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The Apprentice
My portfolio encompasses a variety of unique and innovative projects. As an Industrial Designer, I strive to create functional products that are also aesthetically pleasing. One of my favorite projects was creating a "custom" Bosch power tool used to make livestock hoof care more affordable, more efficient, and easier. The focus of this project was to work on learning mechanical internals and gaining efficiency
with CAD tools.
Client
Bosch and livestock owners
Year
2022
Category
Farm power tools
Type of Work
CAD
Research
Branding
Design
Prototyping
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
defining
ideation
evaluation
research
development
analysis
GOALS
• at home use
• accessable
• adaptable
• comfortable
• portable
OBSTACLES
• non-traditional
• limited by battery
• no at-home versions on market
• learning curve for usability
Current process
Simplified process
On a weekly basis, a typical farrier tends to 32 horses and works 41 hours.
In 85% of horses studied, at least one hoof disorder was observed during regular foot trimming
43% of farriers will wait 11-15 minutes for an appointment before giving up on a no-show horse owner
Meet Pam.
Pam, like many livestock and horse owners learned how to care for her own horses hooves. In order to do that, she attended Martinsville Horseshoeing School to learn how to professionally shoe a horse.
She wants an easier way to do routine maintenence for her animals.
at home use
accessable
adaptable
for use inbetween professional farrier appointments, or for your own livestock maintenance
makes hoof care more available to owners who can’t afford it regularily, or to people who live too far away
one tool that is used for multiple parts of the farrier process, with ability to expand
Ideation
Product expansion is available for The Apprentice, with attachments that are able to bend a horseshoe level and flat, and an attachment that is used as an alligator hoof cincher.
