https://www.robertpattersondesign.com/home daily 1.0 2021-11-05 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6156128ebe259e3568f99c1f/t/616cefd46ce026090faa762e/1634529269088/Cover+image.png Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6156128ebe259e3568f99c1f/t/6168cdb0be839429bc26e574/1634527644308/ANOVAcmyk.png Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6156128ebe259e3568f99c1f/t/616ce90c1106fb6090bbb36e/1634527629801/SLSRA+logo.png Home https://www.robertpattersondesign.com/contact daily 0.75 2021-10-09 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6156128ebe259e3568f99c1f/t/6161ece51030a420258a60ce/1566632812463/squarespace-pdx-185x.jpg Contact Me https://www.robertpattersondesign.com/volunteer-work daily 0.75 2021-11-03 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6156128ebe259e3568f99c1f/t/616cfaef718fa376e6a4c4e9/1634574366361/DRE%40M2020.jpg Volunteer work - Delmar Robotics Engineers at M.A.D.E. Dre@m Team #8077 We put together a team of Students and volunteers to start building a robot for the First Robotics Challenge competition. FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) is a team sport for high school students, where the sport is designing, building, and programming a robot to play a game against other robots, on a special playing field the size of a tennis court. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6156128ebe259e3568f99c1f/t/6182dd870fc59860bdf47749/1635966530334/7D25E4EB-035D-406D-89AE-2D727F7D4E96.jpeg Volunteer work https://www.robertpattersondesign.com/expertise daily 0.75 2021-11-05 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6156128ebe259e3568f99c1f/t/61842088f3a6a87890bd9a15/1636049262071/Anova+image.jpg My Expertise - Anova Site Furnishings I started working at Anova Site Furnishings in July of 2015. My responsibilities included new product development, product engineering, custom projects, and drafting. In my 6 years there I helped bring 8 product lines to market, completed over a dozen custom projects, and helped train a dozen new employees and interns. I worked very closely with the engineers and manufacturing floor. Tasks included concept sketching and rendering, CAD modeling, tolerance analysis, drafting, BOM generation, prototyping including 3D printing, generating CAM programs, part optimization, inspecting sourced parts, process improvement, producing product spec documents, and quoting and executing custom jobs. https://www.robertpattersondesign.com/portfolio daily 0.75 2021-11-18 https://www.robertpattersondesign.com/portfolio/oculus monthly 0.5 2021-10-12 https://www.robertpattersondesign.com/portfolio/infinity monthly 0.5 2021-10-12 https://www.robertpattersondesign.com/portfolio/elevation monthly 0.5 2021-10-12 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6156128ebe259e3568f99c1f/t/6171d7b82f90661f7cd956a0/1634852188673/IMG_1581.JPG Portfolio - Elevation - Anova’s marketing department hosted a meeting with Landscape Designers, Rehabilitation Specialist, Occupational Therapy Specialist, and the Industrial Design Team to specify the pieces of furniture needed for the line, the ergonomics, and other special requirements this furnishings line needed to be effective. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6156128ebe259e3568f99c1f/t/6180b84352c8f2601a5274da/1635967709518/Elevation_Sketches_.png Portfolio - Elevation - With those requirements in mind we started Concept sketching. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6156128ebe259e3568f99c1f/t/6180a96c920405214d41c690/1635825835885/Elevation+benches.png Portfolio - Elevation Benches In refinement we closed up the large gaps in the backrest of the bench and replaced the alternating “Y” pattern to address comfort concerns and to eliminate the number of parts and hardware needed. We added a plank to the front edge of the bench prevent contact with a hot seat pan and gave it a large radius on the front edges to be comfortable behind the knee. The bench end castings were given a more robust leg profile to add visual sturdiness while the thickness was made uniform to aid in the aluminum casting process. This round of concepting resulted in addition the contoured wooden armrest to prevent burns. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6156128ebe259e3568f99c1f/t/6180c6cd34b4a0712812644b/1635829478973/Minimalist+chairs.png Portfolio - Elevation Dining Chairs, Lounge Chairs, and Ottoman The dinning chair followed the aesthetic from the changes to the benches. We added a support from the seat to the armrest to prevent warping issues with the aluminum castings and added a plank to the front edge to prevent burns behind the knee. We were asked to make concepts for a sturdier looking ottoman with a fully wooden top. Eventually the ottoman was scrapped due to the fact that the comfortable height for the elderly turned it in to a tripping hazard. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6156128ebe259e3568f99c1f/t/6182f78a06d0856e15ba41c9/1635975156163/Elevation_Table_Sketches.png Portfolio - Elevation Tables Most of the table designs submitted for this project were a pedestal style table. we discovered that is we used four individual legs as the corners we could maximize the number of wheelchairs that could fit at the table. We added a rim around the edge of the table top to help highlight the perimeter of the table and coated it in a insulating coating. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6156128ebe259e3568f99c1f/t/6180d999583d6a7968d4d136/1635834275550/Receptacle+sketche.png Portfolio - Elevation Receptacle We removed the wooden “Y” feature on the side of the receptacle because it no longer fit the aesthetic of the collection, this also reduced the number of unique wooden parts from four down to one. The bonnet support was then given a curvier shape to match castings and pattern on the back of the seat pan. With the feature removed from the side, we were allowed to use the metal panel as the door rather than the curved wooden front. This helped prevent door sagging due the the extra weight from the wood. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6156128ebe259e3568f99c1f/t/6181a1cfaeb46e3f2a0f9c1b/1635885549758/Armrest_Concepts.png Portfolio - Elevation Armrest In order to allow users to utilize all 4 limbs to lift themselves off of the bench from any seat, I concepted a center armrest following the design language of the cast bench ends with wooden armrest. https://www.robertpattersondesign.com/portfolio/tandem monthly 0.5 2021-10-12 https://www.robertpattersondesign.com/portfolio/canyon-edge monthly 0.5 2021-10-12 https://www.robertpattersondesign.com/portfolio/airi monthly 0.5 2021-10-12 https://www.robertpattersondesign.com/portfolio/laser-panel-designs monthly 0.5 2021-10-12 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6156128ebe259e3568f99c1f/t/616f2772155fa875ebd3602b/1634675578904/panel+1+multi+render.JPG Portfolio - Laser Panel Designs - In past pattern explorations the landscape architecture leaned into repetitive patterns with cool optical effects. Ripple was designed to follow that trend. The perforations create an optical illusion that make the panels appear to have a 3 Dimension form. This is a versatile design that fits in well anywhere. Multi panel Render https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6156128ebe259e3568f99c1f/t/616f273e48723c6cc2535030/1634675578900/panel+1+render.JPG Portfolio - Laser Panel Designs - Ripple Single Panel Render https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6156128ebe259e3568f99c1f/t/616f2c5faa66d42e3ccafa6b/1634675882052/panel+2+multi+render.JPG Portfolio - Laser Panel Designs - The pattern on this panel is all about intermitted motion with the pattern imitating the motion wave crashing against the shore and receding. Multi panel Render https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6156128ebe259e3568f99c1f/t/616f2b983be21356e974d018/1634675882046/panel+2+render.JPG Portfolio - Laser Panel Designs - Ebb and Flow Single Panel Render https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6156128ebe259e3568f99c1f/t/616f2d12ba1fcb1a0f7b6243/1634676057081/panel%2B3%2Bmulti%2Brender.jpg Portfolio - Laser Panel Designs - A large part of Anova’s market is parks and recreation centers this concept was a single example of what active silhouettes could look like integrated with a simple horizontal slot pattern. The final product would allow planners to choose from multiple silhouettes and plain slotted panels. Multi panel Render https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6156128ebe259e3568f99c1f/t/616f2cc90017e41b69a77419/1634676286238/panel%2B3%2Brender.jpg Portfolio - Laser Panel Designs - Active Single Panel Render https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6156128ebe259e3568f99c1f/t/616f2d6723fcf63b648b3ead/1634676168116/panel+4+render.JPG Portfolio - Laser Panel Designs - Skyline Single Panel Render https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6156128ebe259e3568f99c1f/t/616f2dd7c5eaa414e36cbf81/1634676260204/panel%2B4%2Bmulti%2Brender.jpg Portfolio - Laser Panel Designs - This panel concept was based on an abstracted skyline using perspective to convey the shapes of the skyscrapers. This concept was largely aimed at urban settings since most of Anova’s existing perforation patterns we nature themed. Multi panel Render https://www.robertpattersondesign.com/portfolio/custom-projects monthly 0.5 2021-10-12 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6156128ebe259e3568f99c1f/t/617992d2a7e41b2b14f81c28/1635360599500/SLA+bike+rack.png Portfolio - Custom Projects - St. Louis Aquarium Custom Arch Bike Racks In 2019 the St. Louis Aquarium wanted custom arch bike racks with their logo laser cut into the center medallion. This logo had a lot of interior details like the animals’ mouths and eyes that would need to be bridged in. Instead of adding a lot of clumsy bridges that would disrupt the logo, I added a fleur-de-lis outline allowing me to use negative space to show the details and bridge the more subtly. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6156128ebe259e3568f99c1f/t/6179908a9c554034ea2959ae/1635356837835/IMG_0418.JPG Portfolio - Custom Projects https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6156128ebe259e3568f99c1f/t/61799045308b8516825f70e9/1635356882966/IMG_0420.JPG Portfolio - Custom Projects