Aquatic InspirationsSHOP THE ATLANTIS COLLECTIONProduct Designer: Kirby Kitchens Brand ResearchI needed to familiarize myself with the Murry Feiss brand and its compet-itors in order to develop a lamp base product that is a new concept for the market while retaining the character and look of the brand.

Summary of Our Brand Research:• Traditional, Transitional, Modern, Period inspired, Crystal- tell a story,

expand on that- personality of the brand• “Design details and high quality materials ensure a solution for virtually

any design challenge.”• Sought after resource for lighting

The product designer can have a fabulous idea but it may not suit that par-ticular company or their customers. It is also important to know who your customer is.

The next step was to incorporate new and upcoming trends. Most of my finding were obtained through Style Sight.The purpose of trend research....

Trend Research

Summary of Trend Research:• Ombre of deep blues, sands• Iridescent colors and synthetic

shine• Different washes of denim• Bolder dimensions / 3D nets• Performance and intelligent func-

tion• Glitter Heavy detail in the patterns

• Wet-look finishes• Controlled destruction • Watercolors• Oysters and scales, opal, jellyfish

for neon color• Antiqued colors• Underwater motifs

Concept CreationPhase 1: Sketching

Greek, Roman and aquatic elements were the main influences for my design.

Our first family vacation to the beach was when I was less than a year old. The image of the first shell is very similar to the one my mother took home from that trip.

Inspiration can come from a combination of our surroundings and from monumnets, art and mo-

Phase 2: Third Demensional CAD RenderingTinkercad is a free and user-friendly browser-based 3D design and mod-eling tool. I learned how to use it to manipulate my product designs and ready them for 3D printing.

Originally, my CAD design featured a column, however it was quickly agreed that we needed to incorporate a modern theme to better suit Feiss

Changing Direction

In this CAD design, bubbles and rods were used as fillers for the smaller “floating” pieces.

From this angle, you should be able to see where the indension in the roof of the lamp with the intent of the lamp having an LED light.

To get the best results from the 3D Printer, the structure had to be separated into three pieces. The task was not hard but certainly tedious.

3D Printer

After the print was assembled I took a few pictures of the model with a black backdrop in preparation for Photoshop. This makes it easier to seperate the image from its background.

I prepared my CAD drawings and submitted them to The Factory, a space in the University of North Texas, Willis Library, that promotes the cooperative and creative use of technology.

The result is a model of my lamp base, made of .... plastic, via 3D printing.

Phase 3: PhotoshopDescribing PS process. My two finishes in three different angles.

Screen shot of a front side views.

Elevation views.

Underside views.

This project enabled me to combined ideas, research, aesthetics, and technol-ogy to produce a lamp bases that honors and exemplifies the attributes of the well-established lighting manufacturer, Murray Feiss.

I had the opportunity to use our findings, inspiration, and creativity to expand our knowledge of product design and development.

The process illustrates standard methods practiced by professionals in this in-dustry through a series of steps that led to the creation of the product collec-tion for our assigned brand. we walk across that stage, we will be prepared and equipped with the confidence, skills, and knowledge to thrive in this incredibly competitive industry.

Through our hands on exploration, the challenges we persevered, and the ability to build actual product models helped us gain skills to prepare us for the mar-ketplace in the home furnishings and decorative accessories industry.

To be successful, students must utilize all resources available to them. Opportu-nities start now, in the College of Merchandising, Hospitality and Tourism at the University of North Texas; while we have mentors here solely to help us. They organize projects like this to ready us for when

Relavance to the Industry

Implications from an Academic Viewpoint