product of failures

Ryan Singer, Shape Up

I'd sewn up half a framebag custom for a 98 Cannondale Killer-V a few years ago and abandoned in on account of a miscalulation. Sold the bike, but still had this oddball triangle floating around. Made a few cuts and salvaged it for my Stumpjumper. #framebags #myog #xbiking #pickednotpurchased (at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CE_33IshVug/?igshid=jx9mrfywi33z

I'm putting scraps and remnants to work on bicycle luggage. (at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CE_3Scyhuas/?igshid=g6p1jalb6354

Boom into a breakdown. I seem drawn to modular things, which is probably why I like bikes so much. For the tinkerers and tuners, I wanted to build something you could tweak for a session, a trip, or a season. For me, its a way to avoid deciding myself into a corner... Extend the product lifecycle, reduce waste, less pairs, be repairable. Conceptually, this was reaching a bit further than the variable flexion aspect of the shoe.. it was starting to look entirely variable, and I was excited. c. Dec 2016 #bikeshoes #conceptkicks #modular #futurecraft #explodedview #illustrator #vectorflats #multifunctional (at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEt74gWhGPc/?igshid=162o8njt6f0qm

One final project for design school, which we would spend 2 consecutive semesters pursuing. Goal; to pick something that would keep me motivated and fulfilled, gain experience relevant to the type of products I'm excited about, and had some cool-factor potential. It was the first semester of the last year of my BDes - Product Design at KPU. We had spent half the semester researching the questions we layed out in the first week. I was looking at the question of shoes for #bikepacking (or #touring or #commuting) that would be performant both pedaling and hiking (-a-biking) These #researchposters were intended to communicate the problem we were exploring (in parlance for 'normies'), and preview our line of inquiry for scrutiny and input. Through personal experience, science books, and forums, I'd proposed a paradox of walkability and pedal radness, identified 3 broad categories of rider (instant oats, granola, or powerbar) and means by which I might achieve that objective of a perfectly balanced flexy-stiff shoe. With some good feedback and post-it notes, we were given the blessing to move forward and begin doing some fancy design work to explore these next steps. Definitely made a fan out of me for research focused product design projects. The process can be a suffer, but the sheer volume of failures and dead ends you create is reassuring in the end. (at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CERiVkTB76f/?igshid=za262nd6kaq

OLD WOVENLABELS Pulling these out of my archive while we (+ @studio.lewi) work on a label for a project we're doing @biem.etc #vintage #labellove #wovenlabels (at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEMXKxapfx-/?igshid=7e9vjclh5n64

Stuart Walker, 'Integration of Scales—Mass-Produced Plus Locally Made Parts'

Folding lock 2 AKA Burg 2. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #fusion360 #cadlads #3drender (at North End, Halifax) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAeH7wuBV0t/?igshid=1led0i0k7k8j

I'll take 100 messy thumbnails over a handful. Stay loose. 🤙 Cheap #lowfidelity #prototypes #technicaldrawings were sent out to get a feel for cost. This version would be in the high high end of what most people would ever dream of spending for a lock, but you uncover a few things to resolve that might out it somewhere that makes a bit more sense. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #industrialdesign #sketching #bikegear #designbikes #designformanufacturing (at North End, Halifax) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAeH2adh-V8/?igshid=1o0qgg4a9ehnu

Folding lock nr. 2. A prototype of the first design uncovered some issues, and the size didn't feel right. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #bikelocks #bikegear #foldinglock #burg2 (at North End, Halifax) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAeHvGChKYR/?igshid=185wjju3p10r0

Articulated garment. Working a stretch knit polyester patch into a woven karate gi. A small patch can give movement in the back and arms, improving mobility. We even worked some *shashiko* mending into a spot that ripped. with @almajunedesign and Jason Guo ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #wabisabi #karate #sportswear https://www.instagram.com/p/CAeE6C5B6cQ/?igshid=1j2e8mdtdl6po

Block bag. Doublewide rolltop for a soft goods/fashion design student. Holds all sorts of stuff, wide enough for fabrics, patterns, rulers. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #hardgoods #softproducts #softgoods #technicalfabric #cutandsew #carrygoods #designtools #patterndrafting #cordura #grosgrain #backtoschool (at Halifax, Nova Scotia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAdutuEBxAg/?igshid=16b8oucya330x

Current mood. #startuplife #hardwareleben (at Caliburger Restaurant)