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Case study on Wood

By Amanda Djäknegren As a part of the course “PPU101 Form and manufacturing case studies” at Chalmers I performed a case study, where the goal was to take inspiration from the properties (both possibilities and restrictions) of wooden materials when creating a drafting lamp suited for a home office. Additionally, the product was supposed to …

Case study on Metals

By Amanda Djäknegren As a part of the course “PPU101 Form and manufacturing case studies” at Chalmers I performed a case study, where the goal was to take inspiration from the properties (both possibilities and restrictions) of metals when creating a bicycle basket. Additionally, the product was supposed to fit into the PlayStation 5 product …

Case study on Polymers

By Amanda Djäknegren As a part of the course “PPU101 Form and manufacturing case studies” at Chalmers I performed a case study, where the goal was to take inspiration from the properties (both possibilities and restrictions) of polymeric materials when creating a product. Additionally, the product was supposed to fit into the PlayStation 5 product …

User experience on working from home

By Amanda Djäknegren, Frida Grothérus, Isabelle Kjellström, Lina Ring, Sanna Göransson During 2020, the number of people studying or working from home rapidly increased due to the pandemic. As a part of the course “PPU181 Design for Experience” at Chalmers, the goal of this project was to gain an understanding of people’s experiences of working …

Bachelor thesis: Haptic Navigation System for the Blind @ Together Tech

By Amanda Djäknegren, Christoffer Boman, Hanna Sinclair Dahlström, Frida Grothérus, Alexandra Rosén and Arwin Saleh In my bachelor thesis at Chalmers in collaboration with tech-consultant company Together Tech (previously i3tex), a concept for a navigational aid for people with a visual impairment was created. The purpose of this product was to enable a user-friendly way …

Ergonomic beer KeyKeg filler

By Amanda Djäknegren & Johanna Bergfelt-Ramos de Souza Filling beer kegs at microbreweries is still a very physically demanding labour. Nowadays, kegs are often made entirely out of plastic where the most common kind is “KeyKegs”. While KeyKegs are a lot lighter than the metal kegs which were common priorly, a major disadvantage to KeyKegs …