Simon Larsson - Sketchwall: July 2015

Here are some images from my 10 week long thesis work Handling of Air Baggage that I did when graduating from my bachelor in industrial design from Umeå Institute of Design. It has been a very exiting project in close collaboration with Swedavia - owner of most swedish airports, TYA - a company that works with improving the working conditions for workers within the transport industry and Aviator - ground handling company at Arlanda Airport.

The background to the project is that the airport staff working with baggage handling have a tough job, lifting up to 15 tonnes per person on a busy day. Every bag gets lifted manually 6 times on its way from check in to the baggage drop band, which is why the work is very repetitive and often leads to back, shoulder and other kinds of physical problems. My concept, the ABT (Autonomous Baggage Train) is an autonomous vehicle that transports baggage between the airport terminals and the airplanes. It removes 4 of the 6 manual lifting moments, shortens the waiting time for the arriving passengers, reduces the wear on both baggage and the airport's baggage bands and contributes to a safer working environment with less accidents due to human errors.

Keyshot Rendering + some Photoshop

Video Presentation of the concept can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82hne_sCnuU
More information about the project can be found on UID's online exhibition webpage: http://goo.gl/EcdSn8
The full thesis report can be read here: https://goo.gl/Fh7Yo6
The ABT was awarded the highest price in the international design competition Spark Awards in the autumn of 2015. The presentation of the project at Spark Award's homepage can be seen here: shorturl.at/lvO27
In 2016 the project was also awarded with a Red Dot award in the Design Concept category.
Feel free to contact me if you are interested in knowing more or have questions about the project by sending an e-mail to Simon_larsson_92@hotmail.com

Below follows some images that will give you a better understanding of the design process behind the pro.

Research at Umeå Airport

Research at Arlanda Airport, Stockholm

Concept Sketch

Moodboard - Dynamic

Moodboard - Intelligence

Moodboard - Trustworthy

Form sketches step 1

Form sketches step 2

Mockup

CAD - Rhinoceros 5

CNC milling a woodlike material called PU foam

Processing the surfaces by using sandpaper, primer, sandpaper, primer...

Adding color

3D printing

Assembling the model

Exhibition at Design Talks, Umeå Institute of Design

Exhibition at Semcon, Gothenburg.

The project next to mine is made by my friend, teacher and
strangely also class mate for half a year - Mikael Lugnegård.
He is a great source of inspiration!