Projector 1 is a personal mini projector, meant to be used in small spaces and customizable to match personal home tastes through its interchangeable parts
Course: Design Lab 2
Time frame: 14 Weeks (08.2025)
Professor: Nathan Allen
Deconstruction and Reconstruction
The brief for the class was to use an existing product, take it apart, re-design it so all parts would function, and put it back together to have a working product
Original Mini Projector
Projector 1
Research
Key Research Takeaways
Branding
CMF by Nothing
Nothing is a technology company based in London, England that is striving to “making tech that inspires and empowers us again” (nothing.tech)
CMF is its budget-friendly sub-brand and they continue to create interesting products for tech enthusiasts
CMF Brand Language
CMF Details
CONCEPT IDEATION & PROTYPING
3D Modeling
Physical Iterations - 3D Prints
Final Design
Vertical and Horizontal Orientation
Context of Use
CMF
Final Presentation Set Up
During this project, I realized I had somehow become the designer, manufacturer, and engineer all at once.
Truthfully, my lack of skills in enginering created limitations in how I could execute my design vision as all the parts from the original product could not be changed. However, throughout this project I was able to learn how immensley collaborative the design process is (in my case, it was asking as many people as I could for help) and finding areas where I can improve my design approach and perspective.