IADE — Faculdade de Design, Tecnologia e Comunicação

Design Industrial / Design Visual
2025–26 / Academic project

Form / Material / Making

Bamboo.
In motion.

A bicycle concept developed from the frame outwards. Sketches become geometry; geometry becomes a complete assembly.

Industrial design studies by Hubert Dungen.
With Adaptus, co-authored with Samuel Silva, and my physical portfolio prototype.

BAMBOO / 2025

Complete bamboo mountain-bike concept — side-view CAD render

Complete bicycle / original CAD render

01 / Bamboo bicycle · 2025

Structure starts
with a line.

The IADE brief brought together material exploration, modelling and technical drawing. I developed the bamboo-led frame, the connections and the complete CAD assembly.

Perspective of the complete bicycle CAD concept — The assembly / original render

Joint studies from the original coloured sketch — Original sketch

Sketchbook / alcohol marker

Before any CAD, the bicycle was worked out in alcohol markers: one colour per material, the curved rear stay and the joints that hold the frame together.

Alcohol-marker sketch of the complete bicycle with a colour key for each material — ProposalColour key: plywood, processed bamboo, rubber, tyres, battery, metal

Marker study of the rear stay in side, top and front views — Rear staySide, top and front views

Marker study of a bamboo tube and its laminated section — SectionBamboo tube, laminated layer

Material

A bamboo-led frame with the material’s character carried through the surfaces.

Geometry

Proportion, tube alignment and the relationship to the wheel and rear assembly.

Connection

Articulated joints and interfaces considered as parts of the same object.

02 / Model & drawing

Look closer.

The joints, rear linkage and fasteners are where the proposal becomes specific. Close views sit alongside the original dimensioned drawings.

Rear wheel, drivetrain and frame connection — detail render — Rear assembly / CAD

Rear linkage and shock connection — detail render — Linkage / CAD

Frame geometry drawing with tube angles, joint radii and the 689 mm wheel diameter — Sheet 2Frame geometry / angles, radii, wheel

Drawing set / 4 × A3 · 2025

Drawn
to measure.

The renders carry the idea; the drawing set fixes it. Overall envelope, tube geometry and the joints that hold the frame together, each to the millimetre.

Length: 1843 mm
Height: 1018 mm
Width: 724 mm
Wheel: Ø 689 mm

01Frame
02Wheels
03Complete

Plan view of the bicycle with its 724 mm overall width — PlanTop view / overall width

Front view of the bicycle — FrontHead-on

Detail A at 1:5 — the rear end of the frame — DetailRear end

Academic concept / CAD study. The bicycle is presented as a design proposal, not a manufactured or road-tested product.

03 / Adaptus 3D-Clamp · 2025

Hold gently.
Make precisely.

A clamp for joining delicate 3D-printed parts while slow-curing adhesives set. The challenge was to control pressure and protect the surface, with both fixed and extendable versions.

Adaptus fixed clamp — original CAD render — The fixed version / CAD visualisation

01 / CONTROL

A measured turn.

A broad printed screw explores finer adjustment of clamping pressure.

02 / CONTACT

A softer interface.

A layered pad concept separates the rigid frame from the part being held.

03 / REACH

Two versions.

A fixed frame and a sliding design explore different working openings.

Grey printed fixed clamp held in the hand — Fixed prototype

Honeycomb structure during 3D printing — FDM / structure in progress

Red extendable printed clamp prototype — Extendable prototype

Small printed contact pads of different forms — Contact pad iterations

Detail of printed sliding rail and teeth — Rail and locking detail

CAD model of the two-part extendable clamp — The extendable version / CAD

CAD close-up of sliding mechanism — Rail development / CAD

Fixed Adaptus clamp — front view with plan views, 143.5 mm wide and 267.9 mm high — Fixed143.5 × 267.9 mm

Two drawing sets / 8 × A3

Same reach.
Two mechanisms.

Both versions keep the 213 mm frame and the 268 mm overall height, drawn here at the same scale. The fixed clamp is one printed C; the extendable one splits it into two parts that lock on a toothed rail.

Extendable Adaptus clamp — front view with plan views, 145.6 mm wide and 267.9 mm high — Extendable145.6 × 267.9 mm

Presser part in views and sections, with its main dimensions — PresserViews & sections

RubberUpper part / profile

Detail D at 1:1 — the toothed rail of the extendable version — D · 1:1Toothed rail

Hubert Dungen & Samuel Silva / IADE, Design Industrial. The prototype exposed areas for another iteration: fixing, fit and printing tolerances. Photographs are shown at presentation size without enlargement.

04 / Physical portfolio · 2026

The portfolio
becomes the object.

The “CV outside the box” brief became a tablet-shaped presentation system: a printed enclosure, a removable rear CV and a USB housing sharing the same industrial language.

Original CAD visualisation of the physical portfolio front enclosure — Front enclosure / original CAD visualisation

Custom USB housing designed for the portfolio device — Matching USB housing

Original photograph of printed enclosure prototype — Printed enclosure / original photograph

DESIGN / DISASSEMBLY / PRESENTATION

Made to show
how it is made.

The object is designed to be opened during a presentation, making the printed shell, assembly and internal layout part of the conversation.

Inside the printed enclosure — Interior of the printed prototype

Original hand-drawn tablet interface and structure study — Sketch / original drawing

CAD outline and enclosure geometry — Geometry / CAD development

Close view of the housing edge and opening — Detail / edge and opening

IADE / Design Visual, integrating industrial design. The enclosure prototype was 3D-printed. An 8-inch display, Raspberry Pi and physical navigation were planned; the images do not claim a completed electronic device.

Drawnto measure.