Abdullah Durrani 16/02/1995 UCAS ID: 1115320913 Central Saint Martins College BA Product Design abdullahdurrani@live.com

1. PORTFOLIO
Abdullah Durrani
16/02/1995

2. Designs and Idea’s
Bottle Holder’s
As a part of my IB Design and Technology final project, we were
required to design and produce a product. I chose to make a bottle
stand for the retailers. Here are some of the ideas and designs with
their drawings.

3. This is a unique bottle stand, made
out of aluminum and plastic or
even wood. The bottles get stuck
from the head into the holes. The
holes are drilled in such a way that
the bottles are facing diagonally
downwards, this clears the
balancing problem of the bottles.
This could be a bit technical as lots
of effort and measurements would
be needed to balance all the
bottles, the base is wide eventually.
Though by design, the bottle
actually has an inclination inwards.
So the weight of the bottle is all
directed inwards the bottle stand
and down to the base. Eventually, I
decided on improvising the design
and eradicating the problem. The
drawing on the right bottom side
shows a developed version of the
previous. The hole has been
enlarged so that, more than half
the bottle could fit inside, and thus
balance the bottle and the stand.
This was my developed design.

4. CAD DRAWINGS FOR THE PREVIOUS UNDEVELOPED DESIGN
Top View
Side view
3 quarter view

5. This is a very simple bottle
stand, made out of aluminum
and plastic. There is nothing
fancy. Each holder is bolted to
the main stand and the main
stand slotted into the base.
Maintaining this would be a
problem as there could be
dirt that could reach places
where the eye doesn’t meet.
Regular wiping with a wet
cloth is needed. There is
brand exclusivity as we can
insert the brand tags on the
top of the stand

7. This is a very fancy bottle
stand, made out of aluminum
and plastic. Inspired from a
growing plant. This cant be
used all the time by the
retailers and so is a campaign
stand. A catchy looking
design, with the holders
welded to the main stand. Its
very reliable and easy to use,
maintenance wouldn’t be a
problem, as all it would
require is regular dusting, and
a wet cloth for stains. A
constrain would be the
number of bottles that can be
put.

8. This is a unique bottle stand, made
out of plastic. This design was
inspired by a flower. It has a
different design overall but
obviously its hard to make. The
racks are the petals of the flower
and the bottles are held on each
“petal”. It holds a limited amount
of bottles which is a constrain, this
eventually makes it a campaign
bottle stand, as it cant be used all
the time. The petals or racks are
held by one main stand preferably
made of aluminum or any other
metal which can be bent into a
shape of a stem. It then is held by
a main support made of a strong
metal, that can support the whole
stand. Maintenance is easy, it just
needs to be washed from the top.
The bottle size is another
constrain.

9. This is a unique bottle
stand, made out of
aluminum and plastic. This
design was influenced by a
simple golf racket. It has a
catchy shape and design. The
bottles are held inside the
lube rack, the bottom most
bottle is the main support for
the above bottles, the
bottles stopper is held on by
the bottom bottle, and as
the bottom bottle is
removed, the stoppers flip
down and the next bottle
slides down. Again that
bottle will support the above
bottle. Maintenance is
easy, it just needs to be
washed from the top. It
doesn’t have a large capacity.
Moving this around would be
a problem.

10. This design is made
specifically of
bamboo. The drawing
shows two arms of
bamboo which are
half cut from the top
and the bottle would
be “slot-in” or “heldon” on the cut part of
the bamboo. There
will be many more
arms of the bottle
stand with the similar
design, and it will be
arranged in a manner
that reflects a growing
lotus and its petals. I
would imply the “slotin” technique for the
base of the stand as
shown in the diagram.

13. The final product.
Some improvises that
could be made
include, the wires
could be substituted
by banana leaves, by
twirling it into a small
wire shape and
thickness. There
could be more
finishing done on the
bamboos..

14. A few drawings..

15. A MUSICAL POSTER
A musical poster
drawn for a
small scale
music fest in
school. This was
stuck on the
main door of the
entrance.

16. This is a simple free
hand sketch of two
footballers and in
between is the logo
of the football club
FC Barcelona. This
signifies my passion
in football. This is
one of my rough
sketches drawn at
my free time.
Football, Football, Football!

17. A CAR DESIGN
This is freehand
sketch of a design
of a car. I made this
design after few
classes
of
techniques
and
rendering with my
design technology
teacher.

18. This was a drawing done
during the “Save Me”
campaign. It depicted the
earth under danger with
problems like pollution,
crime, burning of trees
etc.
SAVE ME CAMPAIGN

19. LIFE vs Death
Platonism
is
the
immortality or the non
death of the soul and or
the spirit. This painting
depicts mortality and
immortality. The rocks
signify the dead. The
end of life. Whereas the
imprinted hand with
colours signify living.
The colours of life which
never fade away. The
soul is created by God
and it does not perish
when it separates from
the body at death. It will
be reunited with the
body at the final
resurrection.

20. THANK YOU