A playful task light prototype inspired by bicycles, recess, and fidget toys, featuring a wheeled metal frame, sliding arm, and fabric light housing, with the frame doubling as a magnetic memo surface.

A portable KitchenAid-inspired baby bottle warmer concept designed for active moms, featuring a rechargeable, battery-powered base and interchangeable bottles for stress-free feeding on the go.

Sunclipse is a two-part sunbathing eyewear concept designed for beach-goers, combining a gradient protective lens and flexible nose piece to reduce harsh tan lines while fully shielding the retina.

A visual meditation on Toni Morrison’s insight that beauty is as necessary as knowledge and oxygen, inviting viewers to consider beauty as something humans do—not just something we see.

A K–12 sensory modulation space designed by an occupational therapy practitioner, using tools like a body roller and rebounder to help students calm their nervous systems and engage more fully in class.

A programmable blister-pack medication dispenser designed for homebound and aging-in-place users, simplifying timely dosing, reducing fine motor strain, and easing the burden on medical aides and caregivers.

A study in abstraction using hardboiled eggs in melting ice, illustrating how context transforms ordinary moments into metaphors that inform therapeutic, beauty-centered design for daily life.

An 1856 attic transformed from two unfinished rooms into an open, insulated bedroom and workspace with skylights, custom shelving, and a reused original door for storage.

A visual marker of G.I.G. Design’s origin story—an unexpected recovery season after a serious shoulder fracture that redirected Anita Joy’s industrial design training toward healthcare-informed, lifestyle-centered design.

The first Goede Grond (“Good Ground”) brand image, created with a Disney graphic designer, visualizes loyalty to roots, heritage, and values through tree-inspired grounding and growth.

A custom media center co-designed with a client and their partner, built from scavenged wood and repurposed hardware to reduce home stress and embody shared values of minimalism and material honesty.

Hand-etched metal stamps featuring family roles (wife, bride, grandma, daughter, and more), used to imprint leather journals designed to spark reflection on ancestry, family dynamics, and personal values.

Co-designed baby shower stationery, part of a series of story-driven event projects where each client’s narrative shaped paper, font, color, and form to create keepsake-worthy invitations and materials.

A line of suspended jewelry displays for an artisan jeweler, crafted from copper wire body silhouettes and hosiery so customers can view each piece at standing height as it would rest on the body.

An exploration in form that symbolizes G.I.G. Design’s transition from Goede Grond into a Gestalt-informed practice, integrating design and occupational therapy to support whole-person, value-based habits.