A lighter bus seat that reduces fuel consumption and emissions
Precom & BASF
Centro de Investigaciones de Diseño Industrial | UNAM
Junior Industrial Designer
México | 2016
Contribution: design research, back & seat designs, infographics, ergonomic simulator, render, video animations, 3D CAD (Solidworks), and scale 3D print model.
Lighter bus seats for passengers reduce gross weight on tourism buses. This weight reduction decreases fuel consumption and emissions. Precom is a Mexican company that manufactures bus seats. Their objective was to design a lighter modular seat using BASF engineering materials.
How we did it?
The design approaches were Human-Centred Design (HCD), focused on the passengers' needs, and co-design workshops with Precom and BASF. The design process had five design stages:
Research.
Design concepts.
Concept development.
Final design.
Ergonomic simulator & scale prototype.
The design outcome
A contemporary design.
A modular product architecture for tailored configurations.
Gross weight reduction around 27.80%
360° View.
The amazing design team!
Pedro Aguillón, Manuel Rosales, Vanessa Sattele & Alonso Romero.
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