06 / 09PRODUCT DESIGN · PROTOTYPING

Omni

A mouse shaped around the person using it

RoleProduct design, prototyping & visual identity

StatusFunctional prototype

Standard mice are designed around an average hand. Omni tests a different premise: retain a conventional internal mechanism, but build the outer shell from the grip of the person who will use it.

Year: 2025
Context: Year 12 major project · Functional prototype
Disciplines: PRODUCT DESIGN, PROTOTYPING, IDENTITY
Deliverables: Functional prototype, Modular shell system, CAD development, Identity, Packaging, Poster campaign

Direction

I moved between physical and digital making: forming a hand mould, capturing it with iPhone LiDAR and Polycam, cleaning the mesh in Blender, rebuilding it in Fusion 360 and iterating the shell and internal structure through 3D printing.

Result

A working iterative prototype, modular shell system and complete presentation language spanning identity, campaign, packaging and process documentation.

The proposition became the campaign

Omni is not one supposedly universal form. The campaign makes personal fit the idea, using the mould, fingerprint language and product ambiguity as evidence rather than pretending there is one perfect final silhouette.

Omni hand mould, internal structure, shell variants and packaging — A physical prototype, shell variants and packaging system

Omni digital renders showing the hand-derived mouse shell and internal structure — Digital renders document the shell system beside the physical prototype

Omni campaign poster reading We would show you the product — Personalisation, rather than one fixed form, becomes the proposition

Omni campaign poster with X-ray hand imagery — The mouse is framed as an extension of the body

Omni Goldilocks poster comparing small, large and personalised mice — A three-beat explanation of the fit problem

From hand to mesh

The defining move was physical first. The hand-shaped mould captured the grip directly; scanning and CAD then made that irregular form editable, repeatable and compatible with a conventional mechanism.

Omni modular mouse sketches and early shell concepts — Early concepts tested fit, modularity and mechanism

Omni shell wireframe and technical CAD development — The outer form and internal skeleton developed together

Omni printed internal skeleton and shell prototype iterations — Successive physical refinements of the shell and structure

Omni scanned shell and fingerprint surface development — Scan cleanup and surface language

Omni colour, surface and finish prototypes — Printed material and finish tests

One system, from mould to presentation

The internal mouse stays conventional while the user-specific shell changes. Packaging, identity and process documentation were developed alongside the object so the prototype could be understood as a system, not just an isolated print.

Omni packaging studies and presentation box — Packaging developed alongside the object

Omni process from sketching and scanning through CAD, printing and finishing — The complete physical-to-digital process

Project details

Deliverables

Functional prototype, Modular shell system, CAD development, Identity, Packaging, Poster campaign

Tools

Fusion 360, Blender, Polycam, 3D printing, Vinyl cutting

Credits

An individual 2025 Design & Technology major project. The prototype demonstrates a hand-derived modular shell system; it does not claim validated ergonomic performance or production readiness.