Case study · Product design · 2023
Armadillo Mouse
An ergonomic mouse with an armadillo-inspired textured grip — Alias surfacing, a Grasshopper-driven pattern and 3D-printed prototypes.
Year
2023
Type
Personal project
Discipline
Industrial & product design
Software
Autodesk Alias, Rhino 3D & Grasshopper, Blender, Photoshop
The brief
As a modeler I value a textured grip on my mouse, especially when working quickly. To test textures and feel, I started a side project using SubD as clay to model simple shapes for the correct proportions of my hand. After this, I created several variants in Subdivision in Rhino.
I chose the best shape and 3D printed it for testing, before creating the final model in Alias. Inspired by an armadillo’s robustness, I selected a triangular matrix shape for the texture, which I programmed using Grasshopper. The final model was rendered in Blender.
