While at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, I pursued my Master of Industrial design coupled with my MBA. I also pursued my love for athletics in weightlifting and Crossfit. I soon realized the the large amount of injuries associated with recreational fitness. This began my journey into exploring and understanding users interactions with mobility equipment. I spent months conducting ethnographic research into how athletes, trainers, and physical therapists interact with mobility equipment and understanding their needs.
In doing so, I began to observe ad hoc solutions. This was my perfect opportunity to fulfill a need that was obviously not being met by the current equipment on the market. After years of research, blood, and sweat I designed a novel modular mobility kit. Utilizing a participatory design methodology, I involved the users in every phase of research and iteration. Their feedback was invaluable to designing a product people would actually want to use.
My research revealed the unmet needs of those participating in recovery and mobility exercises. The resulting product is Minimis.
Seen below you can find a link to my entire thesis project book.
The button below opens the book as a PDF, for best viewing tap the upper right corner to change to two page mode for best viewing.
Below you can see some excerpts from my thesis book. For the full story, I recommend thumbing through the PDF above. Cheers!
