Barracuda
A commissioned bottle opener and keychain, cast from a real memory: a group of friends jumping off a boat as kids and finding themselves face to face with a barracuda.
A private commission for a client who wanted an object he could hand to his closest childhood friends. One opener, several copies, a story behind each one — beers on a boat, kids jumping in, eye to eye with a barracuda.
- Role
- Designer, fabricator
- Scope
- Industrial designCAD3D printingFinishing
- Stack
- Fusion 360Bambu StudioResin printHand finish
We sketched several barracuda silhouettes, then converged on a profile that worked equally well as a wall-mounted opener and a pocket keychain. The body curves around a steel insert that does the actual opening; the tail forms the keyring loop. Every line had to read clearly at a glance — this is an object people hand to a friend and tell a story with.
Full CAD in Fusion 360, multiple test prints to tune the bite of the opener and the balance in the hand, a short finished run hand-detailed. Each opener was packaged with a card retelling the story it was made from.
One opener, several copies, a story behind each one.