Shift
origami pencil case & display
Spring 2014
Designed at Georgia Institute of Technology
Tools + Skill-sets: manufacturing, sales, marketing, rapid prototyping and testing
Shift is a pencil case that transforms into a pencil holder. The user can pick between two forms to easily display and access writing tools. Shift sold out in the first ten minutes of Georgia Tech’s 2014 Make10 event, an annual event where students design and product a limited run of 10 products for sale.
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Observations
Rapid Prototyping
Experimented with leather, felt, fabric, polypropylene, and plywood
Used magnets instead of velcro to achieve smoother folding transitions
Creased polypropylene using a laser cutter
