Core77
e
- Topics
- Features
- Awards
- Careers
-
Firms
- Firms
- Search Firms;
- Firm Projects
- Forums
-
More...
- About Us
- Contact Us
- Advertise
- About
- Terms of Use
Core77 is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more
This Compass Features a Familiar Mechanism Similar to Camera Apertures
Iris is a new tool for drawing and measuring circles. Simply rotate the rings to open and close its captivating aperture mechanism. Iris' concept came from conversations with our Kickstarter Community. Our supporters said that circle drawing tools lacked innovation and were difficult to use. These tools were unreliable and short-lived. So, we set out to completely redesign the circle drawing tool.
As amateur photographers, we noticed that camera apertures were reliable mechanisms and were surprised that they had not yet been developed for other purposes. In response to this observation, we designed an instrument that brings the quality of the camera aperture to your desk.
Design Team
Benjamin Weininger- Director, Head of Communications
Odin Ardagh- Director, Head of Product
Noah Bier- Director, Head of Sales
Iris is engineered using the most durable and effective materials. Its rings are machined from solid brass that patinas, improving with time and use. The leaves are resistant to ink and graphite, as they are stamped from carefully selected stainless spring steel that retains its shape. Iris houses twenty intricately designed leaves that enable you to create accurate circles with every stroke of your pencil.
In conversations with our users, we were inspired to add a scale along the side of the circle aperture. This allows you to effortlessly draw circles and measure diameters. The scale is marked with a high fidelity laser etching that denotes accuracy down to a millimeter.
Reminiscent of a camera's aperture enclosure, its scale is marked with a red dot. This allows you to read the diameter of your circle without the impediment of any other tool. Below the Iris' leaves sits a natural rubber footprint that seamlessly grips to your page. This means that all your focus can be on the circles you are drawing and not the instrument that you are using.
-
o1Favorite
-
Q2Comment
-
&
Hiring Now See all industrial design jobs
-
Industrial Designer InternshipNew York, New York | Onsite or Remote PossiblequipNew -
Industrial DesignerHenderson, NevadaXtreme ManufacturingNov 30 -
Senior Industrial Designer.Melbourne, AustraliaWhistle Design Group Pty LtdNov 25 -
Creative Industrial DesignerFranklin, TennesseeSchneider ElectricNov 24 -
Sr. Industrial DesignerSan Francisco, CaliforniaPopSocketsNov 24
-
K1:1 | with Michael DiTulloA New Core77 video podcast series. Fresh interviews weekly. Subscribe on Youtube.
-
Hot On Coroflot
-
Design Jobs
Igor Sirotov
Fateh Zid
K
{Welcome
Create a Core77 Account
Already have an account? Sign In
By creating a Core77 account you confirm that you accept the Terms of Use
K
Reset Password
Please enter your email and we will send an email to reset your password.
This Compass Features a Familiar Mechanism Similar to Camera Apertures
Great for making 20-sided polygons. Even with a ruler, it would be extremely difficult if not impossible to perform any of these operations:
This is really nice. Rather than the heirloom steampunk aesthetic I'd like to see a cheap plastic one for distribution to elementary schools. I recently worked with a class of second graders on a STEM project that required a traditional compass to draw circles and it was nearly impossible for their level of coordination. Sure, a circle guide does the trick too, but this is quite elegant.