The challenge: Make it makeable

ONI Challenged Gener8 to make their high end biological microscope manufacturable. They loved the existing design but it was made from a solid block of machined aluminum that was held together with over 40 screws and black anodized. The result was beautiful but extremely expensive and had high scrap rates.

I replaced the solid block aluminum with powder coated sheet metal, held together with a machined exoskeleton frame. This frame held the sheet metal pieces in precise alignment and doubled as a decorative element that still had the high-end machined aluminum look but at a much lower cost.