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MUT - Multifunctional Furniture System
Project developed as part of the master's thesis of the Industrial Design and Product course at FEUP in conjunction with the FBAUP. The "Mut" system is a medium-sized piece of furniture that brings together 4 important functionalities in a compact way, being able to be moved to other places, perform...
Modular homes
The project is based on the concept of biomimicry where inspiration and mechanics are borrowed from the way nature does things. The natural process or system is carefully studied and imitated using whatever technology is available as for now. In this project, The main Focus was on the mighty Banyan ...
Ø | Personal Self-balancing Electric Vehicle
Ø is the result of a multidisciplinary investigation back in 2013 concerning topics of mechatronics, the state of art for personal vehicles within cities and technologies that are involved with it; as well as the development of new materials and production technologies. The result was a concept ...
Raven Kick Scooter
Let me introduce you to RAVEN- the lightest carbon fiber adult scooter ever designed by Citybirds ! The main idea of Raven scooter was to try changing an elementary behavior of an item as such and to attempt making it more classy, more subtle and more user-friendly, and handy to use. Therefore the R...
Wooden Design Cars | Spliners by Maarten Olden
Spliners, a series of toy cars designed by Maarten Olden. They are made in Holland from Ash-Wood and the tyres are made out of TPR or thermo-plastic rubber. The cars are safe to play for children from 3 months old until they have had enough. Read on and enjoy!...
Elycan: Gardening for All by Diane Dupire
A garden is usually an outdoor planned space that is set for display, cultivation and amusement of plants and other schemes of nature. Thus, owning and maintaining such is something that doesn’t need to be lost especially to seniors who are already having physical limitations such as carrying hea...