Technical Illustration · 2024

UPLIFT Desk Manual

A print-ready assembly manual for UPLIFT Desk's RGB gaming LED strip — isometric line-art, exploded part diagrams, and a step-by-step build, drawn to spec as a paid design work test.

RoleGraphic Designer (work test)
Year2024
ClientUPLIFT Desk
TypeTechnical illustration
ToolsIllustrator · InDesign
Isometric line-art cover of the RGB LED strip manual
Instructions only work if anyone can follow them.

This was a paid design work test for UPLIFT Desk. The brief: take a real product — the RGB LED strip for their gaming keypad — and build a print-ready assembly manual from scratch, matching their existing brand system.

I drew the isometric line-art of every component, laid out an exploded packaging-contents grid, and built a clean step-by-step assembly flow with consistent line weights and zero ambiguity. This is information design in its most literal form: reduce a physical task to the fewest, clearest visual steps.

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