What is it?
A process design project from concept to product – a fully working technology that allows one to make any self-setting woven carbon-fiber construction built around a supporting structure.
Inspired by a traditional Polish embroidery style, it uses an innovative tool mounted on a KUKA robot.
Further description
• The program guiding the robot is flexible and generates a different outcome depending on the user’s starting conditions
• A project to produce a tool using rapid prototyping in order to significantly cut down the product testing phase
• The technology remains with an open source licence to encourage collaboration
• Building custom pieces around easily accessible parts
My contribution
• researched trends and modern technologies, analysed Polish craft and culture
• created the idea, made my own brief
• led problem-solving workshops for second year students
• extensive prototyping and product testing
• materials testing
• materials sourcing
• 3D modelled tool heads for the KUKA robot (Rhinoceros 3D + T-Splines)
• wrote a flexible program steering the KUKA robot (Grasshopper)
• created the overall presentation and communication of the project, produced a video explanation and regularly supplemented the project catalogue
• created 3D technical renderings (KeyShot and V-Red)
• exhibited and publicly presented the project
The detailed process documentation is collected in the catalogue.
Exhibitions WearIt Berlin 2015 Łódź Design Days 2015
Materials Revolution 2015 (Jönköping/Sweden)
Smart Materials for better Design 2015 (Red Dot Museum/Essen/Germany)
Design Indaba 2016 (Cape Town/ SA)
Numerous articles about the project were released online and in design related magazines, here are some examples: Rhinoceros3Dblog, 3Dprint.com, humanoids.io...
What is it?
• Car disassembly documentation
• A set of instruments built from car parts
• An application for mixing music out of the sounds retrieved from the car
Further description
After being given a brand new Škoda Octavia 3 from the factory, my team performed reverse engineering analysis by taking the car into pieces in order to gain the knowledge about construction, precision and the correlations between all the smallest parts.
The second challenge was to bestow new meanings upon the parts and create something completely novel, not car-related, which is why we chose to create a music-making set of instruments supported by an application.
My contribution
• disassembled the car as a part of a big working team
• collaborated with the rest of the design team
• was trained and supervised by mechanics and Škoda technicians
• learned about the materials, construction and mechanisms that construct a complex object – a car
• programmed the music making application (Processing)
• performed end-user testing of the application
• was responsible for decision making and led my team
• taking part in this project has given me the experience of handling many projects and tasks simultaneously as I was working at the “KUKA cooking” project at the same time, with overlapping deadlines
Exhibitions
Poznań Motor Show 2013
Berlin DMY 2013
What is it?
Design process, from an image, through the program and tool creation, leading to a robot drawing exceptional pictures.
Further description
The programme translates different shades of grey retrieved from any given image into the depth values for the tip of the pen held by a KUKA robot.
Following the philosophy of mass customisation, the interface is presented in an easy way allowing the user to be able to input a picture captured on a phone and obtain a unique drawing within a few minutes.
My contribution
• 3D modelled the minimalistic pen holder for the KUKA robot in Rhinoceros 3D
• transformed and customised an open source code in order to program the path for the robot using Grasshopper
• simplified the process to just a few steps
• presented and explained the drawing robot at Arena Design 2015
• used the project for educational purposes
Exhibitions
Arena Design Poznań 2015
Drawing is just an example of the process output, in other projects I used the KUKA robot to mill in modelling foam or draw mathematically programmed geometries.
What is it?
A CNC cut, functional stool aimed to be used in a workshop.
Further description
• simple to assemble – no screws, no bolts, no glue, clear manual
• easy storage: stacking with 90 degree turning, one on top of the other
• can stand over 200kg weight
• 3 stools stacked on top of each other create a ladder or a useful stand for working in the workshop
My contribution
• group problem solving, observing the surrounding, finding user’s needs
• collected and presented moodboards
• technical specification drawings
• modelled and developed the stool (Solid Works)
• analysed and optimised the ergonomics and weight-load of the stool
• rendered the models (KeyShot)
• technical specification drawings
• cut the models on a CNC milling machine before assembly
• optimised the use of material to fulfil biggest amount of parts in one cutting process
• created an educational, step by step manual that introduced new users to use CNC milling machine and workshop tools
• prepared a video manual
Exhibitions
Design Days in Gdynia 2014
Full instruction with the cutting files is opensource and shared at Instructables.com
What is it?
Two jewellery collections (one geometric, one crumpled) inspired by the aesthetic and physical values of paper.
Further description
• The goal was to create a simple and desirable product.
• The initial forms were created in paper, using its characteristics such as ease of formation and delicacy of the material.
• After the models were ready, they were scanned in 3D, edited on the computer and 3Dprinted.
• Combining traditional techniques with the newest technology enabled us to transfer the delicacy and fragility of the original model onto a durable material resulting in a product ready
My contribution
• brainstormed as a part of a group
• performed materials experimentation
• physically prototyped models in paper
• edited and prepared 3Dscanned files for printing (NetFabb, GOM Inspect)
• researched potential technologies for mass producing the jewellery set
• created 3D renderings convincingly resembling the physical final product
• liaised with the manufacturers and sponsors regarding the implementation of the designs being put into production
• presented the products
What is it?
A design process of hacking an industrial robot and a 3D printer to make and serve food.
Further description
The project let us discover a completely new face of cooking – combining the home cooking experience with the world of industry. We have proven that an automated kitchen does not have to result in mass-produced, overly processed and boring food.
My team had to design a new robot-friendly space and translate our everyday chores into a digital language.
The project was exhibited as a sequence of performances showing different food preparation processes serving specialities such as:
• Industrially themed marzipan slices extruded in a T-profile shape
• Plum mousse gently stirred with robotically whipped cream
• 3Dprinted almond cookies in customisable, 3Dmodelled shapes (taken by the KUKA robot to the oven)
• Red wine syringes served by the robot in series
My contribution
• began with sociological research and brainstorming about the electronic appliances increasingly present in our everyday life
• performed ergonomic culinary experiments one-handed (as the robot has just one robotic arm) supervised by professional cooks from local restaurants
• regularly presented concepts and mood boards
• as a part of the team, I took part in designing, prototyping, building and welding the physical, robot- oriented kitchen
• programmed the robot and visualised its movements before implementation
• managed to develop the project within tight deadlines
• took part in organising the exhibition and presenting the project in Milan 2013
Exhibitions
Arena Design 2013 in Poznań
Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan 2013
Transatlantyk Festival 2013 in Poznań
Here, at the main CNN page you can read and watch a video prepared by CNN about our project..
