oliver hammond

Delight in Light : Mantis

2014-07-19T15:30:00.000+01:00

Mantis my minor project is currently in a student lighting competition called Delight in Light.
You are able to vote for the lights by liking on facebook, tweeting on twitter or sharing on google +
The entries are available to see here. Since my last post I have been working on my major project that is a desk and will be posted on here very soon. Along with exhibiting at New designers with Mantis in London at the start of this month.

Mantis from Oliver hammond on Vimeo.

Busy Busy Year

2014-02-15T02:01:00.001+00:00

Well I thought I was getting back into the blogging of projects and interests but things quickly became busy and hectic. I started a placement at a furniture makers called Parker and Farr and seem to of joined the team at the right time with great projects and great opportunities within design. I am now currently in my final year of studies at Nottingham Trent also so my "free" time is limited in these things I enjoyed doing. To give an update on my projects I have just completed my minor project on my course. I will go into greater details in another blog post but here is a quick image showing the final outcome. ( it's a task lamp by the way) My next project is looking into small spaces, modular furniture and the "workspace" that will hopefully have an interesting design outcome. I am also looking into sustainability for my dissertation looking at a blue sky project into the design of dishwashers specifically. If you would like to view more of this minor project before my next blog post please go to my website
Thank you.

Solidworks: How I create my animations

2013-03-28T10:26:00.000+00:00

It's been a while since I last made a post and a video for my YouTube channel so here is a quick one showing how I create my animations in solidworks. Please feel free to suggest other videos you may want to see.

Solidworks: Rietveld

2012-10-14T17:35:00.000+01:00

Another classic chair made in solidworks the Reitveld chair

Solidworks: panton

2012-10-13T10:32:00.001+01:00

Solidworks tutorial creating a panton chair in solidworks. Right click save image of the side view below if you want to try and create it.

How its made take 2

2012-10-09T20:12:00.002+01:00

Here are a few videos of some modern and old how it’s made designsfrom designers Lee Broom, a video of how the concept of a car is created in life size using blue foam and clay for a jaguar concept,how Matthias Pliessnig creates his organic seating and teh classic Thonet chair that was designed in 1859.

Making of The Crystal Bulb from Lee Broom on Vimeo
Jaguar clay modelling at Clerkenwell Design Week 2012 from Dezeen on Vimeo.

Current projects

2012-10-03T18:18:00.002+01:00

With no luck with placements and being keen to do some work I have started working on design competitions. The first one being the design for dwell competition that I am still waiting to hear from, but for now I have entered two more. These included designing a new case for the iphone 5 within a short amount of time from when it was released and a second of re designing a exercise horse to a modern style using laminated wood for the body but keeping the metal frame simple.

old design

competition entry

Solidworks: lego hat

2012-09-24T18:19:00.001+01:00

Another Solidworks tutorial creating the hat for the lego man made in previous videos.

Paul Smith fragrance project

2012-08-25T21:14:00.000+01:00

Live Paul Smith fragrance design project. Brief “to design a new mainline fragrance for Paul Smith” This
 project was in depth in thinking of a story to go behind the fragrance 
rather than just to go and design something personal for the client. 
Researching into Paul Smith I found the most interesting part to his 
personality is he is able to have a sense of humor while also a 
professional business. Looking into games such as chess due to it being a
 game but also a seriousness behind it. I felt these related to the 
personality of Paul Smith and began looking at shapes within chess 
pieces and noticed the relations between the king and queen pieces and 
the male and female bodies. I choose to use these shapes but in a modern
 and simple effect to stand out from the competition of other fragrance 
bottles.

Currently working on

2012-08-20T22:26:00.000+01:00

Well most of my time since breaking up university this year
has been time spent on placement hunting this has been the lack of updates to
the blog. I have recently started getting back into project work and currently
collecting some designs for a competition at dwell to design a piece of
furniture that would fit into their shop. More updates to come!! but here is a
quick concept of a chair I think would fit into their shop.

Visual Essay: Why design should be influenced by nature

2012-05-16T21:03:00.000+01:00

Visual essay I wrote on why I believe design should be influenced by nature also known as biomimicry. View the video with images that I took to try and relate to the essay. Please feel free to leave any feeback or comments.

Photoshop: basic rendering

2012-04-28T23:45:00.000+01:00

Using basic photoshop tools to render sketches. Only just started to learn photoshop so hopefully see some improvements soon in the renderings I produce mainly use it for photo editing. Any questions please feel free to ask and thank you for watching

Solidworks: Rendering

2012-04-01T16:16:00.001+01:00

some basic tools used to render in solidworks 2011

Solidworks: Bike animation

2012-03-21T23:08:00.000+00:00

Here is a walkthrough animation of the bike frame in solidworks. part 2 for the bike will be up within the next week

Identity

2012-03-18T19:05:00.002+00:00

Now in my second year studying Furniture and Product design
at Nottingham Trent the time had come to create an identity for Oliver Hammond
Design. I wanted a simple logo that would be used on my business card onto my
colour cv and for the website currently under construction at www.oliverhammonddesign.com

Front cover

information

skills and paul smith project

Stool Project pages

Pojects page

contact on back

Design CV and buisness cards

First 50 pack of cards

Introducing shaun the pom pom stool

2012-03-17T23:08:00.000+00:00

Here is Shaun. Shaun is a 3 legged stool I designed for my client Polly.
 He is made from 214 pom poms and maple wood for the legs and base of 
the seat. The seat itself is made from soft foam that once sat on the 
back is then noticeable to support your lower back. Thank you for 
looking at Shaun I hope to be making more in the future.

Workshop: when will it end!

2012-03-05T22:53:00.001+00:00

So I need more pom poms than I thought I might of needed
today by at least 20. Wanted to finally have the stool finished today but now
seems it is very possible that tomorrow will be the last day to have the stool
finished and to then make my boards finally. I am also trying to create some
animations in solid works something I hope will be useful and I will use during
the presentation.

Workshop: So close!

2012-03-02T21:33:00.000+00:00

One more day and a few more pom poms ill be finished I hope!
Now have the back formed just needs upholstering. The legs and the split
between the front two legs are now gluing with a tenon and wedge joint ready to
be sanded Monday. Then just have to add the seat and the back. 

Pined foam to the shape of the back

Just the back to be coverd in pom poms

drill bits to form the circles

first hole

Now made into 20mm holes

good fit

making the cuts for the wedges

wedges fited and ready to glue

up close

Workshop: there shall be legs!!!

2012-02-27T20:08:00.000+00:00

Holes drilled for the legs still got to drill the holes in the legs and get the splits between them lathed. Backs formed just needs covering in foam and then more pom poms :D busy busy week ahead :(

guess how many

testing the fit for the drill bit

seting up to drill the second hole

in the process of drilling

drill drill drill!

Add caption

plane stool

just the foam on the top

without the back

adding foam next then just to attatch

Workshop: slowly geting there

2012-02-23T23:58:00.000+00:00

All three legs now lathed with half the pom poms now ready
to be upholstered onto the foam all needs doing now is forming the back I’m
thinking with cloth then upholstered over the top. The holes for the legs need
screwing at a 9 degree angle then i can work the splits to fit between the legs
just one week left busy busy busy!!  

all the parts together

legs and top of stool

ready for the holes

planing wood goes in

flat wood comes out

3 legs with the top

up close still needs sanding after all parts are ready though

normaly cut to close to the lines

little bit better

Little sanding

ready for the holes at the end of the day

all of it ready to start next time

Plastics project

2012-02-20T21:10:00.000+00:00

design innovation plastics project 

The brief "Design a product to help those with physical or cognitive impairments that is also appealing to the mass market. Whether your solution is an answer to an existing problem or something entirely new, the focus should be on creating a design that is innovative, functional and universally appealing. Your idea could exist in any number of settings – from the home to the workplace, from entertainment to the sports field. "

I researched into a how people cut food in kitchen and the safety of it. Most of the time people’s fingers are really close to the food they are cutting and with past experiences from people asked with cutting fingers instead of food I thought to design a tool that would help the safety of cutting and could be used by people with physical impairments.

The design of slyce allows the user to clamp the food between the two walls using only there body. All that needs to be done then is to cut the food as you normally would safer.

Workshop: Another day

2012-02-20T18:15:00.000+00:00

Not many hours in the workshop = not much work done. Managed to start a second leg and have the wood planed ready to be biscuit jointed for the top of the stool. but full day in the workshop tomorow should get plenty done

Second leg started

Not so pretty =[

Planed wood

Stool Project: Workshop next!!!

2012-02-17T23:39:00.001+00:00

Managed to get a few hours in the workshop today to get my
foam shaped and a maple leg lathed such a nice wood once sanded don’t want to
ruin it with a finish :(. Now for 2 more!! Lots of work to be done still not
sure how the backs connected yet and if to have the seat removable from the
stool hmms! Any ideas?

start of the day

cut to size and marked out

shaping that foam!!!

how it finally looks will look better once upholstered 

Get the lathe going!

up close the maple has such a nice texture to it love it! 

now for the wedge at the top and slots for the splints too go in :( but looks to good to change

Stool Project: Workshop

2012-02-16T19:31:00.001+00:00

Down in the workshop for the next few days to try and get my stool made currently at a count of 100 pom poms!! Hopefully will turn out looking better than my solidworks model.

marking out!

trying to create the form for the back

biggg bit of foam and the back rest next to it

here be the maple!

100 pom poms

next job!

Stool project 2

2012-01-31T14:03:00.001+00:00

these are the designs my client likes now time to get on with the model making!