We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer about their original and creative design work. is an award-winning creative designer, that makes our world a better place with their original works.
("") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work . Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
: We spend long hours at our desks, sitting in front of our computer. Depending on work environment, you may be using a desktop or laptop. While laptop has the freedom of portability, it doesn't support healthy ergonomics for the user, not to mention the long working hours. This common problem is easily relatable to everyone. Just by angling your laptop slightly, ergonomics are improved dramatically. It reduces pain within your wrist and neck while creating better airflow for your laptop.
: My main focus was to reduce heat without the use of any moving parts while improving ergonomics. I wanted to focus on material properties and how it can accentuate the design while keeping it simple and subtle.
: My plan is to continue development of the design and have people use them at their office.
: It took me around three months to design and develop it.
: I've been using my MacBook Pro for a long time and it has two major issues; heat and loud fan noise. After booting up the computer, it heats up very quickly and subsequently, the fan kicks in and creates a loud sound. Imagine in a meeting or a classroom setting, this would be a major distraction.
: I intend to produce and sell the work myself. I'm very passionate about this project and I think a lot of people can relate to it.
: I've been using my MacBook Pro for a long time and it has two major issues; heat and loud fan noise. After booting up the computer, it heats up very quickly and subsequently, the fan kicks in and creates a loud sound. Imagine in a meeting or a classroom setting, this would be a major distraction.
: No, I worked alone on this project.
: My target customer is a Pro-sumer, someone who uses their MacBook Pro for work at an office for long periods.
: Existing products in the market focus on portability rather than actual cooling for a laptop. They are made from plastic and uses fans to attempt to cool off the laptop, and it requires a USB connection to draw power from. Apart from inefficient cooling, they create extra noise and occupies a USB connection port. My design utilizes aluminum's amazing material attributes, the laptop stand acts as a passive heatsink and dissipates heat into the air without the use of fans or power while remaining silent.
: Instead of giving this design a special name, I named it by what it literally is — a laptop stand that acts as a heatsink and is made from aluminum.
: I used SolidWorks to model the form and used Autodesk Fusion 360's simulation tool to run and validate different tests.
: The unique aspect of my design is the use of material to create efficient cooling without the use of fans or power while remaining silent. The beauty is simply place your laptop on the laptop stand and it'll do the rest for you, automatically and instantly.
: I worked alone for this project.
: I've used different software to model the form and run different simulations to validate my concept. By using software simulations, I was able to validate my design without producing extra prototypes and reducing waste.
: One of the biggest challenges I've faced was to validate the cooling mechanism and efficiency without any moving parts or interactions from the user. Most of the products today are smart and require some form of internet connection or charging. Instead, I went the opposite direction to solve this issue.
: Throughout this project, I've gained extra knowledge on aluminum and it never ceases to surprise me.
