Aran Dasan
Sustainability
Experimental
Industrial Design
Engineering
My name is Aran Dasan, a London- and Bristol- based designer.
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Studio XO [Process]
(November 2012 - February 2013) Freelance design, prototyping and electrical engineering of wearable electronic garments for Studio XO, a London-based fashion...
Experimental
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fashion
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electronic
Brand Futures
(September - November 2012) An aspirational future, set in the year 2030. Six major brands and their business models of today were projected two decades into the...
strategy
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future-forecasting
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sustainability
E-On Tent of the Future
(July 2012) Interactive renewable energy monitor, housed in a geodesic dome for E-On, for display at several large Scout and Guide jamborees around the...
Sustainability
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engineering
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installation
Illuminarium Special Effects
(Summer 2012-13) Propane flame-effects for stage-use at major UK and internationial music festivals. User interface developed for Illuminarium. Materials:...
engineering
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fire
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interaction
Evolve
(February - June 2012) Bespoke software for the evolution of products. A range of shoes were evolved over 50 generations and fabricated in leather. Materials:...
experimental
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fashion
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genetic algorithm
Ento
(September-December 2011) Edible insects are a healthy, tasty, and sustainable source of protein. But how could we make them an everyday reality in the...
food security
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design strategy
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sustainability
Pedal-power Christmas [Process]
(48 hours, December 2011) The faster you pedal, the higher-up the Christmas tree the lights will reach. All lights powered by the bicycles...
interactive installation
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sustainability
Foroba Yelen
(July-September 2011) Foroba Yelen (translation from Bambara: Collective Light) Materials: Welded and painted steel, LED lights (donated by Phillips) and...
social sustainability
Hypotrochoid
(3 weeks, May 2011) A hand-cranked spirograph that uses LEDs to trace hypotrochoid patterns. Materials: Aluminium, wooden dowel, timing belt and pulleys,...
engineering
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light
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experimental
Le Creuset
(3 weeks, January 2011) A bread-stamp for transforming your toast into an eggcup, branded for Le Creuset and manufactured in a small batch of 10. Materials:...
branding
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manufacture
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industrial design
Minimal Surface
(November-December 2010) A small folding stool, for confidence. Materials: Bent and powder-coated steel, nylon A saddle-point, in mathematics, is...
chair
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architecture
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industrial design
Blowing Nowhere
(June 2010) A power-generating wind turbine, created for the Nowhere festival. Materials: Stainless steel milking parlour tubes (mast), PVC drainpipe...
engineering
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digital art
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sustainability
Persistence of Vision
(November 2008) Programmable LED circus equipment. Materials: Polycarbonate tube, silicone end-caps, Arduino, software in Processing. These represent my...
digital art
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performance
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lightshow