Repairable Task Seating

“People’s lifestyle getting more transient it increases the demand for flexible, multipurpose, “go everywhere” products. Efficient multiple-function or shape-shift storages become a key priority in the home.”

“Frame system” is compact self-supported shelving and clothes rail system designed for minimalist spaces and frequent relocation.

Ideation/form development

* Triangular shape serves as a dynamic force of creation and flow, helping smaller spaces to feel more spacious and energised.

Portability

No disassembly is required for the relocation process. “Frame system” can be flat-packed in a few simple steps. Aluminium used for the system makes it lighter, therefore more appropriate for handling.

Features

Recycled material shelving with an option of personalised colour and texture; Steel coil - organiser/display/ storage for hanging items; Free-standing;

The system is adjustable with levelling feet; Repairability - each part can be simply exchanged

Outdoor

Design brief:

A portable fishing tackle box suitable for both amateur hobbyists and professional anglers. The tackle box can use space efficiently to store and categorise fishing gear, meeting the angler’s storage needs with just one box. It also allows users to quickly switch out bait.

The Lift Tabletop Gaming Table

Lift is a multifunctional space for avid tabletop gamers. After you’ve rushed through your work or having dinner, you can finally get to playing.

Being able to lift the tabletop, you reveal an open space where you last left off play of your favourite games, safe and sound from the outside world.

Lighting

With the rooftops under side lighting, the games you play can be made perfectly clear and captivating with its colour changing controls via a Bluetooth phone application, further immersing the players.

Storage Pods

Surrounding its perimeter are portable, modular, storage boxes that each contain selected coasters by the user. These can be arranged to fit their games and play styles, wherever they play.

A mental enrichment toy for dogs that reduces separation anxiety by challenging them with a reward system. Allowing for owners to leave their dogs home alone for extended periods of time whilst busy with work or alternatively to keep dog busy as they work from home. A customisable product that can be used in different ways allowing the best fit for every user.

The lid locks into place using a push lock system to prevent the dog from getting inside of the tray

The owner fills the food storage with treats after selecting a difficulty level using the insert and the maze pieces. They must then secure the lid and hand the product over to the dog. The dog then interacts with the product and it wobbles on the ball which moves the treat round to the feeding tray.

The maze is fully customisable to best suit the users needs. The food storage also has an insert which allows them to control the release of food.

The entire product is made of 6 different components which slot together with no permanent fixings. This allows the user a right to repair and the ability to maintain the product through cleaning.

The number of people WFH 884K increased to 1.54M since COVID

If people with compatible jobs WFH, 54mT greenhouse gas would be saved

WFH lose 27 mins from distractions daily & work 1.4 days more monthly

3m people claimed the governments WFH tax relief in the 2020/21 tax year

Raised Height: 1,260mm

Lowered Height: 710mm

Key Project Stats

Having tried WFH, 72% wanted to progress in a hybrid work style

60% of all European office workers have never worked from home

Office workers went in 3.8 days preCOVID, this has dropped to 1.4 days

27% of WFH workers find it difficult to unplug after the working day ends

Chamfered Surface

Unified Leg Design

Geometric Handle

Structure Locator

Drawer Stop

To find out the optimal surface form, I researched extensively into user reach anthropometrics, ensuring the product caters between the 5th & 95th percentiles. In addition to this I also mapped out the different possible radius used for the extension surfaces. This helps ensure the user can work as efficiently as possible at the desk, allowing them full reach of all their working tools.

Structure Beams

Working Radius

Raisable Surface

Framing Housing

Reinforced Structure

The main takeaways I took from the sketch modelling stage of this project was a 1:1 scale replication of the working surfaces, as well as the initial leg designs. Creating the surface model allowed me to observe focus group users carrying out their everyday work tasks at the desk, enabling me to look for potential pain points. The legs allowed me to contemplate possible raising mechanisms.

This desks is intended to be situated in a consumers home office room, however it could be used in a number of different environments including a traditional office. If the secondary raiser feature fails, then the product can still be used as a traditional desk, extending its useful life period. The safelock drawer allows for secure storage of the users belongings.

This product consists of 12 veneered marine plywood parts, 3 electroplated aluminium and 3 secondary components to create the body, which is held together by 69 various fixing components. The consumer can assemble the product using common every day tools, making it extremely easy for them to move between their various product placement locations.

Product

Most common kitchen hazards derive from knife accidents affected by blade bluntness and lack of surface grip. The Japanese Mandoline, supported by product weight and base grip, reduces this risk significantly whilst also providing consistent, accurate cuts.

With rising concerns about Sustainability impacts, this product was designed with the aim of utilising plastic-free alternatives. Constructed using wood from industrial side streams and biodegradable bio-polymers, SULAPAC UNIVERSAL offers a material processable using existing plastic product machinery. Tensile strength and material hardness sees a promising 30-50% increase compared to Polypropylene.

With the modern trend of minimalism in the kitchen, storage space is vital and any addition should contribute to the room aesthetic. Although bound by several components, their interior storage leaves a smooth, simple appearance on the outside.