12.09.2009
Brian Chiarizia /
Industrial Design /
Mobile
Several months ago the industrial design team had an internal design competition with the intent of creating a “HumanCentric” mobile phone that we could then use to showcase some of our interaction + graphic + UI design skills. The designers brainstormed, sketched and argued as a group and then had one hour to render their vision for what our HC mobile phone should be. The final design that was selected is pictured above.
10.02.2009
Brian Chiarizia /
Design Inspiration
Over the past few years, we have had great success in generating design concepts and refined concept renderings using only Adobe Illustrator. You can develop certain techniques in Illustrator that let you create incredibly detailed and visually appealing product renderings in significantly less time than it would take to accomplish in other programs like Alias or SolidWorks. In the long run it ends up saving the client time and $$. The image above is a rendering that I did a while back using only Illustrator. If you really want to have your mind blown away, check out some of the work that Yukio Miyamoto has done.
06.15.2009
Brian Chiarizia /
Community Involvement
HumanCentric participated in the 2009 Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure for our 3rd year. Some ran competitively and some walked amongst the crowd of more than 24,000 participants, but all of us were in complete support of the cause.
The Komen NC Triangle Race for the Cure® is the largest foot-race in North Carolina, attracting more than 24,000 walkers, runners and spectators in 2008. Now in its 13th year, this event has raised more than $10 million to support breast cancer research, education, screening and treatment programs.
06.10.2009
Brian Chiarizia /
Industrial Design
HumanCentric and Stander, Inc. have been working together for the past several months developing new home care products. Stander designs and manufactures innovative mobility solutions for the bed, bath, couch, and automobile. The first of many HumanCentric designed products for Stander will be released this fall at the Medtrade show in Atlanta, GA. There’s not much that we can show or talk about at this point, but we can tell you this… you have never seen mobility products this beautiful at grandma and grandpa’s house.
For more information about Stander, or to view their current product line, check them out at stander.com.
