Product & Graphic Design · Jianna Shao

Design Portfolio

Integrative design for meaningful and intentional experiences: physical products taken from research and sketch models to CAD and fabrication, and printed and social graphics that bring people into a space.

Coursework
Fundamentals of Design 1 · Mechanical Design and Engineering
Tools
Rhino8 · Onshape · Blender · Bambu Studio · Canva

Skills

Orthographic drawing with perspective, front, top and right views, dimensioned in inches
Orthographic drawing: perspective, front, top and right views. Units in inches.
Paper model inside a wooden display frame

01 — Form

Planar Construction

Exploring form, structure, and space through paper.

Medium
Paper
Focus
Fluid motion through solid form

1Design statement

Expressing fluidity through solid form by reimagining waves with a strong yet dynamic material.

2Sketch models

Five paper sketch models

The five images above were all sketch models that used different techniques to mimic a liquid motion. Ultimately the bottom right sketch model was chosen as the basis of our development, as its boundaries mimicked a shell and its internal forms embodied the movement of the ocean the most.

Final paper model
The chosen sketch model
Sketch model Final

3Final model

The final shape is a complex axis, containing twisted and curved planes. The curve of the main shape and the folds of the strips are designed to crash downward, mimicking the collapse of real waves inwards on top of themselves in the ocean.

Drag the slider to compare the chosen sketch model with the final.

The finished 3D-printed sound vessel, lit from the side

02 — Application

Sound Vessel

Exploring the full range of designing, developing and producing a product.

Tools
Onshape · Blender · Bambu Studio
Materials
Plastilina · PLA

1Design statement

The exploration of resonating sound inspired by natural processes, culminating in a piece with a mind of its own.

2Concepts

Designing various sound vessels

This is a CAD model I created in Onshape for a percussion instrument inspired by the cello and frog guiros that was not ultimately picked to be developed. The chamber-like shape allows for the sound to project, while the interaction between the stick and the textures in the instrument creates different sounds. Hover the model to take it apart.Tap the model to take it apart.

Onshape CAD model of a guiro-inspired percussion instrument

    3Development

    Production

    Plastilina sketch model, CAD model and line drawings of the whistle
    Plastilina sketch model, sculpted digital model and drawings.
    The whistle modeled in Blender
    Sculpting the final form in Blender.

    The design ultimately chosen was a modern, slightly neo-gothic version of the ancient Aztec death whistle. The original sketch model was made with plastilina, with the concavity in its side serving as the chamber for sound to resonate. Ultimately the modeling was done in Blender in order to achieve the "sculpted" texture desired in the product, and Bambu Studio was the slicing software used for 3D printing in PLA.

    4Final product

    Click a photo to bring it to the front.Tap a photo to bring it to the front.

    Final design
    Final design

    Part II

    Graphic Design

    03 — Campaigns

    Library Work

    Tools
    Canva
    Formats
    Printed posters · Instagram posts