SANITAS / 2020 / System 01 of 03
2020Project period
Creator · experimental side project
Product design & 3D-printed iteration
Turn a compact product concept into a usable design that can be manufactured at the expected volume.
- Noah’s contribution
- Product design · prototyping · launch and wholesale development
- Source
- Historical operating account · confirmed by Noah
- Part of the business
- SANITAS overview ↗
- Paper design
- 3D-printed prototypes
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The workflow
The process.
The practical handoffs.
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Information & handoffs
What carries
the work forward.
| Record or handoff | Information | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Product concept | A more aesthetic, compact door-opening tool. | Set the design direction. |
| Paper design and prototypes | Credit-card-sized format and successive 3D-printed versions. | Move from an idea to a physical design. |
| Manufacturing constraint | Feasibility at the team’s expected volumes. | Keep the design grounded in production needs. |
Inside the system / 01
A product brief with two concrete constraints
SANITAS started with a specific observation: other door-opening tools on the market did not seem to offer the appearance and compactness the team wanted. The product direction was a more aesthetic, credit-card-sized tool.
That brief required more than making a small object. The design also had to be usable and feasible to manufacture at the volumes the team expected. Both considerations shaped the prototyping work.
Inside the system / 02
Paper design became physical iteration
Noah drew the design on paper, then used 3D-printed prototypes to work through the product. He continued iterating until he had something both usable and feasible to manufacture at the anticipated volumes.
The loop connected a design decision to a physical object that could be assessed and revised. Each iteration brought the compact format, usability and expected manufacturing requirements into the same development process.
Inside the system / 03
Design decisions grounded in production
The broader project moved from idea to launch in less than 30 days. The prototyping work gave that launch a physical product developed around both usability and the team’s expected production volume.
Noah’s design work connected the initial market observation to a manufacturable product concept. The credit-card-sized format was the starting constraint; repeated physical prototyping was how he worked toward a usable version.
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