This page shows a radio designed by Damon Troutman for the hearing impaired. The unique features of the radio include the location of the volume control directly over the speaker and a custom designed tuning dial. The images show just a few of the steps required to create the final product. The foam was sculpted and vacuum formed and the vacuumed shell was used as a plaster mold. The plaster material was further refined for greater detail.
Many products have very simple straight parting lines with a clear front and back.
In this particular model the organic quality of the design would not allow for such simplicity. The final model is a fully working prototype that can be held in the hand and further analysed for refinement or field tested. Techniques for modelling concepts in foam and vacuum forming are key components of the Design Theory for Product Design class. Students are encouraged to develop concepts and test them in the early stages of the process before going on to the refinement required to fit all of the components into the final radio.