Project Present
An annual personal project that turns freely explored ideas into functional objects through hands-on making.
Personal Practice · 2024–Ongoing
Object Design · 3D Printing
Functional Prototypes
Overview
Project Present is a personal practice I have continued at the end of each year since 2024.
Away from structured briefs and market requirements, I use the project to freely develop ideas, forms, and observations that caught my interest during the year.
Rather than focusing on a specific product category, the project follows one simple rule: make a new physical object every year.
Beginning
Project Present began as a way to enjoy design in a lighter and more open-ended way.
Professional projects often involve clear objectives, requirements, schedules, and practical constraints. Here, a small curiosity or personal experience can be enough to start designing.
Instead of searching for the perfect problem to solve, I focus on turning something I simply want to make into a real object.
Exploration
Each object begins with something that catches my attention—an everyday form, an impression from nature, or a familiar cultural reference.
Ideas are developed through sketches and 3D modeling, then tested through 3D printing to evaluate scale, proportion, assembly, and use.
With no fixed style or product category, each edition becomes an opportunity to experiment with different forms, structures, materials, and making processes.
Making
Project Present places as much importance on making as it does on the final image.
Using 3D printing as the primary process, I produce and assemble parts, integrate necessary components, and iterate between digital models and physical tests until the idea becomes a functional prototype.
The experience and small discoveries from each edition naturally carry into the next.
The Collection
Since the first edition in 2024, Project Present has continued to grow with new objects added each year.
The outcomes may differ in form, function, and inspiration, but they all share the same origin: a personal curiosity turned into something physical.
Over time, the collection becomes less about a particular product category and more like an archive of what I was interested in, exploring, and making at different points in time.
Reflection
Project Present is less about developing one final product and more about returning each year to think freely, explore new forms, and make something with my own hands.
It gives me a space outside professional work to experiment and, most importantly, to keep enjoying the act of designing and making.
What the next object will be is intentionally left open. That possibility is what keeps Project Present going.
