Laura Weir
Industrial Design
I am a sustainability-focused designer aiming to improve life without compromising the planet
Final year project
AIMA
AIMA - Major Industrial Design Project
AIMA is a two-part product and system aimed at reducing period poverty and menstrual plastic waste for all who bleed.
The home product comprises a steamer to sanitise the product at the end of the day, and a self-sealing bin and bag which is used to store the used tampons until they are sent off to be pelletised and burned for fuel.
Users sending off their tampons to be pelletised are incentivised by subsidised tampons, reducing the cost of menstruation and helping to diminish period poverty.
AIMA 2
The on-the-go case holds a reusable applicator, 6 x clean non-applicator tampons and up to 5 used tampons as the clean ones are used. A click-clack’ mechanism enables the applicator to be easily lifted so the applicator can be cleaned discretely, even in public.
AIMA 3
AIMA uses thermoplastic sealing technology to seal the bag containing the used products for being taken to be pelletised
AIMA 4
AIMA can come in 3 colours with matching blue and coral product homes.
As the user uses the slider to lift clean tampons up, the space below expands allowing for more room for used tampons.
EDDI
EDDI is a reusable, on-the-go foundation system and product.
It uses dehydrated foundation pellets which are re-hydrated by the user, and are sized based on the frequency of use to reduce the amount of product wasted.
EDDI 2
To prepare EDDI, the user places the dehydrated foundation pellet in EDDI and fills it with water up to the marked line. They let it sit for a few minutes and then shake EDDI to fully mix the foundation.
To use, the user slides the lid back and twists the rubber ring, which dispenses a perfect dose of foundation onto a wide base that they can dab their beauty sponge onto and apply to their skin.
Nudge - A week long design project
''Alexithymia'': The inability to recognise or describe one's own emotions
Nudge is a two-part comfort companion for those with Alexithymia. The home device tracks the user's mood and the wearable vibrates the user's wrist when triggered by the home.
Nudge 2
Nudge records users’ emotions through thermal imagery and use the results to structure therapy sessions. When it notices the user is low or anxious, the wearable nudges the user to recognise their mood and to change tasks and also nudges a close friend to reach out to them.
Laura Weir
Final year project
AIMA
Work Experience
Junior Concept Store Designer at Waitrose & Partners from Aug 2020-2021.
I was employed as a junior concept store designer in a small team within a larger creative department helping to create concept store trials such as Better Together with my main role being to build and visualise concepts within stores in 'SketchUp'. I took on the project of creating a sanitiser unit which has been rolled out across stores in the UK and helped develop the seasonal aisle fixtures for a Better Together trial now out in Rushden.