J E N A K I M ’ S P O R T F O L I OF L I P B O O K

T O O T H B R U S H D E S I G N 1The toothbrush project was focused on human

ergonomics and the modern design. Toothbrushes in the market have thin width compare to this toothbrush.

Looking from the front view, the width of this toothbrush is similar to ones in the market, but looking from the side

view, it is thicker. The grip that ergonomically fits to human body is comforting while brushing a teeth. The shape of

the rubber grip is designed to be simple, but at the same time ergonomic factor is also considered in order to avoid

slipping while brushing teeth.

T O O T H B R U S H D E S I G N 2The second toothbrush project was to also focused on

human ergonomics. The body of the toothbrush has complex curve lines, and at the same time it maintains

the ergonomic factor. Because of the complicated curve lines for the body part, the rubber grip is designed with simplicity. Even though the toothbrush looks too bulky

compare to one’s in the market, the attemept was to escape from the conventional design.

C O M M O N C R E W C A B I N N A S A S P O N S O R S H I P S T U D I O

Students from NASA Studio class worked as a team on designing a crew cabin that can be easily adapted

to multiple types of mission spacecraft and sustain four astronauts for two weeks. Our goal was to design

a spaceship that have function of a surface lander, exploration vehicle, and asteroid or space exploration vehicle. Research on different spaceship gave us idea

for designing a spaceship and idea on what astronauts do in mars, moon, and asteriods. We focused on the

functionality of the common crew cabin and the space efficiency within the area. After the exterior and interior

design was finalized, everyone started to construct the spaceship with the foam board for the final model. Construction with the chip board was done before the

final model was made with foam board.

Sleeping hammock for the spaceship is designed for giving more privacy in the common crew cabin area,

maintain light weight in order for the spaceship to use less fuel, easy to store, and mainly minimize the space usage in terms of space effeciency. After the research, hammock style sleeping gives the best solution for the

design criteria that we wanted to fulfill. The construction and form of the sleeping hommock got inspiration from

the construction method of Ferrari World. The tension of the cloth gives sturdy form when it is hanged to the

ceiling and the floor, also, it is flexible and foldable.

H A M M O C K S L E E P I N G B A G F O R T H E S P A C E S H I P

In terms of construction method for the prototype model, the white cloth was used to make the sleeping bag and

the blanket and the pilow is all attached to the hommock. Zippers are attached in order for astronautnts to easily

get on and off the sleeping bag. This sleeping bag gives privacy but it also gives open space so that astronauts

would not feel that they are imprisoned. The sleeping bag is located on the back of the spaceship and it can be

rolled over when it is not in use. They are able store inside the storage space located under the floor.

H A M M O C K S L E E P I N G B A G F O R T H E S P A C E S H I P

S T R E E T L I G H T D E S I G NThe design of this street light got inspiration from the

pattern and the function of a leaf. The pattern of the leaf vein is applied to the street light for folding mechanism.

The street light can be folded and unfolded itself vertically. During the daytime, the street light folds to be used as a

shade. The street light collects solar energy and supply the oxygen during the daytime. When the sun goes down,

the street light unfolds itself and serves as a street light with the solar power that is collected during the day. All

of these functions are possible because the street light is made out of multiple layers like a leaf structure: oxygen

layer, LED light layer, and solar energy panel layer.

B L A C K B E R R Y P A C K A G I N GThe project was to design a Blackberry packaging

specifically for New York City office executives. In order to depict the architectural city like atmosphere, the shapes

of this package was inspired by the modern high story city buildings and geometric forms. For the prototype, the

packaging is made out of styrene, giving sense of sharp, simple, and modern feeling for the target users. The

design of the packaging also considered importance on the safety of the phone.

P A P E R L A M P S H A D EFor the design of the paper lampshade, the paper

origami method was used for contracting and expanding mechanism. Many different types of paper-folding

methods were explored to make the lampshade without using a tape. The bottom of the lampshade is folded to

fit tightly into the circle of the lampstand. The 3-ply paper was used so that when the light lit up the paper would

create shadows to convey its shape.

L E A F L A M P S T A N DWith inspiration from leaf veins and the Christian symbol of a fish, the form of this lamp stand is made. The cross lap joint on the bottom and the top part helps the wood

stick to stay in curved shape and stand by itself. Because of the tension, the wood glue and screws were applied

to the cross lap joint to be more stable. The Hanji (Korean traditional paper) is used for this lamp stand in order to

distribute the delicate lighting.

A L U M I N U M M O D U L A R I T Y The form of this modularity piece started out with the

exploration of quater circle made out of cardboard. A cube serves as a nuclear of this form by holding three circular

modulars together. These modulars are able to be held onto the steel cube because of the magnet embedded

inside of the each modulars. In order to have smooth shiny surfaces, Bridgeport and metal lathe were used to mill the aluminum and the steel. The edges of the each

pieces were filed by hand to have a high quality finishing. To have a perfect precision, the construction process was planned on Solidwork before making the actual

piece. Also, the dimension drawing and the tolerance measurement was done before to prevent mistakes.

W O O D

B O W L C A R V I N GHand carved the pine wood with chisel and hammer.

D I S KUsed a small block plane to carve the wood and applied wood finishing at the end.

L A T H E J O I N TUsed lathe machine to explore the cylindrical forms and used machine drill for the joint.

M E T A L

T R A N S F O R M A T I O N O F 2 D T O 3 D

Made with aluminum tin plates and copper wires. The flat shape can be turned into

3 dimensional diamond shape.

S T E L L A T E D I C O S A H E D R O N Connected 30 triangles with

hand made copper wire rings.

C O M P R E S S A N D E X P A N D60 triangles connected with copper rings.

Can be compressed in many different forms.