GEARS & GADGETS designed for CREATIVE KIDS, is an engineering-focused, expandable building system that lets kids create and test mechanical inventions.
The system was designed to be an introduction into mechanical engineering and robotics. Children can build simple wind-up mechanisms and spring-powered machines. The set can be combined with additional components to build robots, vehicles and do-nothing machines of all kinds.
Initial concepts started where all good concepts start, with pen and paper then moved to Illustrator for concept renderings and some 2D CAD work. The final design, which initially included some 400 individual components, was 3D modeled in Fusion 360 and 3D printed for testing. Eventually the piece-count was reduced to 194.
In addition to the industrial design and engineering of all the parts, I also provided the graphic design and layout for much of the instruction manual.
