-Research
The Hausa hand
embroidered Headwear has
being a very important male fashion
accessory for millions of people in
West Africa. The
craftsmanship, and the time spent in
making the headwear coupled with the
Islamic geometric-inspired Elaborated
Patterns used, give the users a great sense of
prestige and cultural pride. However, the
headwear is being used together with
matching caftan/robe as both casual
and cooperate dress. Unfortunately,
the maintenance of the headwear has
being a vital problem for both the
headwear users and ‘local Headwear
Maintainers’. In the
traditional Hausa headwear Maintenance method, they normally display the
headwear under the sun to dry after washing and applying liquid starch to make
it erect and strong. The process takes two to three days depending on the weather, which makes it
tedious, time consuming and unhygienic. Therefore, this issue has being researched with the intention of finding a suitable mechanical solution for the fundamental difficulties in the traditional process, which are:
- Drying
- Stretching
- Sizing
-Design Objective
To design an
appliance Capable of stretching, sizing and drying the Hausa headwear
efficiently. In order to make it easier for the users to maintain headwear, create efficiency the process of maintenance process (which would create more income for the headwear maintainers and eventually keep the culture alive).
-Target Users
The appliance
is designed to help the local Hausa
headwear maintainers, who are between the age of thirty and above. The fact that most of this particular target users could not afford fancy high-tech machinery for their small scale businesses, makes the functions of the final design looks self explanatory to operate. However, other relevant factors where considered in the process of finalizing the design concept.
-Proposed solution
In order to find relevant solutions for the problem, two case
studies were carried out after identifying
the underlying difficulties in the traditional
method used in maintaining the Hausa hand-embroidred headwear. One case study was about drying systems used in clothe dryers, while the other was about
the most relevant mechanism that could be used in the machine for stretching and sizing the headwear. In the long run, the
technology that produces ambient air in clothe dryers
and hair dryers happens to be adoptable for
the design, and the "spiral plate" and it's components in side a lathe machine part called “chucks” was also discovered to be the ideal
mechanism for the appliance. The appliance is designed with
three main functions: stretching, sizing and drying which are the critical
problems in the traditional method as mentioned earlier.
-Sketches used to illustrate the problem from the research findings
-Exploring Possibilities
-Idea Development
-Final design sketch
-Final 3D Renderings
-Due to copyright issues, the detail process of the research and technical data are not included here.
MIXED MEDIA RENDERINGS
RECHARGEABLE KITCHEN BLENDER
-Research
Many people living in developing countries nowadays seek kitchen blenders for a lot of different purposes. Unfortunately, because of their living standards and lack of adequate electricity, they always have to wait until there is electricity or use other power alternatives to use the blenders available in the market today (which are not affordable for many in those countries). However, the power cable used in most of the kitchen blenders they restrict mobility as well.
-Design solution
This kitchen blender is designed to be charged and used when there is no electricity, create mobility within the kitchen or any
desired location, and also create ease of operation and general usability for the target users.
-Idea Development Sketches
-3D Renderings
-Technical Drawings
SHOE RACK
-Concept Sketch
-Technical Drawing
