apple design challenge

- quarter bending machine

Challenge: given 5-10 hours, propose a concept and rough design (in 3 slides) of a machine that can fold a Quarter (25¢ coin) in half. Internal bend radius can be no larger than 0.25mm and the two halves on either side of the fold need to be planar to within 5 degrees

Outcome: presented 2 times for 1 hour (15 min + 45min q&a) to members of senior leadership, resulted in 1 year offer as Product Design Engineer on iPad Product Design at Apple HQ

July 2022