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Pen sketch of a hot-air tool with a long nozzle and a vented grip, on lined paper.

Product Sketchbook

Pages from our sketchbooks: quick form studies of everyday products, and annotated ideas, from a spherical washing machine to a navigation aid for blind users. Most products start here.

Project stage
Concept study
Work type
Portfolio study

Form studies

  • Sketches of three earbud designs.
  • Sketches of a computer mouse and a strap buckle.
  • Sketch of a desk radio with a clock face reading 6:03 and round controls.
  • Sketches of handheld devices and a wristband.
  • Sketch of an angular, vented casing.
  • Sketch of a lantern-like speaker with slotted panels.
  • Sketch of a handheld games console with a D-pad and buttons.
  • Sketches of a round lidded container, closed and open.

Pen and pencil on lined paper: earbuds, a mouse, a desk radio, a handheld console, a lantern. Quick sketches like these settle a product’s shape before any CAD.

Ideas worth drawing

  • Annotated sketch of a washing machine drum that turns on three axes.
  • Annotated sketch of the Blind Navigator, a cane with sensors and a wheel.
  • Sketch of AI-powered room decor: touch screens with a camera, linked so a character moves between them.
  • Sketch of custom treadmill pads with grass, stone and swamp surfaces for VR.
  • Annotated sketch of a hex wrench that changes size.
  • Annotated sketch of a wrist device that lets deaf-blind people communicate by touch.
  • Sketch of a ventilated helmet with filters.
  • Annotated sketch of a human-sized spinning-top ride.
  • Pencil sketch of a laptop cooling pad with its airflow arrows.

Annotated concepts explore several problems. They include a washing machine drum that turns on three axes and a cane that guides blind users. Other ideas cover an AI character moving between screens, changeable treadmill surfaces for virtual reality, and an adjustable wrench.

Where projects begin

  • Annotated sketch of a morphing airfoil, with its leading, middle and trailing sections and internal ribs.

Some pages became projects. This one became our morphing airfoil: the leading, middle and trailing sections, joined but free to flex.

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