LAMBDΛ. An assorted collection of hangers, hand-crafted from micarta – layered cloth and denim soaked in resin to create a strong and durable material.
The micarta in LAMBDΛ hangers are made from discarded and old fabrics that would otherwise end up in landfills just like the other 7-14 million tons that Americans throw away each year. Your LAMBDΛ hanger purchase gives these fabrics a new life as clothes hangers.
Meticulously handcrafted and designed, these luxury hangers are the perfect display piece to compliment your clothes that demand attention and special care. Emphasize your style. Show off your fashion sense. LAMBDΛ.
The three variations of hanger created - LAMBDΛ, PI, & GAMMA.
Overview
The goal of this course was to create a product, start to finish. That includes initial research, design and development, and even refinement and selling the final deliverable at The Ohio State University Department of Design's fourth annual Winter Market. I was partnered with the wonderful Annie Roo for the duration of the course.
We started the semester researching traffic patterns on campus, and once we concluded, gave away the research packet to Team H (Sam Gaerke, Erika Strazinsky, Annie Waugh) in exchange for their research. The sudden change in the project velocity is to simulate real-world design work, where you may be given pre-conducted research with which you must then design a product to solve its discovered problem.
With fresh research, our team brainstormed many ideas with the goal to narrow them down to two very refined product suggestions. These suggestions would then face a jury of current professional designers (Robert Mora, Laura Lenhart, Christy Walters, Merinj van der Heijden, and Jeremy Stone) that would vote on what the team would move forward with.
LAMBDΛ was chosen, so the last leg of the course was focused on refinement and delivery - producing a minimum of ten products and selling them at the Winter Market. In the end, our team produced 27 products (17 LAMBDΛ variants, 7 PI variants, and 3 GAMMA variants), and sold 15 of them for a total revenue of $255.
Timeline of events.
Discover & Define
Initial research presentation given to Team H.
This button will take you to the collaborative Miro Board that documents our preliminary research about campus traffic patterns. We gave away this research packet to Team H and in return we received theirs - which we developed into LAMBDΛ
Define & Develop
Final concept presentation shown to the jury.
Robert Mora
Laura Lenhart
Christy Walters.
Merinj van der Heijden.
Jeremy Stone.
The jury. Unfortunately, Jeremy Stone could not attend due to a rescheduling. He was replaced with Dr. Sébastien Proulx of the OSU Design Department.
This button will lead you to the collaborative Miro Board that documents the
Define & Develop" phase of our research, including market research and various prototypes.
Define & Develop" phase of our research, including market research and various prototypes.
Develop & Deliver
Hayes Hall.
Winter Market 2021.
Annie and I selling product.
Video Showcase
These videos provide a glimpse into the behind the scenes of the production of LAMBDΛ.
The media was created in collaboration with the DESIGN 4400.01 course and are not produced by me personally. They heavily include my project partner - Annie Roo - and myself within the subject matter. These three videos were created by my peers: Samantha Gaerke, Erika Strazinsky, and Annie Waugh.
I created a video similar in style to these, but it is not featured here. Please see the "Media Explorations" page of my portfolio to see my take on their work.
Samantha Gaerke's Video on LAMBDΛ
Erika Strazinsky's video on LAMBDΛ
Annie Waugh's video on LAMBDΛ