I’m George, a Product Design student focused on developing practical, mechanically grounded solutions that improve everyday independence. My work centres on assistive and accessibility-led design, where structural reasoning and user experience must work together. I’m particularly interested in how small design interventions can reshape movement, confidence, and autonomy without drawing attention to limitation.
My approach combines research led insight with hands on prototyping and technical validation, ensuring concepts are not just well intentioned but structurally sound. I enjoy working between engineering logic and human behaviour, refining ideas through testing and iteration until they are interactionally intuitive. For me, design is about responsibility, creating solutions that are stable, considered, and genuinely improve how people move through their environments.
StrikR: A Non-Permanent Assistive Device for Vehicle Ingress and Egress
StrikR is a research-led assistive device designed to improve stability during vehicle entry and exit for individuals experiencing mild to moderate mobility limitations. The project addresses a common but overlooked challenge: the torsional strain and instability that occur during the rotate-and-descend movement into a car seat. Rather than modifying the vehicle itself, the device anchors temporarily to the door striker and transfers bodyweight vertically to the ground, reducing trunk rotation and improving balance.
Developed through biomechanical research, structural validation, and full-body load testing, the system combines a compression-based support column with a mechanically independent deployment mechanism. The result is a portable, non-permanent solution positioned between low-cost handheld aids and expensive vehicle conversions. StrikR aims to restore confidence and independence during everyday travel while remaining discreet and structurally reliable.
