My origin
The companies I helped grow and develop
Carpenter EFZ + my first business venture, crafting downhill longboards
Human Grade Medical Simulators
-> Manufacturing Technician
European Organisation for Nuclear Research - CERN Geneva
-> Mechanical Designer EN-MME
Design and Manufacturing of high quality props
-> Business owner
Industrial Design & Engineering
-> Business owner
Products & Projects
Scroll down to find a selection of my most favourite projects I‘ve done.
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D U U M
An ode to a legend - az-sabers.com
Soundboard PCB
Product Box design
Magnetic Switchplate
All wheel drive
35kWh battery pack
300+ miles of range
ArcWave
V E R N D A R I.
Fun, versatile, ergonomic.
Crystal Chamber
& wireless LED illumination PCB
A precious tiny and intricate crystal chamber. The 37 individual parts are CNC machined from aluminium and brass.
The wireless LED PCB offers to illuminate the Crystal chamber in RGB colours without any additional wiring needs. The PCB is encased by an SLS 3D printed housing.
This product is produced in a low and limited quantity.
AzSabers:
Nomad internal design
Intricately designed core system bares all necessary electronics for the saber to work.
The hilt is manufactured with CNC-machined aluminum and brass. It also boasts SLS 3D printed internals.
Aegis Dynamics Javelin
2400mm length, 1:204 scale model
Fully 3D printed scale model of the Aegis Dynamics Javelin, a spaceship from the space simulating game ©Star Citizen developed by Cloud Imperium Games.
I constructed this bad boy from the ground up in CAD, only using picture references provided by the game company. You also see it displayed at CitizenCon 2949 since I had a booth featuring all the Star Citizen inspired projects I did up until that point in time.
SafeLace©
©SafeLace is a safety device designed for daily commuters, children, or the elderly.
Stay in contact with loved ones and emergency services while going about your day.
Downhill Longboards
A project that emerged from a love story. A story where I was the admirer and the road my companion.
These are specially designed drop-down longboards with W-concaves for hardcore downhill riding. They‘re Handmade (by me) in Switzerland.🇨🇭 I sold these for a couple of years under the brand name "Alcatraz Longboards", starting in 2014. This was where Alcatraz Dynamics has its origins.
VacLoop
What I envision the transportation of tomorrow to be.
This concept and functioning prototype demonstrates a vaccuum-driven public transportation solution.
Designed and developed with supervision of the FHNW HGK Basel Switzerland
mobiGlas
Imagine human existence in the year 2951.
In a time when you casually locate your standpoint in the universe from the hologram on your wrist.
This is my take on the wearable gadget everpresent in ©CIG’s Star Citizen, a space simulating open-world video game. I thought this wearable was so cool that I just had to build my own functioning model.
Tranquility
An all-electric, high-performance motorbike concept.
“I love the feeling of the wind in my hair, so I concepted a bike that goes "zoooooom".⚡️”
This vehicle concept flaunts a 17.3kWh battery pack, hub motors, direct drive instead of belt or chain, an aerodynamic rear-end, and, of course, adjustable riding height for high speeds.
Apple Product concepts
Like so many other techies, I love Apple products.
These projects are highly inspired by Apple‘s style, methodology, and design language.
Below, you see concepts I designed, based on ideas I had for products I think Apple should hop onto:
iPad Max 19" Mini LED display with articulating arm stand. (developed by me in May 2020)
AirPods Studio over-ear Headphones. (developed by me in September 2019)
More spaceships (:
Origin Jumpworks: 890 Jump
Constructed from the ground up in CAD Fusion360 using reference pictures provided by CIG's Star Citizen©. (May 2020)
What People Are Saying
“Wow, cool - that’s so badass!”
— Chris Roberts, CEO Cloud Imperium
"I can’t believe how perfect this is"
— Morphologis, Youtuber
"It’s so good, I thought CIG had commissioned you to do it"
— Bored Gamer, Youtuber
“That’s so awesome!”
— Paul Jones, CIG
A liquor bottle concept, created for fun and R&D
Design your world
“Don’t hate what you don’t understand”
Tamino Joel Wirz
Want your product or idea made by me?
Drop me a line!
PS: Don‘t hesitate to contact me with any questions you may have about the design or manufacturing process. If you are unsure, we can figure it out together.
azdynamics@alcatraz-dynamics.com
5615 Fahrwangen, Aargau, Switzerland