CHOMPZ
Parametric Dog Toy
Product Design
Year: 2025
Personal Project / Academic Project
Duration: 2 weeks
Special thanks to: Cademy XYZ, Aman Agrawal, Isabella Lesmes
About Chompz
Chompz is a hard toy for dogs made of rubber, offering high resistance for the constant play.
The textured surface simulates a reptilian skin pattern, enhancing grip, and providing tactile surface. The form includes subtle character features such as small feet and a rounded organic shape to add visual personality.
Parametric Texture
The diamond-shaped surface texture was designed in Grasshopper. By using attractor curves, I was able to control the intensity and distribution of the texture across the surface, adding both visual interest and tactile variation. The result is a dynamic, parametric pattern that enhances the grip and aesthetic of the product.
Prototype
A 3D-printed prototype was developed to validate the design and assess its real-world performance. This physical model enabled the evaluation of scale, ergonomics, and the effectiveness of the diamond-shaped texture, which was generated parametrically in Grasshopper.
Parametric Shape
In the process Grasshopper allowed a very fluid formal exploration just changing some parameters of the 3D Design, for example, to change the radius shape, feet position or shape proportions.
