— PROJECT NAME
Ulysses
— ROLE
Graduate Designer
— DATE
January 2026 – May 2026
Part of Ithaca & Ulysses collection
Ulysses is a necklace that can be set to give a gentle nudge when one stays longer than intended on certain apps – elegant, configurable on the go and AI-free.
The project encompasses a fully functioning prototype and an appearance model.
Recurring daily scenario
1. Be at work or on the bus. .
2. Open Instagram for a quick break to look something up.
3. Get sidetracked from initially intended task for excess time without notice.
Grasshopper
This parametric Rhino plugin was a brand new territory to me and proved very helpful, albeit with a sizeable learning curve.
Control points and lines defining the model
Wireless charging base and brief UI flow
Final piece
Outcome
As the core focus here was the appearance model due to developmental matters related to the prototype – the work done in CAD was a success.
I can’t say that I know Grasshopper yet but it is a very interesting piece of software that I want to explore further.