pen.

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Development.

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Graphics.

I wanted the graphics to communicate how the product can be used to

bring the use of colour to your environment at home or work. From my
research into Stablio I wanted to make sure I used the colour promo-
tion within my graphics linked to the pens and the variety of features. I
wanted to make the graphics tell the story of the experience for the user.
So when you open the pen case and pull the second layer out it reveals
strips of the colours that are in the case and a continuous pattern of
colour. When tidying away the pens the hexagon pattern indicates which
colour goes where to guide a uniform approach to storage of the pens.

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How it works.

Pull
p e
Buy O n

Use

&
stand

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Bird Bar.

The Bird Bar creates a space for birds to

feed hanging on a washing line. This ad-
dresses how you may need to hang a bird
feeder to a garden/home space when you
may be unable to attach a feeder to a fence
or wall or have limited space such as a bal-
cony or small patio area.

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Product development.
My Initial Thoughts when reciving this group
project was i thought the design is interesting because
of the 5 feeding sections and the food is contained well
within the base structure. Alos I was concerned that the
base structure would be difficult to fabricate because of
the thine walls and complex angles.

Next step was to 3D

printed the outer
Experimenting with the look of shape of the jes-
our base and deciding on white monite core so it We wanted to finalise how the paracord can
Acrylic is the best option. can be filled and a be atachted to the white Acrylic and thought
hole can be drilled it was a good idea it cover up the central knot
and paracord can be 40mm plastic pipe to slide down from the top
loop.

Coming up with shaped design for the
Jesmonite core to be casted in.
For this part we decide to in-
clude a jesmonite cap to to not
allow any food to all down the
middle.
Final design

Design rethink and simplification.

It was decided to use a MDF and cut the sides of the feeder container using a laser cutter.
To help join the sides together a lattice edge would be cut to create a stronger join rather
than glue. Then for the actually design to use plastic and then laser cut it. That means its one
of our batch production processes. So the MDF is just practice to understand what works
because its a cheaper material to work with.

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Materials Cow hitch

focus.
knot, Paracord

Acrylic Puzzle bowl

Acrylic sleeve

Jesmonite Core
Jesmonite Cap

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Packaging
& Marketing.
This product went to market and needed
to enable the customer to carry the prod-
uct home without damage or tangling of the
cords. To enable this to happen we needed
to develop packaging that wrapped around
the product and had a carry handle for easy
lifting. The development of the design of the
carrier required us to use recyclable card-
board that would be flexible and supportive
of the product as well as being sustainable.
The carrier was used as a holder for the prod-
uct on the shelf and was easy for the custom-
er to pick up and explore whilst browsing the
product as well as carrying home.

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The wulver in
you.
The design requirement was to make a gift
box out of pulp that needed to be transport-
ed through the post or delivered by hand. The
product was to be sent to a ‘ hero’ who had been
chosen because they had gone above and be-
yond during the Covid pandemic and deserved
to receive acknowledgement for their dedica-
tion and hard work to support others during
this challenging time. The product needed to
be bespoke to the individual receiving it and
required me to find out through interview their
own personal journey so the product could be
adapted to reflect their interests, background
and experience.

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Product development. The way that I managed Stamp design which
After making the pulp mixture, i
The start of this project I had to find and had added the pulp to mould which
to get mountain shape is realavte to england
interview a person who had worked with are mostly vacformed to allow the
and the ski lines with rugby and my hero
dedication throughout the Covid pandem- plup to dry and to gain strenght.
the pulp was to get a family, her kids and
ic within their job or personal life to sup-
3D render and 3d print husband. I wanting to
port others during the challenging days. I
it then make a silicon stamp this through my
chose a family friend called Becky Roberts
mould for the pulp. design
who was an occupational therapist in a
hospice.

After the pulp had dried. Ski pass ticket design

with a message on it
Having collected information for Becky
about Becky and her work and
hobbies I needed to design
packaging based on these. As
Becky was interested in Snow-
sports, rugby and spending
time with her family I used all
these to create a design with a
visual capture of these. Exterior Les Arcs mountain
After modelling and drawing came
I had to created four layers to the design of doing the Les Arcs
of pulp including Egg Plinth, mountain on top of a rugby kicking
Shield, Exterior, Protector or tee and the egg will look like a rugby
Shield. The goal of the pulp is ball.
to protect the egg which indi-
vidually reflected my Hero’s
hobbies and interests.

Sheild Plinth

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Materials
focus.
At the start of the project I needed to investigate dif-
ferent materials that would be strong enough and
sturdy enough to protect the egg and withstand trav-
elling in the mail. I experimented with rice flour, salt
and oats. The best recipe was using newspaper, hot
water, salt, glue and rice flour. This was used in my
final model and did protect the egg during the trav-
elled allowing my Hero to receive her egg intact.

Newspaper, hot water, salt,

glue and rice flour.

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Gifting
& Feedback.
At the end of this project I hand delivered
my pulp gift box that had different lay-
ers of pulp to protect and secure during
transportation the surprise inside without
it being damaged. The feedback from my
Hero reflected her surprise at receiving
the gift and its relevancy to her. The time
spent interviewing her had allowed me
to personally create a unique gift and her
feedback was that she was overwhelmed
and thankful for the acknowledgement of
her hard work and dedication to her job.

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Furnture to
Product -
Oven Table.

A broken appliance was selected and then

adapted, by reusing the frame and parts of the
individual components to reconstruct the oven
material into a coffee table. I considered which
parts of the oven could be re-used and repur-
posed whilst wanting to ensure that the oven
was still recognisable in its new form.

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Construction process.

After model making and reviewing the

I selected a oven that was going to be dis- pieces of the oven I chose to design and
carded and taken to the waste disposal site. develop a new piece of furniture from the
oven to create a coffee table.

The oven was dismantled into individual pieces to be Throughout the project I learnt that I could use re-
able to examine how these could be re-used. use the parts of the oven to re-design into a table but
keeping the new product recognisable as an oven that
had been converted.

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Contact page.
Oliver Corfield
Email - oj.corfield@gmail.com

Phone - 07722843202

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Work Experience contacts

Nike - Tim Harris - tim.m.harris@outlook.com

Aileron - Will Soper - will@aileron.design

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