USA

2025 - 2026

BUILT

Domodo

Domodo

Designing a professional hair tool

“In the sketch I tried to draw it in two parts. The classic tint bowl would exist inside the art piece, and everything sculptural would be on the outside. But it would be manufactured as one piece.”

“In the sketch I tried to draw it in two parts. The classic tint bowl would exist inside the art piece, and everything sculptural would be on the outside. But it would be manufactured as one piece.”

PRODUCT DESIGN

COMPUTATIONAL

01

01

One-handed trust

One-handed trust

02

02

Blind stability

Blind stability

03

03

No precious handling

No precious handling

04

04

Grip without thought

Grip without thought

Her own edit — cut from home décor, fashion and art magazines

Her own edit — cut from home décor, fashion and art magazines

The process

A month of understanding before the first form was drawn.

A month of understanding before the first form was drawn.

01 What she brought

Her origin page · 16 january 2026

Her favourite reference — “the fluidity & the asymmetry”

The bowl she was replacing

The category’s idea of ergonomics

02 How it is held, all day

Active mixing · 30° · grip points

Hip brace

One-handed scraping

Cleaning

03 Two ways to make it

Injection — precise interior, no deep undercuts

Rotational — seamless shell, softer detail

Rotational — seamless shell, softer detail

03 CONCEPT EXPLORATIONS

Injection — precise interior, no deep undercuts

04 FORM DEVELOPMENT

Active mixing · 30° · grip points

Hip brace

One-handed scraping

The tilt worked. The base did not.

The tilt worked. The base did not.

“I noticed the shape helps the product pool toward the centre really well. The slight inward curve at the top kept the colour from spilling over the sides, which I loved.”

“I noticed the shape helps the product pool toward the centre really well. The slight inward curve at the top kept the colour from spilling over the sides, which I loved.”

Alexa Hargrove

THE CLIENT

Have an idea that gets harder the closer it gets to reality?

Have an idea that gets harder the closer it gets to reality?

The people capable of imagining better
futures shouldn’t have to wait for
permission to build them.