Dilan Yariz

Hi! I’m Dilan an Industrial Design Honours student with a passion for innovative designs that incorporate new technologies and practices. I enjoy pursuing new avenues in my designs and looking at how best to create something functional along with a desire and need for it.

Mounting barriers

Here is how the tri-wheels will be used to overcome a barrier obstructing a wheelchair user. This product will need to be used along with anti-tipping devices already installed on the back of the wheelchair.

Tri-Wheelchair Mobility Aid

A compact mobility assistive device that can aid wheelchair users in overcoming frustrating barriers in their environment. It is designed to be compatible with most standard manual wheelchairs as it can be attatched to the leg rest while not taking up too much space or adding much wieght.

Locking Mechanism

The device has a spring bolt that locks the wheels in position when mounting over barriers or when holding the wheels off the ground at rest. By simply pulling the handle the bolt can be retracted and allow the user to re-position the wheels and then release the handle to lock it in that position.

Descending

The device can also be used to lower a user gradually from a higher elevation to a lower level by extending the Tri-Wheels out to lower than the wheelchair once close to the edge.

Resting position

When the user does not need to use the Tri-Wheelchair Mobility Aid they can position the wheels off the ground so that normal handling of the wheelchair is uneffected.

Acknowledgement of Country

The School of Design and Architecture respectfully acknowledges the Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners and knowledge-keepers of the lands, waters and sky that surround us, where we work, learn, create, communicate and make place. We recognise that sovereignty has never been ceded and this always was and will always be Wurundjeri Country. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who continue to make a better world through design.

We extend our acknowledgement to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff, students, alumni, real-life clients, and knowledge keepers, who have contributed to our own education diversity and growth. We will continue to ensure that staff and students respectfully honour ancestral connection to Country and Place in everything that they do.

We are dedicated to the notion of design to make a better world and we acknowledge that making tools, shaping place, sharing stories, making meaning, wayfinding and collaborating have long been and continue to be both central and integral to First Peoples' cultures. We recognize that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ cultural contributions have continued relevance to design practice and commit to: reconciling ancestries of design and contemporary practice as well as pursuing culturally and professionally appropriate ways to engage with a diverse population of colleagues, industries and clients. In a time of treaty-making and voice we understand that there are overlaps between caring for Country and the sustainable production of goods, services, experiences, products and buildings.

Guided by the principles of respect, reconciliation, and reciprocity we undertake to indigenising and decolonising design practice by dismantling colonial structures and challenging biases that have marginalised Indigenous voices and design.

As students of SoDA you will be given opportunities to both engage with and educate yourself in Indigenous creative practices and cultural protocols through a lens of inclusivity, diversity, respect, mutual understanding, inter-cultural dialogue in all aspects of design practice. Indigenous people have been telling stories, making tools, and connecting to Country through visual media, placemaking and place marking for more than 60,000 years and these practices are part of an ongoing, evolving and live tradition.