Che Antoine
Industrial Design
I'm Ché, a 2nd Year industrial design student at Loughborough University eager to expand my knowledge of the industry. Crisp attention to detail and time management skills means that the work I produce is of high quality under strict deadlines. Always curious, I'm willing to take on any new challenges with a level head and can-do attitude. Growing up in a vibrant, multicultural society like Trinidad has given me a unique creative perspective that makes my work stand out.
Final year project
Industrial Design and Technology
Florascope: Offline Plant Identifier
FloraScope is an offline plant identifier aimed at beginner botanists and conservationists. It improves the experience of learning and doing plant identification with a two-step process blending the accuracy of manual identification keys with the efficiency of image recognition. This is with the goal of keeping traditional skills alive while bringing the craft into the future. The design is sleek but robust enough to withstand rugged terrain, with swappable backup batteries for those extra long days in the field. CMF was inspired by hiking equipment and cameras and form inspired by organic shapes found in nature.
The Loop and Battery Door
Clever design features include the loop, a fastening point for carabiners and a pull tab for the battery when the battery door is unlocked. This tab also provides a visual indicator for whether the battery has been re-inserted.
Tactile Button Interface
FloraScope uses tactile buttons, sliders and a scroll wheel as interaction points. The knurled scroll wheel has the dual purpose of camera zoom and quickly scrolling through lists of possible plants.
Camera and Flash
Picking between plant characteristics: UX screen
After AI identifies the plant to its genus, the user then picks between characteristics in the digital key to find a match.
Path: Travel Aid for the Visually Impaired
Path is a travel aid for visually impaired bus travellers. (RSA shortlisted ‘22)
A haptic pad advises users of approaching buses. Path then uses its thermal camera attachment to detect vacant seats and directional haptic feedback to guide them to these seats. Haptics also advise them of their stop. Finally, its low profile ensures that they are not singled out for their disability.
Haptic Pad for Path
Che Antoine
Final year project
Industrial Design and Technology
Awards
Myself and my teammates Safa Ikheria and Zahra Mandviwala were recently shortlisted for the RSA Student Design Awards for Path: a Bus Travel Aid for Visually Impaired Users. This project consisted of an app and product system that addressed accessibility issues with public bus networks, including not knowing when your bus has arrived and missed your stop.
Work Experience
I spent 9 months interning at Loft LLC, a multifaceted design consultancy in Rhode Island, U.S.A. I was never treated like an intern, always as a junior designer. My internship mainly focused on consumer electronics, working in tandem with the Design, Engineering and UX/UI
teams. My responsibilities included creating high quantities of ideas and concept sketches quickly and concisely. I was often tasked with preliminary and production-ready CAD models, generating high impact renders and compiling them into client presentations.
My key achievement was working with a Fortune 500 client in the FMCG space on an upcoming home office product. I added value to the existing design in development by taking a form considered bulky by users and refining it into a sleeker shape that uses 18% less plastic per unit, saving on production and shipping costs as well as reducing
environmental impact.