NATURE TO PLAY

INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER

University FC, Guidecraft Inc.,

2018 - 2019 

I work on the Nature to Play outdoor furniture series with renowned playground designer Rusty Keeler. Rusty provided us with an idea brief, which we developed into production. 

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The Collection

I mostly work on the design portion of this collection with a junior designer under the supervision of our design director. Aside from design, we work on acquiring specially cured timbers. We discovered and partnered with Thermory, a firm that provides thermally treated timber, primarily for decking.

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Workbench

Multi-purpose workbench.

Kitchen

A outdoor kitchen with sink. Sink come with removable sealed plug.

Crate

Storage/transportation crate with four hard rubber feet.

Adriandack Chair

A single seat chair.

Adriandack Couch

Double seat couch.

Bench

Sturdy timber bench

Mini Spool

Multi-functions spool play platform

Kid Boards

Loose part timber boards

Water Trough System

Trough water play system

Planter

Planter with plastic housing

Water Tower

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Concepting Process

Below are sketch briefs from Rusty Keeler.

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Detailing Process

With a brief and concepts completed. We jump right into the detailed step. We spend a lot of effort making sure each item works correctly as a single system due to the magnitude of the collections.

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