Terence Gelo Design Portfolio

TERENCE GELO

Industrial Designer | Houston, TX | [email protected] | terencegelo.com

DESIGN PORTFOLIO

ABOUT ME:Currently a senior at the University of Houston, earning a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Industrial Design. Looking for an engaging work environment in which creative expression, ingenuity, and attention to detail are both valued and encouraged.

MY PHILOSOPHY:Design should feel good. An interaction with a well-designed product is like a good hand shake. It is an understanding of what brings joy to points in our lives, and provides a medium through which to recreate these moments.

These moments are what drive me to create, and my goal as a designer is to generate products that hold value beyond their intrinsic qualities.

TERENCE GELOIndustrial Designer

[email protected]

terencegelo.com

_Amphora _Symphoni_Nomad _Block

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Typical Pack Contents:

Nomad Pack Contents:

Nomad is an all-in-one sleep system for ultra-light backpackers.

Looking for a place to start, I organized a backpacking trip to identify problems first-hand (in the name of research, of course).

Immersive Research:

24 Hour Period > > > > > > >

Setting Up

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Weight

Speed Ease

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12,040,000 Backpackers

34,400,000 Campers

308,000,000 total Americans

Backpacking is a minimalist form of camping, where everything you have with you is carried on your back, typically for multiple days.

Looking for a place to start, I organized a backpacking trip to identify problems first-hand (in the name of research, of course).

24 Hour Period > > > > > > >

Setting Up

Pac

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Comfort

Weight

Speed Ease

Ease

Volume

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Identified Issues:

Market Analysis: User Profile:

Bivy Shelter

Light

Heavy

Opportunity

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RayUltralight BackpackerAge 34

“When I’m on the trail, every ounce matters. I want my sleeping gear to be as efficient as possible.”

Ray happily sacrifices comfort if it means that his pack will be smaller and lighter. When hiking long distances function always overrides form.

Needs:Lightweight

CompactWarmth

Speed of Setup

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Combining elements reduces volume, weight, and setup time.

Final Concept:

Typical Pack Set-Up Time:

Set-Up Time with Nomad:Mins.30

Secs.

Set up Tent (7 Steps)

Set up Sleeping Pad(4 Steps)

Set up Sleeping Bag(5 Steps)

Unpacking(3 Steps)

1.) Unroll 2.) Inflate 3.) Insert Support 4.) Enter

Integrating Technologies:

Prototyping/ Validation:

3M Thinsulate uses Aerogel, a super-light material that traps heat very effectively.

Window zippers are derived from the user’s natural arm swing.

Weldable Nylon is used to create an air-tight seal between the floor and the inflatable pad.

AmphoraAmphora is a wine conditioning and preservation utensil that allows the user to get the best experience out of their choice of wine.

Amphora : Wine Conditioning and Preservation Utensil

Every bottle is a celebration.

Top

Right Front

2.5"

6.125"

Yes it works!

Air-Tight Seal

Lip Aerates When Open

Snap-fits on top of bottle

No-drip mouth

Lip aerateswine in-pour

Preserves any wine type

Handle helpscontrol pour

Never cry over spilled wine again.

Functional Prototype

Preserves open wine bottles up to 6 months!

Q: What are the benefits of modularity other than expanding volume?

A: The beauty of modularity is that objects can change not only their form but also their function as modules are combined.

When Block comes together, it doubles as a room divider.

Modularity:

Manufacturing:

Possibilities:

Birch Plywood Drawers

Sand-Blasted Steel Base

Walnut Plywood Shelf

Full-Scale

Model

Symphoni is a conceptual, pragmatic, and user-driven approach to modular bluetooth speakers.

Symphoni

It Started with Sketching...

Exploring Environments

Looking to Nature First

It Started with Sketching...

Developing an Idea

Applying a Concept

Exploring Forms

Sound Inspired by music. . .When Ludwig Van Beethoven was told that he would become irreversably deaf, he sawed the legs off of his piano and learned to hear through the vi-brations that he felt through the ground. This is the same way that we hear ourselves speak.

Can this concept be used to improve the way we transmit sound?

Sound Inspired by music. . .

Reapplying the structure of human bones can be used to enhance the sound of ordinary speakers.

Speaker Construction:

Exploded View:

HDPE tubeincreases bass

ABS cone boosts mids

ABS backplate directs sound

Sound Enhancement:

Individual speakers attach to base with magnets, where they recharge.

Sandblasted steel plate attaches to wall with thumb tacks.

Magnets on back of speaker attach to steel plate.

Speakers can be moved all around the house, wirelessly.

Working Prototype

Food trucks are a new dining experience that have recently taken the metropolitan areas of the U.S. by storm. Being a newer trend, some problems still exist with the eating style associated with them.

Holding Items

Eating While Standing

Containing Mess

Trays Forks Foil Cups Cans

?

Food Trucks need to provide their customers with a way to eat their food.

These supplies become overflowing garbage cans that take away from the environments they are meant to improve.

But is this the only solution?

Bioplastic: Compressed RecycledCardboard:

Natural acid is added to starch to break up amylopectin molecules (leaving long, straight

amylose molecules).

Vegetable Glycerin is added as a plasticizer- a molecular lubricant.

The result is a 100% compostable plastic.

Cardboard is processed through pulper.2

3

The Other solution:

1 Cardboard is gathered.

Resulting material is easily remoldable.

H2O

Design evolution:

Natural / Recycled Materials Gatered

Product is Manufactured

Customer uses Product

Customer Initiates Decomposition

Product Spreads Nature

Final Concept:

Incorporating wildflower seeds into the recycled cardboard allows the trash that is strewn around food trucks to help spread the beauty of nature that is meant to surround these environments.

Compressed cardboard is infused with seeds, molded, and trimmed.

Bioplastic is overmolded and bonds to cardboard.

Bioplastic

CompressedRecycled Cardboard

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Concept the Manufacturing:

Transgenerational DesignWork in Progress, Finish Date 12/7/2012

Emerging trends:

Past Present Future

Under 5 Over 65An aging population

70 80

20502010

Increasing life expectancy

Present Future

Changing support structure

Age

Growing economic challeges

Equipment Orientation:

Chris LerchOwner and CEO, Home Instead Senior CareSan Anotnio, TX

Byron CordesOwner, Sage Care ManagementPresident, National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers (NAPGCM)San Anotnio, TX

Jessica DysonAdmissions Coordinator, Friendship HavenFriendswood, Tx

Jeff NormanPhysical Therapy Assistant, Friendship HavenFriendswood, TX

Jackie Westerdahl Community Manager, Villas at El DoradoFriendswood, TX

Jan OʼNealAssistant Manager, Villas at El DoradoFriendswood, TX

“All of our apartments have a garage, and 95% of our resi-dents own vehicles...”

“If some of our rehab equip-ment was designed better, there would be a lot more people walking.”

“It seems like our clients feel the most loss of independence when they canʼt transfer from their wheelchair to the toilet.”

“The main reason why healthy individuals are turning to nursing homes is that their personal homes arenʼt safe.”

The ʻpoint of no returnʼ is poor decision making and bad executive functioning.”“For example, leaving the gas stove on, or going out for the mail and getting lost.”

“...but even in active indepen-dents, balance and getting off the floor are big problems.”

“Our residents love their social activities. They get together to play Wii, and walk their dogs together, and if you ask some of them these questions youʼre guaran-teed a 10 minute answer.”

Professional Interviews:

Secondary ResourcesInitial Research Professional Walkthrough

Research Timeline:

Chris LerchOwner and CEO, Home Instead Senior CareSan Antonio, TX

Byron CordesOwner, Sage Care ManagementPresident, National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers (NAPGCM)San Antonio, TX


Je� NormanPhysical Therapy Assistant, Friendship HavenFriendswood, TX


Jan O’NealAssistant Manager, Villas at El DoradoFriendswood, TX



“It seems like our clients feel the most loss of independence when they can’t transfer from their wheelchair to the toilet.”

“The main reason why healthy individuals are turning to nursing homes is that their personal homes aren’t safe.”

The ‘point of no return’ is poor decision making and bad executive functioning.”“For example, leaving the gas stove on, or going out for the mail and getting lost.”

“...but even in active indepen-dents, balance and getting o� the �oor are big problems.”

“Our residents love their social activities. They get together to play Wii, and walk their dogs together, and if you ask some of them these questions you’re guaranteed a 10 minute answer.”

Emerging trends: Research Approach: Equipment Orientation: Professional Interviews: E�ects of Disabilities:

Past Present Future


70 80

20502010


Present Future


Age

Growing economic challenges

At times one of the most di�cult tasks in this environment is the organization of items used for rehabilitation on a daily basis.

Tools for recovery need to be designed that are e�ective for the age group using them. “Make them less toy-like, but still e�ective.”

Some of the most e�ective products we use are also the simplest. Standard cones are e�ective for both building a client’s con�dence and muscles after a fall.

The Merry Walker is a great piece of equipment for aiding those who cannot walk safely on their own. This piece of equipment’s strength is in its function, but it at the same time lacks in aesthetic and emotional value .

The standing frame is a very raw mechanical piece of equipment like much of the others in the facility. Often machines like this one are a hurdle in recovery because they intimidate their users.

Much of the equipment used in this facility and others is rented due to its high initial cost. The fall back is a system of machines that cannot be repaired internally, and that are a constant draw on a facilities �nances.

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Environmentally

Socially

Economically

Understanding

Data Collection

AnalysisInterviews

SurveysPhoto Diaries

Implications

Environmental

PhysicalEconomic

Literature Review Social

Major Challenges

Mental

Physical

Sensory

Depression Alzheimer’sDementia

Visual SomatosensoryHearing

Dexterity Incontinence Coordination

Social Environmental Economical= Impact of Physical Disabilities= Impact of Mental Disabilities

= Impact of Sensory Disabilities

Daily Impacts of Disabilities

ShoppingCooking

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Activitie

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Breah, Matthew, Terence

Chris LerchOwner and CEO, Home Instead Senior CareSan Antonio, TX

Byron CordesOwner, Sage Care ManagementPresident, National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers (NAPGCM)San Antonio, TX


Je� NormanPhysical Therapy Assistant, Friendship HavenFriendswood, TX


Jan O’NealAssistant Manager, Villas at El DoradoFriendswood, TX



“It seems like our clients feel the most loss of independence when they can’t transfer from their wheelchair to the toilet.”

“The main reason why healthy individuals are turning to nursing homes is that their personal homes aren’t safe.”

The ‘point of no return’ is poor decision making and bad executive functioning.”“For example, leaving the gas stove on, or going out for the mail and getting lost.”

“...but even in active indepen-dents, balance and getting o� the �oor are big problems.”

“Our residents love their social activities. They get together to play Wii, and walk their dogs together, and if you ask some of them these questions you’re guaranteed a 10 minute answer.”

Emerging trends: Research Approach: Equipment Orientation: Professional Interviews: E�ects of Disabilities:

Past Present Future


70 80

20502010


Present Future


Age

Growing economic challenges

At times one of the most di�cult tasks in this environment is the organization of items used for rehabilitation on a daily basis.

Tools for recovery need to be designed that are e�ective for the age group using them. “Make them less toy-like, but still e�ective.”

Some of the most e�ective products we use are also the simplest. Standard cones are e�ective for both building a client’s con�dence and muscles after a fall.

The Merry Walker is a great piece of equipment for aiding those who cannot walk safely on their own. This piece of equipment’s strength is in its function, but it at the same time lacks in aesthetic and emotional value .

The standing frame is a very raw mechanical piece of equipment like much of the others in the facility. Often machines like this one are a hurdle in recovery because they intimidate their users.

Much of the equipment used in this facility and others is rented due to its high initial cost. The fall back is a system of machines that cannot be repaired internally, and that are a constant draw on a facilities �nances.

Inco

ntin

ence

Loss

of C

oord

ination

Loss

of D

exte

rity

Dementia

Alzheimer

's

Depression

TactileH

earingVision

Falli

ngIn

cont

inen

ceSt

roke

Depression

Dementia

Alzheimer’s

TactileH

earingVision

Chro

nic P

ain

Inco

ntin

ence

Stro

ke

Dementia

Alzheimer’s

Depression

TactileHearing

Vision

Environmentally

Socially

Economically

Understanding

Data Collection

AnalysisInterviews

SurveysPhoto Diaries

Implications

Environmental

PhysicalEconomic

Literature Review Social

Major Challenges

Mental

Physical

Sensory

Depression Alzheimer’sDementia

Visual SomatosensoryHearing

Dexterity Incontinence Coordination

Social Environmental Economical= Impact of Physical Disabilities= Impact of Mental Disabilities

= Impact of Sensory Disabilities

Daily Impacts of Disabilities

ShoppingCooking

Cleaning

LaundryPaying Bills

Tran

spor

tatio

nContin

ence Getting out of BedBathing

Dressing

Eatin

gIn

cide

ntal Activities of Daily Living (IADL’s)

Activitie

s of Daily Living (ADL’s)

Breah, Matthew, Terence

Effects of disabilities: Daily Impacts of Disabilities:

Identifying Issues Evaluating ImpactsQuantifying Problems

= Tasks that Require Assistance= Tasks done Independently= Problem Areas

A Week with Dr. Primela H. Vyas95 years oldActive IndependentMoved to U.S. from India in 1952First Indian female to receive a PhD from U.H. Taught Psychology at TSU for 41 yearsMember, 14th Texas Silver Hair Legislature (TSHL)Advisor, Area Planning Advisory Council (APAC) for the Area Agency on Aging (AAA)

Socializing

Healthcare

Healthcare

Healthcare

Meals on Wheels

Loads Washing Machine, hangs to dry

Recieves arm and leg massage from nurse.

Grace Inc. Visits

Grace Inc. Visits

Cardiologist at St. Luke’s



Walks between 1/4 and 1/2 mile.




Trash Day

Lunch

Meals on Wheels .

Lunch

Meals on Wheels Lunch

Meals on Wheels Visits Mr. Parker, alzheimer patient who is afraid to leave home.

Cooks a side or entrée




Serves food to the homeless at Casa Juan Diego homeless shelter.




King’s Corner & community meal.



Lunch

Meals on Wheels delivers hot lunch.

Lunch

Hygiene

Hygiene

Exercise

Exercise

Exercise

Exercise

Cooking

Socializing

Cooking

Socialing

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A nurse from Grace Inc. tests Dr. Vyas’s blood pressure and sugar. Dr. Vyas is a type 2 diabetic.

Lunch is delivered by Meals on Wheels weekdays at 1.

Dr. Vyas has had 2 heart attacks, and now visits her cardiologist at St. Luke’s Heart Center � times a week.

Dr. Vyas cooks either a side dish or an entrée for charity. All of the counters are covered with dining ware since Dr. Vyas cannot put them in her cabinets.

With a ride from her nurse, Dr. Vyas serves the food she has made at a homeless and helpless center.

� nights a week, Dr. Vyas walks to the corner to meet friends and play King’s Corner. They also eat a pot luck�style community meal.

�very Saturday, a young man from the congregation drives Dr. Vyas to Jewish Temple. Dr. Vyas is Hindu, but the Hindu temple is too far away.

Dr. Vyas sits outside, waiting for a passerby to help her bring out the trash because she cannot do it alone.

Red Text

-95 years old-Active Independent-Moved to U.S. from India in 1952-First Indian female to receive a PhD from U.H. -Taught Psychology at TSU for 41 years-Member, 14th Texas Silver Hair Legislature (TSHL)-Advisor, Area Planning Advisory Council (APAC) for the Area Agency on Aging (AAA)

A Week with Dr. Primela H. Vyas:

Observational ResearchUser Background Detailed Task Study

Start

1.) Gathers ClothesClothes are taken from the hampers in the bathroom and the bedroom.

Using the walker seat as a basket, the clothes are walked to the garage.

Clothes are thrown from doorway to washing machine so that the hands can be used for support.

Clothes are picked up from floor in front of washing machine.

Clothes are placed in washing machine and laundry detergent is added.

The washing machine is started. “I just turn it till it clicks.”

The clothes are placed around the garage one by one so they can dry. “I am poor, I would rather save electricity.”

2.) Walks to Garage 3.) Throws Clothes 5.) Loads Washer4.) Picks up Clothes 6.) Starts Washer 6.) Hangs to Dry

Finish

Load Size:Price:

Efficiency:Usability:

Load Size:Price:


Load Size:Price:


Load Size:Price:


Load Size:Price:


Load Size:Price:


Haier HWD 1600 $925

LG WM2650 $1,175

Haier HLP21N $230

Fagor FAS-3612 X $999

Panda XPB25-28A $99

Koblenz XLC-50 $225

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Load Size

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Load Size

OpportunityOpportunity

Electric Blanket

Microwave Oven

Television

Dehumidifier

Well Pump

Home Computer

Aquarium/Terranium

Water Bed Heater

Washing Machine

Dishwasher

Electric Cooking

Clothes Dryer

Refrigerator

Pool Pump

Spa (Pump and Heater)

kwh/year

Freezer

05 00

$420Cost/Year $83 $125 $166 $208

1000 1500 2000 2500

Gas Heater Electric HeaterFront-LoadTop-LoadFront-LoadTop-LoadHow you Typically Wash

100% Hot $168

$134

$122

$117

$101

$87

$67

$59

$57

$47

$252

$176

$148

$138

$101

$138

$92

$76

$70

$47100% Cold/Cold

50% Hot/Cold, 50% Cold/Cold50% Warm/Cold, 50% Cold/Cold25% Warm/Cold, 75% Cold/Cold

Home LaundromatCost of Travel

Total Per Load:

$0

$0.67

$0.55

$1.22

$1

$1.50

$1.50

$3.00

Cost of Washer Load

Cost of Dryer Load

Current Options:Electricity Usage:

Washer and Dryer Efficiency: Market Mapping:

Assessing Current TechnologiesEvaluating Economic Considerations

Currently, there is no useable product that both washes and dries a small load of clothes.Conclusion:

“I don’t want other people doing my laundry. I want to do it all myself.”

“There needs to be something for small loads. I only wash 5 things at a time.”“I don’t use my dryer. I am poor, and I would rather save electricity.”

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9830 Bassoon Dr. Houston, TX | [email protected] 210.618.1240 | Thank you for your interest.

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