This document contains a portfolio and resume for Matthew Anhalt showcasing his design and engineering work. It includes summaries and images of furniture, product, and engineering design projects completed during his university studies and professional career in areas such as children's furniture, record storage racks, home energy monitors, hand washing stations, lighting concepts, fixtures and enclosures, and gardening. The portfolio demonstrates his diverse experience across disciplines like industrial, social, and independent design as well as engineering.

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Matthew Anhalt
Portfolio

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University of Alberta
Design 302: 2009
The project was to build a children’s stool. Blossom is my exploration into
this subject. My understanding is that children’s stools are more so for the
parent than the child. Through the incorporation of hardwoods and a
organic Biedermeier-like styling, I wanted to create a piece that would be
a representation of the child, which could also be passed along through
the family as an inheritance object.
Opposite Page: Contextual setting.
Right: User engagement with the stool
Above: Stools showcased at Enterprise Square, Edmonton, Alberta
BLOSSOM
Children’s Stool

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CONTINENTAL
LP Record Storage Rack
University of Alberta
Design 400
2010
Inspired from the milk crates that so many used to carry and store their
LP’s this rack is designed to be an easy to manufacture product that has
an engaging aesthetic with the possibility of different finishes and colors.
The prototype in the picture is made from polished aluminum plate with
walnut handles.

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EPSILON
Home Energy Use Tracker
University of Alberta
Partnership with Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
Senior Product Design
Matthew Anhalt & Cullen Morton
Research done by the Power Disruption Labs in the Electrical
Engineering department at the University of Alberta has shown that
household energy consumption can be tracked by the magnetic field
differences in the main power line. In partnership with Mechanical and
Electrical Engineering, the Industrial Design portion was successfully
delivered to the client. The aesthetic and attaching method were
developed through role playing with sketch models, starting from a wood
version to a 3D printed plastic version.

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RURAL HANDWASH STATION
Social Design
University of Alberta
Partnership with NIÑOS DE Azuero, NGO: Panama
Design 480
2010
Matthew Anhalt & Cullen Morton
Through research it been concluded that hand washing is a major
contributing factor to a healthy community. The final proposed
system is based around latrine structures already being built in rural
Panama. The system comprises of three components: latrine foundation,
filtering, and storage. The materials and process chosen for each were
determined through interviews with our client and researching what is
possible in rural Panama.

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EVANS CONSOLES
Illuminated End Panel Mfg Concepts
Evans Consoles
Illuminate End Panels
Independent Manufacturing & Assembly Concepts
2012-2013
End panels are place on the ends of consoles and in many cases include
graphical and text elements. The intent of these concepts was to ideate
the assembly layout of an end panel that could provide controllable back
lighting and ambient illumination. The concepts were constrained by
the available production methods available in house due to the limited
quantities that would be requested.

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EVANS CONSOLES
Independent Concept Generation
3D MOTION / TOUCH SCREEN
-INTERGRATED / PROJECTION
3D MOTION / TOUCH SCREEN
-INTERGRATED / PROJECTION
SMART GLASS PARTITION
SLATWALL CLADDING
- EXTERNALIZED EQUIPMENT
SLATWALL CLADDING
- EXTERNALIZED EQUIPMENT
MODULAR COLUMN
EXTERNALIZED EQUIPMENT
EXTRUSION BASED
STRUCTURE
EXTRUSION BASED
STRUCTURE
EXTRUSION BASED
STRUCTURE
EXTRUSION BASED
STRUCTURE
MANUFACTURING FLOOR CONSOLE
LIFT COLUMN HOUSING
TOUCHSCREEN
BIAS LIGHTING /
TOUCHLESS MOTION
PERIPHERAL INFORMATION SCREEN
AESTHETIC
SCREEN SUPPORTS
AESTHETIC
SCREEN SUPPORTS
BIAS LIGHTING /
TOUCHLESS MOTION
PERIPHERAL INFORMATION SCREEN
TOUCHLESS 3D MOTION INTERFACE
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PRINTER
Evans Consoles
Independent Concept Research
2012-2013
While going to and from work, consoles
made their way into my sketchbook.
I was encouraged by my managers to
deliver a presentation to product
development and marketing showing
potential console concepts. I set out a
series of questions to guide my
ideation:
• A console is a defined space for a
person to send / receive informa-
tion. How does this console interact
with the information?
• How does this console interact with
other consoles in the room?
• How does this console interact with
the building / room?
• Is this feasible in 5yrs, 10yrs....?
I presented the concepts as a means
of initiating a design discussion within
the company and to contribute to the
progression of the company’s design
culture.

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EVANS CONSOLES
Lighting and Reception Concepts
Evans Consoles
Boardroom Lighting Concepts
2012 / 2013
These are concepts developed for the office renovation at Evans Con-
soles. The concepts presented had varying aesthetic languages. After
conducting a survey with colleagues, two lighting and desk concepts
were determined. These concepts were refined and an estimated cost
was calculated.

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Part Fixure & Extraction
PHEONIX TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
Fixtures, Molds, Electrical Enclosures
PCB Potting Vacuum
Mold
Electrical Enclosure Design
& Assembly
Phoenix Technology Services
Part Fixtures, Molding & Electrical Enclosures
2014 / 2015
After transitioning my career into a different vertical market, the nature of my job became much more engineering / technical in
nature. This allowed me to focus less on aesthetic inquiry and more on product servicing, cost savings and project management.
The part fixture and extraction setup was hugely successful in providing servicing to an assembly that was typically discarded
due to the difficulty in separating the components. This $5000 setup provided a cost savings of over $1 000 000, 00. The PCB
potting mold and electrical enclosures were developed in tandem with electrical engineering using models developed in Altium
and Solidworks. Complete turnkey 3d models, drawings and procedures were created and issued to supply chain for ordering.
This setups could be developed in house or through a vendor.

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HOUSE & OBJECT INC.
Yaris Shelving Unit
House & Object Inc.
Independent Product Design and Development
In Progress
House & Object Inc. is a business entity that my part-
ners and I use to develop our ideas into product of-
ferings. Yaris was conceived by my business partner
in university and I took the concept and redesigned
it to make it cost effective to manufacture, assemble
and ship. The shelving arms were redesigned from a
welded steel metal plate assembly to a sand casted
part. This increased the aesthetic quality, production
time per part while decreasing cost of production
per part and weight of the part. The modeling was
done in Solidworks then 3d printed to gauge the
concept prior to issuing the pattern for sand cast-
ing. Samples of the casted parts have been received
and a batch of arms and other parts are in progress.
Solidwork Model Renders
3D Printed Prototypes
Sandcasted Aluminum Part & Patterns

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Garden
Raised Beds, Seeds, Companion Planting
Gardening, Seeds and Raised Beds
Personal Endeavour
Forever in Progress
I have been gardening for a while but in the last
four years I have been focusing on how to optimize
the garden, the seeds and the type of plants that
can be grown.
The raised beds have gone through three iterations
with the changes being the corner connection, the
box lining type, assembly method and mulching
type. Seeds & bulbs from each year’s watermelons,
tomatoes, garlic and flowers are collected for next
year and the rest of the garden contains edible pe-
rennials such as asparagus, strawberries, rhubarb,
blueberries, apples, chives and fennel. The location
of the plants in the beds is determined by amount
of sunlight and companion planting techniques