Dominic Hartley

Hey! Thank you for taking a minute to check out my ‘Creative Showcase’. My name is Dom, i’m a graduate product designer, i’m enthusiastic about ‘sustainable emotional design’, the theory that emotions have as much influence as other factors such as materials when considering sutainability. Enjoy 🙂

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Introducing 'Frisk' - The screenless, buttonless, wooden phonePortfolio Item 3

This project was developed to be submitted to 'The Wood Awards', I wanted to reconsider the natural material wood could be used to challenge traditional production materials of everyday objects. Portfolio Item 4

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With help from lecturers, I decided to reconsider what a phone truly is... Portfolio Item 6

As it stands our smartphones come with a few drawbacks that are not often considered yet can be scientifically-backedPortfolio Item 7

Phones are known to encourage depression, anxiety, and a decrease in mental wellbeing. With that considered the material wood might be able to remedy some of these issues, proven to reduce anxiety and help users perform betterPortfolio Item 8

The final product 'Frisk' is designed to remove the user from the everyday chaos that comes with smartphonesPortfolio Item 9

This in turn allows the user to be removed and concentrate on the more important things around themPortfolio Item 10