Hooked On You
2009
cast plastic
7"x.75"x5"
Garrett EB Smith with SAIC Industry Partners Studio, Jonathan Olivares Design Research, and Danese Milano
Backpacks act as a mobile office, containing everything a student needs to be productive, but their weight is a terrible strain on both body and mind. The problems continue when that weight is taken off a student's shoulders because backpacks have no proper space, ending up on a table, floor or chair.
Hooked On You is an alternating hybrid object. When a student is working, it suspends a backpack from a table so it is immediately accessible while not being in the way. When relaxing, it relieves the physical stress caused by heavy backpacks through self-massaging therapy.
cast plastic
7"x.75"x5"
Garrett EB Smith with SAIC Industry Partners Studio, Jonathan Olivares Design Research, and Danese Milano
Backpacks act as a mobile office, containing everything a student needs to be productive, but their weight is a terrible strain on both body and mind. The problems continue when that weight is taken off a student's shoulders because backpacks have no proper space, ending up on a table, floor or chair.
Hooked On You is an alternating hybrid object. When a student is working, it suspends a backpack from a table so it is immediately accessible while not being in the way. When relaxing, it relieves the physical stress caused by heavy backpacks through self-massaging therapy.
