Patrick Hyland

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• MA Degree

  School

  School of Design

  Programme

  MA Innovation Design Engineering, 2011

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• Synergise is a mechanical system that allows wheelchair users to negotiate a common issue faced by all wheelchair users. Angled or cambered surfaces affect wheelchair propulsion, as the wheelchair veers towards the lower surface, and the user has to brake on one side and propel on the other. This affects momentum, increases friction and leads to higher energy consumption.


  Synergise allows wheelchair users to negotiate angled surfaces with reduced friction and increased efficiency over endurance.


• Degrees

• BA (Hons), Product Design, Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, 2009; Foundation Art and Design, Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, 2006

• Experience

• Product design Internship, Pentagram Design, London, 2010; Product design Internship, Pentagram Design, London, 2006

• Exhibitions

• Work-in-progress Show, Royal College of Art, 2011; RCA at the LDF, Royal College of Art, 2010; White Feast: BlackBerry for Body and Mind, Royal College of Art, 2010

• Awards

• Second prize, Communications Technology, Condé Nast Traveller Innovation and Design Awards, 2011; Shortlisted, Best New Product/ Technological Breakthrough, Climate Week Awards, 2011; Shortlisted, Ideal Home Show Innovation and Design Awards, 2010