Daniel Bonello 鈥� BA (Hons) Three-Dimensional Design
Daniel was attracted to Gray鈥檚 School of Art upon leaving Forth Valley College because Gray鈥檚 3D Design course offered lots of flexibility. It included a variety of workshops across a range of disciplines and also study specific areas to build up skills in design. He was also impressed by the relaxed and inclusive atmosphere at Gray's.
Gray鈥檚 has lived up to his expectations and Daniel鈥檚 benefitted from a high level of support from his tutors and technicians, who鈥檝e provided specialisation-specific equipment. This has meant he鈥檚 been able to refine a high level specialist product design skills, which has been particularly beneficial as he鈥檚 coming to the end of his course.
The idea behind Daniel鈥檚 final degree project, GLLO, is to capitalise on technologies that have recently come to the market to help Outdoor Water Swimming. Immersion Deaths sadly represent the third most common cause of accidental deaths globally and Daniel has produced a water safety device to tackle this.
Daniel explains more: 鈥淭he foundation of my entire project has been the new CORE Body Temperature Sensor by GreenTEG that works as the world鈥檚 first, non-invasive, core body temperature monitoring device.
鈥淚鈥檝e created GLLO which is an Open Water Swimming safety device worn on the hand that alerts the wearer when their body temperature drops too low. It lights up to attract the attention of the wearer and others. It achieves this by syncing with the torso or shoulder-mounted CORE device, to consistently monitor the body for temperature changes."
鈥淚 feel especially proud of the Honours project I have developed this year. It serves as a solid link to the sort of work that I want to be able to do in my own practice as an emerging product designer.
鈥淚 believe an innovative, human centred approach to design is so important because we can鈥檛 design in a vacuum, that鈥檚 not how the world is. The most important aspect of utilising an innovative human-centred approach when designing, is to ensure that real people can solve real problems.
鈥淲e design at our best when we make sure that by listening, everyone is able to safely and comfortably access tools that make themselves, and the lives around them, be