Georgia Tech Industrial Design Students Present Sleep Device, Bikes and Sustainability Game in Dezeen School Show
In a recent Dezeen School Show, the Georgia Institute of Technology's School of Industrial Design presented a variety of student creations. Highlights included Somna, a device designed to aid sleep; Fresh! Bicycle, a compact electric bike; Ducati Trio Draft, a multifunctional pen and pencil; Mobster Wet/Dry Vac for Ridgid; Cadence Bicycle, an e-bike featuring a digital audio system; Pik Bicycle, a customizable bike for shared mobility; Scrapling, a mobile game focused on sustainability; Oris, a safety device for outdoor use; Co Auronix, a tactile control accessory; and OrthoCore, a robotics platform for modular rehabilitation. These projects emerged from courses such as Product Development and Innovation Studio, guided by instructors like Leila Aflatoony and EunSook Kwon. Dezeen published this content on 24 September 2026.
Key facts
- Georgia Institute of Technology's School of Industrial Design presented student projects in a Dezeen School Show.
- Somna, by Yunhao Hua, is a sleep-support device that records meaningful daytime sounds for nighttime playback.
- Fresh! Bicycle, by Aiden Soriano, Futa Kakinuma, Han Zheng, Leif Horn and Vu Ly, is an electric bike that folds to nearly half its size and transforms into a shopping platform.
- Scrapling, by Feiyang Liu, is a hybrid mobile game that teaches sustainability through collectible characters representing industrial by-products.
- Oris, by Vedant Kulkarni, is an outdoor safety device that monitors movement, heart rate and location and escalates alerts from haptic check-in to emergency beacon.
- OrthoCore, by Ruijie Jin, is an open-source modular rehabilitation robotics platform.
- The projects were created for courses including Product Development and Innovation Studio I and II, Master in Industrial Design Project, and Master in Industrial Design Thesis.
- Tutors include Leila Aflatoony, EunSook Kwon, Herb Velazquez, Wayne Li, HyunJoo Oh and Kevin Shankwiler.
Entities
Artists
- Yunhao Hua
- Aiden Soriano
- Futa Kakinuma
- Han Zheng
- Leif Horn
- Vu Ly
- Yhali Sheba
- Aisling Mahony
- Estelle Cole
- Serena McGuinn
- Arya Deshmukh
- Cierra Langer
- Kesiah Munyaruganda
- Mia Wood
- Feiyang Liu
- Vedant Kulkarni
- Yuanxiang Guo
- Ruijie Jin
- Leila Aflatoony
- EunSook Kwon
- Herb Velazquez
- Wayne Li
- HyunJoo Oh
- Kevin Shankwiler
Institutions
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- School of Industrial Design
- Dezeen
- Ridgid
- Ducati
Locations
- Atlanta
- United States
Sources
- Dezeen —