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# Project Description Kinect Tom Carpenter Summary Final work Tom Carpenter - Product and Industrial Design Graduate I’m a Product and Industrial Design graduate from Central Saint Martins with a strong interest in furniture and consumer product design. I’ve gained valuable experience from a year of working at Pearson Lloyd and hold a Diploma in Professional Studies. I’m a hands-on designer with a solid foundation in model making and practical problem solving. I’m always looking to learn, grow, and refine my approach. Tom Carpenter - Product and Industrial Design Graduate I’m a Product and I... College Central Saint Martins Course BA (Hons) Product and Industrial Design Graduation year 2025 Kinect is a modular sofa system that aims to disrupt the fast furniture industry and the waste that it creates. Built from lightweight materials (for people and planet) and designed to be infinitely arranged and modified - Kinect addresses the underlying reasons for furniture waste, inconvenience and inadaptability. Kinect is designed for disassembly with integrated waste management systems to challenge the role of the designer in the furniture industry and extend our responsibilities to a product's end of life. Ada is "A Design for Assembly" radio that inspires mature, rehabilitative play. Bringing dignity, growth and connection back to stroke survivors. Current rehabilitation is infantilising and isolating - Ada challenges this by treating stroke survivors with the respect they deserve. Through an accessible, puzzle-like assembly, users build their own FM radio, gaining a sense of empowerment in their new electronics knowledge and accomplishment in the physical representation of their rehabilitative progress. Ada blends cognitive and motor skill development with social interaction and pride, offering not just a product, but a meaningful, social experience. Final work View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery Share this project Kinect is a modular sofa system that aims to disrupt the fast furniture industry and the waste that it creates.Built from lightweight materials (for people and planet) and designed to be infinitely arranged and modified - Kinect addresses the underlying... A link to this page has been added to your clipboard Browse related work Access, Ability & Inclusivity Climate Emergency Craft & Process Materiality Health & Wellbeing
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