RMB

First Year

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Table Tennis Glove

Breaking down the distance between users and tools

3D printed plastic with faux leather

The aim of this first project was to create a table tennis bat, with no concern for practicality or usefulness.

I took the vague brief as an opportunity to experiment with the link between the user and a tool. When a rake is used by a monkey to collect a reward from behind a barrier, the area associated with their hand lights up, as if it has become an extension of it’s body.

Myself Using The Table Tennis Glove
Adjusted For The Users Hand
Original Sketch
First Prototype

My desire for the Table Tennis Glove, apart from a great way to ease myself into 3D CAD and 3D printing, was for it to narrow the gap between the user and the object. To play into the idea that the tool becomes an extension of the body.

The Table Tennis Glove was a first project I can be proud of. While it’s build quality could be better, I believe did well to use the 3D printers for the first time, and came up with a genuinely out there concept. Out of all of the table tennis bats, mine was the only one which didn’t have a clear handle-paddle distinction.