Thomas Ferreira

@thomasfdesign

Industrial Designer 🔻🔻🔻
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The goal is to make a fully custom set of cards that tells the story of human technology and progression, one drawing at a time! • History of Product Design Playing cards - Episode 1 • #product #art #industrialdesign #playingcards
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9 days ago
Limited run of Polaroid infographic posters will be available on thomasfdesign.com while supplies last! • I've always loved the Polaroid 600, I recently found this broken one for dirt cheap at the thrift shop and using a 3D scanner, a 3D printer and a lot of epoxy. I was able to get it functioning again! • Happy and inspired. I drew and pieced together this poster celebrating the evolution of Polaroid’s most iconic instant cameras, from the groundbreaking Model 95 to the modern Polaroid Now. • This poster is an independent, educational design and is not officially licensed, endorsed by, or affiliated with Polaroid Corporation. • See the full length article on Thomasfdesign.com • #productdesign #industrialdesign #polaroid #vintage #design
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1 month ago
My favorite projects are the ones I can gift • Made my partner a pair of these cute 'mushroom' lamps for Christmas. Inspired by a product she found online these resin coated and hand finished lamps were modeled and manufactured in my studio with love 🩷 • #lamp #design #industrialdesign #productdesign
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2 months ago
The last mile approach - AI + Artist • Much like all creatives recently, the debate on when and how to ethically use AI has been a potent one in my head. For the most part, I do agree that it has a tremendous negative impact on artists and designers alike. However, throughout the past 300,000 years of human existence there have been countless products and inventions that completely disrupted entire industries and changed, improved, or even ruined people's careers and lives. • Take the steam engine, for example. Probably one of the most potent disruptive inventions in recent history. Starting as a niche invention to help miners pump water out from underground it slowly spread into global ubiquity in just over 100 years. It completely revolutionized how work was accomplished. Suddenly the jobs in transportation, textile weaving, grain processing, and countless other skilled manual labor jobs were fading from relevance as the new technology required workers to be far less knowledgeable and skilled... • Read the full blog post on thomasfdesign.com • #industrialdesign #AI
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3 months ago
Over-engineered, Inside and out • The prototype's mechanical design is intended to be solid and robust, the base contains several layers of cnc’d parts that interconnect to provide a study foundation for the mechanisms and padding to attach to. • #design #toronto #industrialdesign #fyp
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3 months ago
Splay - both unsplayed and Splayed • Under the weight of the sitter, the aluminum frames pivot outward, pulling the fabric taut. As if resisting compression and attempting to breathe freely. • Made for @pressing.matters_ at @designtofestival 2026! • #toronto #design #fyp #furniture
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3 months ago
Compressive lounge chair in it's natural environment • The splay chair made for @pressing.matters_ at @designtofestival 2026!
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3 months ago
Visuals > Visibility • In collaboration with @bemor.co • #design #fyp #3dprinting #art
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3 months ago
Goop Goggles in NYC • In collaboration with @bemor.co ⭕ • Photos by @khalildaterra • #design #fyp #3dprinting #art
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3 months ago
Sketching -> Sculpting -> Scanning -> Printing • Red plasticine over a scale model of @khalildaterra 's head • #design #fyp #3dprinting #art @bemor.co
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3 months ago
Our first show was a success! So thankful for everyone who came out to support @pressing.matters_ at @designtofestival #design #toronto #fyp
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3 months ago
~Compressing~ my schedule to finish this chair on time. • @pressing.matters_ @designtofestival
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3 months ago