Funktion Lab

A modern interpretation of the 1962 Ford Mustang 1 Concept Car

Proud to say that I was extensively involved with this development of this truck from 2018-2021. It is a really fantastic, innovative redesign of the Crown SP 1000 Order Picker that will set the tone for years to come. Also very excited for the team at Crown in really nailing another beautifully sophisticated design that combines all of the human factors, ergonomics, and functionality that makes Crown's products the best in the industry. Incredible work!

Crown equipment Corporation gets another win! This time it's the International Intralogistics and Forklift Truck of the Year for 2023 ( IFOY 2023) for the newly released SP 1000 Order Picker.

Crown equipment Corporation's warehouse lift trucks have a very long development cycle - sometimes as long as 6-7 years! The amount of ideation / design / visualization / simulation / testing, and implementation is why Crown's products win international awards almost every year.

Crown has won over 100 International Design Awards since 1976:

https://www.crown.com/en-us/awards.html

There is a revolution going on in sheetmetal forming. It's called Incremental Sheet Forming ( ISF). Of course it's digital, and I'm sure the adoption will outrun additive manufacturing as a substitute for traditional stamped or pressure formed sheetmetal parts. It's awesome!!

The Figur G15 | All-New Digital Sheet Forming Technology Desktop Metal, Inc. (NYSE: DM) introduces the Figur G15, the first commercial platform of its kind to shape standard sheet metal on demand directly from a di...

Development of the Spektrum DX5R way back in 2012! Alot of very solid user focused design and ergonomic work when into this Radio. A decade later, this design is still being sold and still looks current.

How do you want it? 35 Iterations of different Grill patterns/colors, Headlight colors, Lower Valance, and upholstery / headrest designs.

First project for a client in Ireland, and first foray into polygonal modeling! Body modeled in Blender from photographs, and all other components in Rhinoceros 3D. Rendered in Keyshot.

Crown Equipment Corporation's new Gena operating system. Proud to say that I was extensively involved this project over the past 6 years, both the digital design as well the implementation of the physical product across multiple product lines. Gena was initially introduced on the ESR 1000 ( which is a European truck), but will be deployed across all of Crowns domestic products and was developed right here in Ohio.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5ehi8kdda4