Carolina Sampaio Portfolio

Build it Product Design

Role:Product designer

Duration:1 month

Team Size:University group project (4 designers)

Skills:Product design

Output:Customisable lamps (x4)Lamp catalogue & instructions

ROI:IAverage number of sales per day:40

Summary/Context

An interactive design project for Belas-Artes exhibition, creating a customizable lamp design that empowers users to become creators.

Challenge/Problem Statement

  • Designing a user-customisable lighting solution
  • Creating an engaging exhibition piece
  • Enabling creative user interaction
  • Developing a flexible design framework

Project take aways

  • Bridging Service Manager-Technician Gap: Successfully created a unified platform that serves both service managers and technicians, eliminating communication barriers and enabling seamless collaboration across technical and strategic functions.
  • Single Dashboard Versatility: Demonstrated that one well-designed dashboard with multiple filtering capabilities can make complex data management both easier and intuitive, eliminating the need for separate tools and interfaces.
  • Strategic KPI Implementation: Defined KPIs prominently displayed on the first line of each card serve as executive summaries, keeping service managers informed about overall portfolio and asset performance while immediately highlighting critical alerts.
  • Enhanced Work Prioritisation: Enabled service managers to efficiently prioritise their workload, plan resource allocation, and tackle alerts systematically through clear visual hierarchy and actionable data presentation.
  • Data-Driven Decision Making: Transformed how renewable energy teams collaborate by converting technical complexity into strategic insights that drive informed decision-making across all organisational levels.

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Carolina Sampaio Portfolio

Build it - Product Design

Role:Product designer

Duration:1 month

Team Size:University group project (3designers)

Skills:Product design

Output:Customisable lamps (x4)Lamp catalogue & instructions

ROI:Average number of sales per day:40

Summary/Context

An interactive design project for Belas-Artes exhibition, creating a customizable lamp design that empowers users to become creators.

Challenge/Problem Statement

  • Designing a user-customisable lighting solution
  • Creating an engaging exhibition piece
  • Enabling creative user interaction
  • Developing a flexible design framework

Project phases

1

Discovery

2

Delivery

 

 

 

Explored user interaction possibilities with modular polypropylene lamp components, focusing on flexibility and personal creative expression.

Outputs: Modular lamp design concept; user interaction framework and material exploration.

 

 

 

 

 

Developed a lamp design allowing users to select color and number of polypropylene pieces, creating unique light and shadow experiences.

Outputs: Customisable lamp design; exhibition prototype and user interaction guidelines​..

 

Project take aways

  • Bridging Service Manager-Technician Gap: Successfully created a unified platform that serves both service managers and technicians, eliminating communication barriers and enabling seamless collaboration across technical and strategic functions.
  • Single Dashboard Versatility: Demonstrated that one well-designed dashboard with multiple filtering capabilities can make complex data management both easier and intuitive, eliminating the need for separate tools and interfaces.
  • Strategic KPI Implementation: Defined KPIs prominently displayed on the first line of each card serve as executive summaries, keeping service managers informed about overall portfolio and asset performance while immediately highlighting critical alerts.
  • Enhanced Work Prioritisation: Enabled service managers to efficiently prioritise their workload, plan resource allocation, and tackle alerts systematically through clear visual hierarchy and actionable data presentation.
  • Data-Driven Decision Making: Transformed how renewable energy teams collaborate by converting technical complexity into strategic insights that drive informed decision-making across all organisational levels.