Mohammed Rage

Industrial Design, 2014

Problem

Starting at around 14 months (and sometimes until the age of 5 or 6) many children find haircuts unbearable. Simply due to things such as shiny scissors coming at their heads or the buzzing trimmer at their vulnerable lobes. Whatever it may be this forces them to simply want to run out the door and away from barber/salon and put as much distance as possible as they can. Due to this, many parents are forced to restrain their kid in the barber/salon chair while barber cuts/trims with his scissors and loud clippers and trimmers.

Solution

Viboost is a booster seat designed for children that have a difficult time sitting still during a haircut. Due to the vibration noise generated from the hair clippers. Viboost counters these noises with a LCD TV loaded with a variety of children shows such as Dora the explorer. Vibrating cushions also distract the child from the vibration of the hair clippers to make it seem its part of the chair to take attention away from what’s going on behind their little heads.

Mohamed Rage is a young inspiring industrial designer that was born in Somalia 1988. Then moved to Ethiopia where he stayed for two years before making his way to the United States in 2001. His hobbies include basketball, reading, sketching and using design to solve real problems that the average folk encounters on their daily endeavors. He hopes to one day use the knowledge and process gained at The Ohio State University to solve problems that are prevalent in poverty stricken locations in certain parts of Africa.