Our neighborhood butcher, The Friendly Butcher, tried our prototype on for the first time. We are excited to give away 5 of these to this local business when we hit production next month!
Design Adjustment for Cost Reduction
Further simplified the part for molding and mold durability. With professional feedback from one of our potential vendor Haidmair North America, the project is moving rapidly. I’m amazed with the quickness of our domestic manufacturing response!
My Hairstylist is getting ready!
Andre at https://thecuttingroomyyz.business.site/ has been my biggest motivator to get this project off the ground. He made me realize that we all need to feel safe and at the same time, welcomed when the stores and services starts opening up next month. You see him here warming up his cutting hand in preparation.
Refined further...
Refined and lighter design.
Second iteration. Needed adjustments and redesign. Shield too far away from face.
Face shields for non medical use, the concept sketch.
About this Design Blog...
Hi, my name is Shinya Kominami, industrial designer at Komi Creations, in Toronto, Canada.
I live and practice product design, and I'm passionate about lifestyle solutions that captivates my heart. Let's eliminate excessive and ugly designs in our world, and replace them with useful and pretty ones, one product at a time, together!