Initial sketches.
Orthographic.
Milling the blank.
Press-fit steel addition.
Package design
Package Design.
Knife detail.
Top profile.
Original compass design.
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Compass
This project began as an exercise in combining two different aesthetics: the design aspects of The Fifth Element, a film by Luc Besson, and the work of Victor Horta, an Art Nouveau architect of the early 1900’s. Following much research into these two bodies of work, the aesthetics were combined and focused into a compass form. After the first model, the concept was focused even more by designing for a specific focus group, park rangers. The final product not only incorporates the visual language of both inspirations but also has features that would be useful for the focus group. Such features include: an LED light, an emergency beacon, flint, an illuminated face and a knife.
