Showcase 2026 Student Spotlight: Danny Jarvis
Student Spotlight featuring BSc (Hons) Product Design student Danny Jarvis and his project 'Bail'.
By Jon Duckworth | Published on 19 May 2026
Categories: Student Showcase; School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment;
The Project
Wrist injuries are the most common form of injury in snow sports. In such fast-moving sports, weight, flexibility, outward aesthetics, breathability, and general comfort are key to an athlete’s enjoyment, but modern wrist protection fails to account for these factors, leading to a large portion of users choosing not to protect themselves. BSc (Hons) Product Design student Danny Jarvis aims to address these overlooked factors with his project Bail, protecting users from hyperextension and impact injuries with a fully flexible design. Giving users unrestricted movement, with industry-leading protection stemming from close work with Carbon3D and a developing, flexible hyperextension-restricting pattern that locks up before injury occurs.
Wrist injuries are the most common snowboarding injuries. Image by Danny Jarvis.
The inspiration behind the project
Danny was driven to create Bail by his own love of snowboarding, a sport, he says, in which wrist injuries are extremely common, but overlooked.
"A simple fall can quickly land someone in the hospital with lasting injuries, but due to the interference with clothing, discomfort, and the restrictive nature of existing protection, they are rarely seen on the slopes. Wrist guards need to be desirable, so they get the opportunity to protect users."
The project experience
For Danny, working on the project has been a enjoyable challenge.
"It has pushed me to explore a wide variety of subjects to ensure every detail of the design is thoroughly explored, tested, and refined. The combination of aesthetic development for the apparel aspects of the project and the performance development for the protective aspects of the project has pushed me to learn new skills in fabric design and model making while allowing me to take my existing skills in 3D design in new directions."
Danny was inspired to create a more desirable form of wrist protection. Image by Danny Jarvis.
Being part of NTU
"When I started at NTU, I was very new to Product Design, with some very basic knowledge in CAD and a somewhat embarrassing sketch level. But during my time at NTU, I was guided and pushed to improve every aspect of my design work. The range of opportunities I have found at NTU has helped me reach a level I thought I couldn’t achieve."
He has nothing but praise for the course's studio culture that encourages collaboration and peer support.
"I have been able to work alongside friends and the tutors on the course, bouncing ideas back and forth, which elevated our individual projects even when they differ amongst us."
Bail combines industry-leading protection with unrestricted movement. Image by Danny Jarvis.
Closing remarks
Danny has the following words of encouragement for all the prospective product design students out there:
"When taking a step into university, it is extremely easy to doubt yourself. It's easy to think you aren't skilled enough or confident enough. But truly, no one is. When you start in your first year, everyone is treated as a beginner because everyone is. Skills are taught from the ground up, and it will transform you. It'll challenge you, but as long as you take the challenge, you’ll learn so much, and before you know it, you’ll be calling yourself a designer."
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