Bachelor Assignment

Themans hang en sluitwerk B.V. is a company, delivering total solutions to housing and utility construction. The client sees possibilities to develop the concept of a rebated hinge. Resulting in the following project aim:

"Create a concept for a rebated hinge combined with a lift-off hinge to make it easier to install, while keeping its durable properties and comfortable control."

During the design of the final concept, ideation was guided, but not limited by the given requirements. Resulting in many ideas on which to base several concepts. A morphologic scheme was used to create three concepts and its prototypes. These were developed to the same level of complexity before making a well considered decision. Resulting in the final hinge concept which is in line with the aim of this project.