Sarah Kong / Industrial Design

12/11/2014

Long time without a post guys! Other than finishing my Masters Degree, here is something else I've been up to:

Photo's from the RISE ABOVE official after party at Hope Bros

Photo Contributors: Neth Ky, James from Edgeline

16/01/2013

A design driven investigation challanging T. W.Allan Whitfield's theory that an object needs to be 'familiar' in order to be easy to use. The capture pinhole investigates whether an object can be 'unfamiliar' yet also retain an ease of use through an interaction thathas been user tested to depicts 'capturing' of light. A user-testing and psychology based project for 'Design and the Human Mind' at Victoria University of Wellington

25/03/2012

"From: The Vitruvius

Hello,

I found your website and your work is amazing, My team just started new sharing website for professionals and I will be more then happy If you will join us and upload more your work. I already upload your work with your contact there. So more will be more then welcome your work is amazing."

:)

23/03/2012

Yay for the weekend! Woke up to this email this morning:

"Hello Sarah,

Congratulations! One of your projects was just featured on industrialdesignserved.com and will appear on its front page. We developed our network of category-specific Served sites to further showcase the best projects on the Behance Network, offering your work even more exposure.

Our editorial team features only a small number of projects every day. With many thousands to choose from, we look for work that promotes new thinking in its industry."

http://www.industrialdesignserved.com/gallery/Piegarsi/2430533

:)

Piegarsi was originally designed as an exhibition system featuring a leg which supports a surface both horizontally, and vertically; allowing for the display of full size models and smaller, elevated scale models. However, Piegarsi also happens to make fo…

01/12/2011

http://www.themag.it/inspiration/2011/piegarsi-table.html

Also, Isn't THE Mag such a lovely design photo blog?! :)

An adaptable support capable of sustaining a surface both horizontally and vertically.

01/11/2011

Piegarsi was originally designed as an exhibition system featuring a leg which supports a surface both horizontally, and vertically; allowing for the display of full size models and smaller, elevated scale models.

However, Piegarsi also happens to make for lovely home furniture (:

Photos of 1:1 final model to come.

29/10/2011

Never thought that there would be 100 people out there to support me. You guys are awesome :) all 100 of you!
p.s. will finally get time to photograph the 1:1 model of my table (in the display image) this coming week so watch this space- any suggestions on how to photograph/photography style welcome!

24/10/2011

Thanks for the support guys :)

You're all awesome!

19/10/2011

Snapture is a concept camera which seeks to explore materiality and the tactile relationship between an object and its user.

Snapture was inspired by vintage cameras with lenses which required precision and expertise to control, I was especially interested in the tactile nature of different materials- and wanted to create a product which invited you to touch and interact with it.

PROCESS:

The creation of Snapture was a great learning process of digital manufacture. Snapture was designed in 3D modelling program SolidWorks, where the buttons where made to perfectly fit the naked camera body.

The wooden parts of this model where milled digitally on a Modela mini mill. The aluminium centre ring was hand milled on a 3axis mill, then painstakingly hand sanded and polished to a brilliant shine. The dials were originally 3D printed, before being zinc cast and electroplated with a nickel finish. The wooden filling is laser cut and etched veneer.

19/10/2011

Chaise Longue is a lounging chair which offers privacy and a sense of serenity and peace, and invites the user to take time out of their busy day to become 'lost' in comfort.

Chaise Longue is created from steam bent New Zealand Rimu veneer.

You can see Chaise Longue featured here: http://www.muuuz.com/2010/12/02/chaise-longue-par-sarah-kong/

and here:
http://www.journal-du-design.fr/index.php/design/design-chaise-longue-par-sarah-kong-12630/

19/10/2011

Sorry, bit empty- more to come soon! :D