Reimagining Nintendo Switch: A Natural Material Exploration

Reimagining Nintendo Switch: A Natural Material ExplorationReimagining Nintendo Switch: A Natural Material Exploration

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Alex Amat

pro

• Feb 23

Just wrapped this material exploration for a Lemanoosh course and had to share it.

The challenge: take the Nintendo Switch, one of the most iconic consumer electronics out there, and rebuild it entirely through a natural material language. Cork, compressed fiber, bone white. No form changes. Just materials doing all the work.

What surprised me most was how much personality shifts when you change the surface. Same silhouette, completely different feeling.

Full project here.

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Abhiram Tinguria

• Feb 23

Beautiful exploration 👏 Translating an iconic consumer product into a natural material language is a fascinating constraint. Curious — what was the hardest trade-off between realism and usability?

Alex Amat

pro

• Feb 23

As it is the only changes are in the rubber parts where infused cork is used, and in the packaging where the manufacturing process would not be viable (but the idea was to have some fun).

Abhiram Tinguria

• Feb 24

That makes complete sense 👏 Constraints like manufacturability vs concept exploration always create interesting tension. Really enjoyed how you approached it.

Axel Oliva

• Feb 24

I loved your project, the texture of the material, and the soft lighting.

Alex Amat

pro

• Feb 24

thanks, lemanoosh has a really good masterclass.

Jubayer Ahmed

• Feb 26

Nice renders.

Alex Amat

pro

• Feb 26

Thanks!

Oleksandra Marchenko

pro

• Oct 20

Finally wrapped up this project, and I’m excited to share the case study! 💅 A fresh product design concept for a beauty dashboard. Would love to hear your thoughts! ✨

Check it out

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Timothy Exodus

pro

• Oct 20

A beauty dashboard is such a fun product design challenge, Oleksandra. The Good morning, Olivia! greeting in the header makes business metrics feel personal instead of clinical, which is exactly what a beauty professional would want.

Mateo Szymkowicz

max

• Oct 19

The Good Times website is live 👀 Most app sites start with a phone mockup and a list of features. This one starts with the problem, so you can see yourself in it first. The app shows up after that, as the answer. https://goodtimestimer.com/ Built with Astro.

Completed work

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Muhammad Taha

• Oct 20

Great concept

Sujon Hossain

pro

• Oct 20

Designed a strength progress screen where you can watch your total volume grow and track your top lifts over time.

Same screen, two shots. Which one would stop your scroll? 👀

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Ali Sabir

pro

• Oct 20

Total volume as the hero number is the right call, lifters chase that more than any single PR. Does the top-lifts list show the date next to the weight? That is the detail that makes people come back to check.