The Sticky Grabber
This idea has been brought to life
I’m an industrial designer, which means I come up with ideas for everyday products and figure out how to turn them into real things you can use. I sketch, build models, and work with teams to design items that look good, feel great, and solve problems—like kitchen tools, toys, or gadgets. My job is a mix of creativity and problem-solving, kind of like being an inventor and an artist at the same time!
The Sticky Grabber was brought to life by amazing maker Ronald Yiu, both as a digital model and a real life make!
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Now we would explore different color ideas, the one request from Lidia from our meeting was she want something more pastel and colorful. so we had chosen two color waves to match her idea.
After finished modeling those hands and handle and now it is time to assemble them together as a piece.
I start sculpting a gecko hand in zbrush software based on Lidia sketch, and add layers of texture on the hand to imitate a gecko hand. And start finalizing the handle of the grabber. Imagine it like working with Play-Doh, and shaping the little clay into the shape of the hand and add bumps and texture to look like a Gecko hand.
After gathering ideas, start exploring what kind of shape could the grabber look like whether it's through sketch, or simply shape to visually see it. With the power of AI you can also communicate briefly to help visualize your idea quicker.
Based on her sketch, looking into sites like Pinterest to gather ideas and thoughts of how this grabber could look like