June Kim

Design Portfolio

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Hello! I’m June Kim. I’m a designer, engineer, and an artist currently studying at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). I like to get my hands dirty and build things whether it’s a complex lighting units using Ardunio or ceramic cups with traditional Asian ink paintings.

I will be graduating in June 2016 with a Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering with concentration in Computational Design and minor in Architecture and Music.

This is just a sample of my work. For more extensive portfolio or for a copy of my resume, please feel free to contact me.

(508)561-9062junek@mit.edu

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03 ENGINEERING 04 Dancing Towers 09 Altering Light 12 RAYN Jacket 16 DESIGN 17 Diva Lamp Exploration 20 Modular ProTOYtype 23 Soft Rocker Exploration

26 ART WORK 27 Random Projects 28 Jewelry Design 29 Ceramics

ENGINEERING

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Dancing TowersAs a studio group project, this 20ft tall public installation was completed in May 2015. We were given a challenge to build a tall public installation that can be interactive. The concept for Dancing Towers is an exploration of both space creation and transformation. By rotating the bases of the towers, they are transformed and different spaces are created between them. The versatility of the installation allows it to “dance.”

As the only engineering student in the group, I was largely involved with transforming the design concept into a physical design by using SolidWorks. I used part files from McMas-ter-Carr so that the fabrication process would be easier. The plates are made of waterjet aluminum plates and have rubber grommets on each hole to either allow the fiberglass rods to slide or to hold in place. The triangular base on the bottom can rotate separately from the individual towers.

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Concept & Ideas

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Initial Prototypes & Tests

Models & DiagramsModeled with SolidWorks, Diagrams generated from Rhino

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More Prototypes & Process

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Final Product

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Altering LightThis floor lamp was created in May 2014 for a final project in Creative Design Prototyping class. Most light fixtures in the market uses an electrical dimmer to change the brightness of the lamp. I thought it would be interesting to have a mechanical lamp shade that can control the brightness of the light emitted.

The design was inspired from a Hoberman sphere and a crane arcade game. The frame of the lamp shade and the stand was made from laser cut Masonite sheets. The fabric was thick cotton sheets sewn with a sewing machine. The mechanism that controls the movement of the lamp shade was 3D printed in ABS plastic.

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Inspiration & Ideas

Models & PrototypesModeled with SolidWorks

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Final Product

RAYN JacketSummer of 2014, I participated in the first Open Style Lab Summer Program. In groups of three (engineer, designer, and OT student), we had to design fashionable clothing that is also accessible for our clients who had disabilities. Our team client Ryan suffered from a C4 incomplete injury which made him partially paralyzed and have extremely sensitive skin. The RAYN Jacket was developed to protect the Ryan from the rain and also reduce the amount of time it takes for him and his helper to put on the jacket.

As the engineering student in the team, I helped with accessing and analyzing the problem, coming up with ideas and with fabri-cation of the prototype. The jacket was originally intended to be a modification of existing jackets so that anyone can repurpose their old jackets instead of having to invest in expensive cloth-ing. However, with the end of the summer program, the Open Style Lab decided to refine the design and manufacture the jacket to be sold to the public starting from April 2015.

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Ideas & Sketches

Initial Prototype & Client Interaction

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Final Product

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Press/MediaFew examples of articles on the RAYN Jacket and Open Style Lab

Boston Globe 8/23/2014

Boston.com 8/7/2014

OT Practice Magazine 10/27/2014

CNN 8/3/2015

DESIGN

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Diva Lamp ExplorationThis hanging lamp was made for a project in Computational Making: Light and Motion class May 2015. The class emphasized on the process of making and learning through imitation, itera-tion and improvisation. The original design of the Diva lamp was done by Northern Lighting.

First, I tried to imitate the original design by using thin chip-boards and wires. Then I made multiple iterations that changed the materials from chipboard to corrugated plastic sheets, dimensions or light sources. Lastly, I used corrugated card-board sheets to create the lamp and redirect the light. As an improvisation, I added an inner layer to accommodate the design changes I’ve made from the original product.

Original Design & Imitation

Iterations & ModelsModeled with Rhinoceros 3D

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Improvisation

Modular ProTOYtypeNo matter how old people are, everybody loves toys. We all played with LEGOs to build spaceships or famous architectures. This project was for a final project in Introduction to Geometric Modeling class. The requirements for the project was that it had to inspire users to touch the objects, playful, and had to be made by casting. I wanted to create a LEGO-like modular toy that could be easily assembled and have aesthetically pleasing outcome.

The project was modeled using Grasshopper in Rhino so that di-mensions can be adjusted easily for material testing purposes. The pieces were 3D printed in ABS then cast with high-impact urethane rubber. It was completed in December 2013.

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Inspiration & Ideas

Models & PrototypesModeled with Rhinoceros 3D and Grasshopper

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Final Product

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Soft Rocker Exploration Through a 2 week MIT workshop held at Kennedy & Violich Archi-tecture (KVA) January 2015, I designed and built using chipboards an 1/4 scale model of my soft rocker. The inspiration was from KVA’s soft rocker design that was used for MIT’s 150th anniversa-ry project displays. The goal of the workshop was to design solar powered rockers that can be mass produced using 4’ x 8’ pine plywood sheets with minimal waste.

Initially, I designed my rocker to mimic a bent wood chair. How-ever, because of the complicated design, it generated too much wood waste. So, I redesigned the rocker with elegant simplicity in mind. The chipboards were bent in places using a jig to create the model. If the rocker were to be built with plywood, the sheets would be kerfed and interlocked to form continuous curved surface.

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Inspiration & Ideas

Models & PrototypesModeled with Rhinoceros 3D

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Final Product

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ART WORK

Random Projects

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Jewelry Design

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Ceramics

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junek@mit.edu