Ghost Handlebars presents Casper.
This project is a 4 month design investigation into the capabilites of 3D printing in Industrial Design at Victoria University, Wellington. I looked to develop not only the tangible product, but the branding and graphic design side of a marketable product.
Casper is an exploration into bicycle technology using 3D rapid prototyping. It demonstrates the process of form construction, which is beginning to become widely available at a low cost to the general community.
This project looks to suggest how bicycle construction could be further developed using 3D prototyping by transforming additive extras such as bells, lights, GPS, locking mechanisms into the form of the bicycle.
The blueprint design of Casper is easily altered to fit user, ergonomic, and structural requirements using CAD software and an 3D printer. Casper looks to demonstrate the capabilites of 3D prototyping in everyday design circumstances. As the 3D printing technology industry grows in popularity, designs will be able to be shared and printed locally, becoming less reliant on national and international manufacture.
The form is broken into several additive parts, to include lighting, bells etc which is readily printed on a 3D Printing System's 'Up Printer'. It has been printed in clear filament to express the core design that includes a fibreglass rod to reinforce the strength of the 3D print.
