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
