Spencer Schimel

user-driven designs

interactive end-table

office refrigerator

office eating utensil

washer for the blind

dorm room alert radio

form-driven designs

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The Goal (self directed):
To better accommodate travelers with the electronics that they travel with.

The Gist:
Conductive steel bars act as a universal charger for electronic devices, as well as the power source for the movable touch screen interface (alarm clock, phone and iPod speakers).
     This table is in a sense "synched" to the hotel room that it lives in, and draws power from it's connection to the wall. The design of the tabletop is universal for all hotels, but the choice of material and form of the legs allow for customized integration into a particular hotel's design motif.

Interactive Hotel End Table

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