Pierce Brennan

Product Designer

University of Brighton

07565160965

Pierce.brennan94@gmail.com

Design Process

The strengths in my skill set

lie in the creative aspect of

the design process, following

on from the project

research.

I conduct a rigorous

exploration of the brief in

the ideation and concept

generation stage. I can then

accurately translate these

into realistic and tangible

sketches, marker renders

and CAD models to clearly

embody my vision and ideas

to colleagues and clients.

Idea generation process for Public Restroom Hygiene project

(above) and an exploded CAD model of a manufacture ready,

visually impaired cooking aid, Sharp Vision (below)

Skills Assessment

Research

Concept Generation

Sketching

Marker Rendering

Design for manufacture

FEA

Solidworks

Adobe Suite

Pitching

Prototyping

Marketing

Sharp Vision

Brief: Encourage the visually impaired to

get back in the kitchen

Findings: - High rate of arthritis causes

pain and prevents the user from

chopping and slicing food

- Visual impairments result in a lack of

confidence and potentially causes harm

and food waste when preparing food

Solution: A lean or hip operated device

with multiple blade inserts and a

collection tray. The user places the

vegetable behind the flap/door and

simply leans into the product, resulting

in sliced or chopped vegetables.

Handle with Care

Brief: Improve hygiene in public restrooms

Findings:: - Only 60% of women and 30%

of men wash their hands properly, with 1

in 5 not washing their hands at all.

- Door handles are a haven for harmful

bacteria and viruses which are very easily

picked up going undetected

- 1 in 3 operate the door handle of a

restroom without their hand in order to

combat the germ riddled handles.

- Solution: Redesign of the door handle

which includes a sanitising spray deployed

as the user opens the door. Button

operated dispenser cleans the users

hands after contact with the handle.

Under Development – Under Development – Under Development

Placement at Trivista (FEA)

Brief: Year of working in industry

Findings: TriVista Engineering is a design

engineering consultancy specialising in

Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), using

Solidworks as a modelling software and

Ansys as the analysis software. I worked

partly as a CAD assistant, creating whole

or part models from technical drawings,

producing technical drawings and cleaning

up client’s models ready for analysis. The

other part of the job also gave invaluable

FEA training which in hand developed my

material knowledge, design for

manufacture and client relations skills.

Lighting Designs

Brief: Post Modernism inspired table

lamp.

Dated is a task light concept inspired

by the Post Modernism era. Featuring

bold colours and bold form, it embraces

the anything goes attitude of that

design movement

Brief: Dual Function task/mood lamp

Beam sits on the desk and offers the

use of 8 mini LED spotlights to provide

lighting for work. It also features a

blue mood light on the sides of the

product. (Beam is displayed in the

bottom two images)