RW Screwdriver
Stainless steel screwdriver for Render Weekly
For this Render Weekly brief, the only thing given was the bit, and everything around it was up to the participants. I used that freedom to design a screwdriver that works like any other but looks nothing like the ones you know from the toolbox.
Rubber grips and textured surfaces are what usually signal that a tool is built for performance, so I left them out completely. The handle flows into the shaft in one continuous shape with soft transitions, and the bit is the only part that still looks like a classic tool.
Imagined in stainless steel, the body would be noticeably heavy, and that weight is intentional, because it makes the screwdriver sit steadily in the hand while turning.
Functionally nothing here is new. What interested me was how far the look of such an ordinary tool can move away from what everyone expects, until it becomes something you’d happily leave lying on your desk.
