Richard Caines
Industrial Design, 2023
I am an Industrial Designer that will be completing my studies in May, 2023.
Furniture design and more broadly, product design are passions of mine that I share at home and in my studies. I wish to enrich others through my design thinking skills to develop meaningful design solutions for users in order to enhance their connection to the end product.
As a young designer, problem solving has always been core to myself due to the desire for a solution. This has led to a heightened interest in emerging technologies and extending their capabilities for maximum possibilities.
Respect and care are key in design processes. I aim to maintain innovative designs that are sustainable and ethical solutions that contribute to future progression throughout my career.
Selected Portfolio
SMEG Speaker
Realising the retro style of SMEG's appliances and envisioning it inside of a portable Bluetooth speaker.
Cycle
Reinventing the ritual based activity of gift giving to present a new sustainable method for its users that involves a partnership of exchanging gifts.
A7 Xtended
A group project to create tangible realities contributing to changing the way we live, work, recreate and connect with others. In the Komfort Klasse group, the role taken was UX lead ensuring the proposed future of sustainability in reducing emissions was possible through a luxury cabin suite.
Superjacent - Biopods
A group project to form a new function or aesthetical solution towards the benches located around the UC campus with the given technology of a large scale 3D printer. In the bio group, the role taken was for the product's design and navigating a way a single object could be printed with a single thread of plastic.