Post pandemic, Bangalore (India) saw an emergence of pop-up events around the city. People wanted to be around other people, shop, eat, and indubitably drink beer. Geist Brewing Company wanted to capitalize on a newly-opened market- but how would they go about setting up a whole bar serving different beers to hundreds of people for only a couple of hours?
Potentially with a modular, portable beer kiosk.
ROLE
TEAM
CLIENT
TIMELINE
PRODUCT
SELF
GEIST
BREWING CO.
4 MONTHS
DESIGNER
The Portable Beer Bar
TIME
The kiosk's structure, lighting, kegs, chillers, and storage to be assembled and installed in < 1 hour on-site.
COST
$1000 or less for the design and prototyping, and $600 or less for each unit thereafter.
BRANDING
Design to incorporate Geist Brewing Co.'s trademark brand colours.
EXPERIENCE
New teams to be able to assemble and transport kiosk with no physical instructions, only verbal explanation.
CONDITIONING
Kiosk to withstand wear and tear from weather, transport, and assembly with a minimum lifespan of 60 events.
AESTHETIC
Kiosk to have a "modern-rustic" aesthetic with metal and wood.
TOOLS
Access to tools during assembly and disassembly was limited to a screwdriver, wrench, or Allen key.
MODULARITY
Structure to be dismantleable for transportation and manual transfer, 3 pieces recommended.
WEIGHT
Weight of entire structure, including attachments must be <100 kilos.
DESIGN CHALLENGES
Rapid Sketching
focused on structure's physics, connections, and size
Final Sketching
incorporating some design, aesthetics, and branding
IDEATION
3D Modeling
to make sure scales worked, and to align mental models
Tip: click and drag to look around
Front view showing the kiosk at night to view signage brightness + wood colour
Back view to show spacial constraints of frame & structure
RENDERING
