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Portfolio | Mungo Chambers

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Multifunctional design
> Small space living
> Urban mobility

Sustainable design
> Material experimentation
> Decomposable
> Modification

Parametric design
> Speculative
> Architectural

                             About me
                             Product designer who has studied in Brighton and Berlin.
                             I’m a driven and sociable person. Growing up in the
                             countryside has led to a love of nature, while working in urban
                             environments has sparked creativity.

                             Design Approach
                             I have a keen interest in sustainability, specialising in circular
                             design ideologies in my final year. I work well using a              Instagram:    mungo_designs
                             multidisciplinary approach to developing a product; sketching        Website: 		   wikifactory.com/@mungochambers
                             model making, CAD modelling and producing functional                 Email: 		     chambersmungo@gmail.com
                             prototypes.                                                          Mobile:       07427434212

                             Prototyping | Woodwork | Adobe suit | Solidworks | Rhino | Grasshopper | Nature | Technology | Music | Climbing | Art | Travel

Urban Mobility | 424 pack
Backpack designed to meet all the needs in city life.

 Brief: Design a product that aids mobility in the city.

 Response: Backpack designed to meet all the needs
 of city life. Bag expands into a basket option, slot
 designed to fit an A2 folder also features a quick
 release from bike attachment. Aluminium frame design
 using 3D printed connectors. Creating a sleek durable
 lightweight design.

 Features:
 -Lightweight
 -Durable
 -Multifunctional

 Info: A group university project with graphic, product
 and business students. I led the product design team
 working on frame and bike connection, partner worked
 on the textiles.

Small Space Living | Chairer
Chair that rotates into a clothes drying rack

 Brief: Design a product for the bedroom

 Response: The Chairer developed from the idea of
 people throwing clothes on a chair, the combination
 saves space is practical and desirable.

 Features:
 -Extra storage
 -Contemporary style
 -Multifunctional

 Info: Project gained a prize for most resolved product
 as well as a 1st class grade.

Prototype | Chairer
Successful prototype chair both comfortable and stable while having
the height required to hang clothes

One Sheet | Corked
Forming a versatile biodegradable material

 Brief: Create a product from a non standard sheet of
 material

 Response: Wine corks gathered from bars and
 restaurants were blended and mixed with a range
 of glues and experimented with forming methods
 this resulted in a fine cork mixed with natural rubber
 creating a versatile, flexible and sustainable material.

 Features:
 > Flexible
 > Affordable
 > Grippy

 Info: Project gained prize for most sustainably
 conscious project in the WIP show. Please watch
 project film - https://youtu.be/rslo09rZm6Q

Reduce waste | Nappy
Easy to use nappy with minimum environmental damage

 Brief: how can we reduce nappy landfill waste while
 keeping the ease of use of disposable nappies.

 Response: Design has a reusable wipe clean outer layer
 with a triple layered liner. The liner is made from fast
 decomposing materials, moss, bamboo and potato
 starch. The liner has a fold out biodegradable bag,
 meaning the user can quickly seal contents this is an
 easy to use design that will drastically reduce landfill
 waste.

 Features:
 > Biodegradable liner
 > Fast and simple to use
 > Reusable outer layer

 Info: Working in a team alongside a client ensuring we
 meet their expectations and constraints.

Modify | Timber Tool
Measuring tool diverting mid sized timber away from logging.

 Brief: How might we utilise local woodland resources
 to stimulate local economic activity, modify an existing
 product in your approach.

 Response: a measuring tool that identifies uses other
 than logging for mid-sized timber that needs to be
 felled. Worked alongside a tree surgeon to understand
 issues surrounding ash-dieback. Chair and bench with
 instructions shows user applications of the wood.

 Features:
 > Quick use guide
 > Uses for small to mid size timber
 > Print fabrication

 Info: Project submitted to RSA competition. To see the
 full story please watch project film here
 https://youtu.be/gYLAeFt0gtI

Speculative | Morpho
Object to aid physical connection between distant loved ones

 Brief: Design a product that creates emotional
 connection.

 Response: Long distance communication tool through
 touch. Uses a set of telescopic legs that move to
 the users touch. The data of each prong is sent to
 the paired Morpho reflecting the shape as the user
 changes it.

 Features:
 > Emotional design
 > Futuristic
 > Pandemic response

 Info: A group university project with graphic, product
 and business students. I worked on the digital design of
 the product using skills in grasshopper.

Parametric | Footbridge
Adaptive footbridge design

 Brief: Design a product that test skills in grasshopper.

 Response: Footbridge design inspired by the repeating
 pattern of fish scales, uses divisible shape to go from
 handrails to foot-grip.

 Features:
 > Parametric
 > Foot-grip
 > Print fabrication

 Info: A project at the end of our grasshopper course to
 reflect skills gained.