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Built an Arc Laiders loot route planner, has all the maps and all loot locations, toggle between the loot types select the ones yo want to go to slelect all icons dissapear and your left with a simple clean navigation line. never sold it or did anything with it.
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Duffel Bag Product Design | Soft Goods Design | CAD Engineering | Tech Pack Development
This project showcases the complete product development process for a modern travel duffel bag, from concept exploration through manufacturing-ready documentation.
The objective was to create a premium travel bag that combines clean aesthetics, efficient organization, durability, and production feasibility while maintaining a minimalist design language.
Rather than focusing only on appearance, the project was developed with manufacturing in mind. Every design decision, from panel construction and zipper placement to hardware selection, material specification, and assembly sequence, was carefully considered to create a product that can move efficiently from concept to production.
Project Scope
• Product Strategy & Feature Planning
• Soft Goods Product Design
• Industrial Design
• Design Sketches & Concept Development
• CAD Modeling
• Manufacturing-Oriented Construction Design
• Material & CMF Selection
• Hardware & Trim Specification
• Exploded Assembly Development
• Technical Drawings
• Production Tech Pack
• Bill of Materials (BOM)
• Product Visualization & Photorealistic Rendering
Design Highlights
The bag features a spacious main compartment, dedicated shoe compartment, internal organization pockets, water bottle pocket, reinforced carry handles, removable shoulder strap, premium hardware, durable construction, and water-resistant materials designed for everyday travel, business trips, and gym use.
Special attention was given to:
• Ergonomic usability
• Material optimization
• Manufacturable panel construction
• Durable stitch reinforcement
• Production-ready dimensions
• Assembly efficiency
Deliverables
✔ Product Concept
✔ Industrial Design
✔ Photorealistic Product Renderings
✔ Multi-View Product Presentation
✔ Manufacturing Drawings
✔ Exploded Assembly
✔ Material Specification
✔ CMF Development
✔ Technical Pack
✔ Bill of Materials (BOM)
✔ Production Documentation
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From concept sketch to manufacturing-ready design.
Every product starts as an idea.
Before a backpack becomes something, you can carry every day, it goes through countless design decisions, engineering refinements, and iterations.
This project followed a structured product development process:
Concept Development
The journey began with exploring different forms, proportions, storage layouts, and user needs through sketching. This stage is where functionality and aesthetics start coming together.
Design Refinement
Once the direction was established, the concept evolved into a more detailed design. Material choices, pocket layouts, ergonomics, and construction details were refined to improve both usability and manufacturability.
CAD Engineering
The product was then developed in CAD, where every component, panel, zipper, handle, and strap was accurately modeled. This stage focuses on dimensions, fit, assemblies, and ensuring the design can move toward production.
Visualization
High-quality renders help evaluate the product from multiple angles, validate proportions, communicate the design intent, and present the concept before physical prototyping begins.
Engineering Review
Exploded assemblies provide a deeper understanding of how every component fits together. This step helps verify assembly order, identify potential manufacturing issues, and improve serviceability before production.
One of the biggest misconceptions about product design is that it begins with CAD.
In reality, CAD is only one stage in a much larger development process.
Successful products are built through research, iteration, engineering, and continuous refinement long before they become a finished product.
Whether I'm designing consumer electronics, wearables, soft goods, or mechanical products, I follow the same principle:
Design products that are functional, manufacturable, and built around the people who will use them.
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