Advait Naik

These images are excerpts from my work done for different projects throughout the last year. As a complete body of work, these three projects represent three radically different facets of my design work. A common link between them is the problem solving approach and contextualizing from other disciplines. This was because I found out that design has more value and impact when it is applied at the intersections of various disciplines. This opens a completely new world for innovation and big picture problem solving.

A brief overview of each project is as follows:

1. Broadcast

The Broadcast Speaker is a portable Wi-Fi enabled speaker that allows music lovers to share the music they are listening to or the conversations they are having in their rooms to people in their neighborhood. On the other end, it allows listeners to discover new music and interesting conversations from people around them by tuning in to broadcasts. If two or more broadcast speakers are connected together the area of the broadcast increases exponentially

2.Organ

Organ is a speculative wearable device that when worn, can create and secrete substances on the body akin to the functioning of an organ inside it. It is a living machine that harnesses several future technologies such as gene editing and smart materials. This project started as a way to solve the need for shielding Vitiligo patients from the sun. The idea of producing your own sunscreen was pushed to the limits and expanded upon through a speculative design approach.

3.Bit System

It is a modular furniture system that allows for flexible exhibition and public seating. The Bit System was created keeping in mind universality and simplicity so that it could be used in a wide variety of contexts. Manufacturing constraints shaped how the final design turned out to be. Looking at modularity through a systems thinking approach helped in creating a product that can be easily replicated using basic manufacturing techniques.