The work of a specific artist/designer or art/design movement could be the source of ideas for new range of products aimed at a design conscious customer market. It will be important that the designs developed into prototypes are not copies of existing work but reflect the general influence of the chosen source and might be viewed as “in the style of post modernism”

Situation

BriefI am going to design and make a table based upon the 20th century art movement post modernism. I will make the bed for young children . The bed will reflect the essential features of the movement and will be aimed at young children age 3 – 10 who's parents wish to create themed rooms in their homes.

Initial Specification

I am going to design and make a bed that will

• Represent the ‘style’ of Post modernism.

• Be suitable for a child's bedroom.

Design Movements

Post Modernism

Pop Art

Art Nouveau

MemphisHigh Tech

Organic Design

Art DecoDe Stijl

Arts and Craft

This is my time plan it helps me keep updated on which part of my project I half to do each week.

Karim Rashid is a famous post modernism designer.He was born in Cairo in the year 1960. he lived in England and Canada with his Egyptian and English parents. He started his carrier when he was just 19.He then went and achieved a bachelor in industrial design from Carleton university in Ottawa . Then went and completed his post graduate studies in Italy Canada in the year 1982.Karim now works in new york in his own private studio.He has at least 2000 products in production. His work has also been placed in some museums such as the museum of modern art in new York and the San Francisco museum. He also exhibits his art work in the Pompidou in Paris.

Karmin Rashid

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Aesthetics – the dolls house furniture is quite small and easy so you can move it around and fit together and there are other things you can add to it like colour stickers.

Function – the dolls house furniture is easy to put together with slots and easy for children's use and easy to carry around.

Ergonomics- it looks really small and safe for children to play with. It still looks fragile and but it wouldn't be hard to break.

The quality of the dolls house furniture is quite poor and looks like it might break easy but I think it would still be stable for children.Environment - you would be able to recycle the dolls house as it is made of wood.User- the user of this product would be children because it is something to play with.

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User- children will use it to sleep in.Environment- the bed can be made from wood which you can reuse.

The quality – the quality of this product will be a very high standard and will be suitable to sleep in.

Ergonomics- it looks quite big and safe and would be safe to children and good for everyday use.

Function – to go in a childs bedroom and it is an object for a child to use everyday to sleep in.

Aesthetics – the bed is quite big and bulky. It may be hard to move around but at the same time be safe and suitable for a bedroom.

Name: James PhillipsAge:7Location: 45 halls road Kingswood , BristolHobbies: swimming / playingFav colour: red/green/blueFav animal: meerkats and catsFav room: bedroomFav style: dressing up clothes / children's clothesFav place to visit: park/garden/@Bristol/beach/poolFav drink & food: coke/ milkshake & pasta/beans/chocolateFav book: star warrs/alieans love underpantsFav music: Pop/R&BFav clothes shop: Debenhams/ Primark / M&SFav piece of jewellery: Lego watchFav news paper: n/aFav season: summer & winterTransport: mums car & scooter. Fav piece of furniture: bed/trampoline

From this information I have collected I can tell that James ideal bed would have maybe a meerKat or animal theme. It could also have a drawer to put dressing up clothes in. there could also be some kind of holder for food and drinks.It could also have some kind of space theme and have a place in it to store toys (Lego). If I could incorporate all of this into one bed I believe this would be the perfect bed for James.

Customer user profile

This is my mood board I have taken images off the internet which I found when I was researching the post modernism influence.I choose these images because of the bright colours which were used and the artist I have picked Karim Rashid has designed a Varity of these images.To get influence when i was designing my bed on pro desktop and sketching i would come back to my mood board so i can get ideas the make my work relate to my artist.

Size/Dimensions-

Shape-when I design my child's bed I think it should have fun funky shapes so it will fit in to a Childs bedroom theme and I feel if it’s a funky design it would look modern.

Material- I am going to use plastic because its easy to model and move around and shape

User-I am making my bed in the style for a child's bedroom so it will be used by children.

Finish- my final child's bed I believe should have a smooth soft shiny look so I may polish wish would look appealing and would fit into a child's room.

Ergonomics- it should not be easy to break because children would be playing on it so it should be very stable it should also not be to heavy and easy to move.

Quality Assurance – Possible BS ( British Standards) my child’s bed will be suitable for children because it will not have Sharpe edges and it will be comfy and would not cause any harm to anybody using it.

Environmental consideration (Environmental concerns regarding material) I will be using plastic when making my bed and I believe this may cause harm to the environment because it is bio-degradable.

Environment (In which the product will be used i.e. fixed to wall and therefore needs to encompass a fitting) my child's themed bed will be on the floor so it will no need to have any fittings.

My influence was post modernism ( Karim Rashid) I chose this style and era because I think it looks new and different. I like the different shapes and colours used. I feel having different shapes and colours designed into my child's modern themed bed that it would look suitable in a child's room and it would also look appealing to the child that would be using it.

I have researched into the different products made from the post modernism influence and what i have found out is that most of the designs which have been produced were actually made out of timber like hard or soft wood.Because of this I have decided to look at some of the reasons around the process of cutting down the trees, and converting it for commercial use.

The product will be

made from plastic.

There will be no Sharp edges so there is no

safety hazard.

The shape will be designed to be a box shape and the inside walls will be slanted so it doesn't feel so

enclosed.

The bed will be set in a cube

shape.

There would be a slide on the side for children to

play on.The material that i would used would

be plastic & wood.

There would be a ladder at the

front of the bed by the slide.

The bed would be well

built and sturdy so it wouldn't collapse.

It would be built by wood so would be

sturdy.

The bars around the top

will help the child stay safe.

Different to all of my other designs. This

one is a circular shape.

These are my sketches

Made in a oval shape.

Made from plastic and wood.

All the edges will be soft and smooth.

The plastic which I'm using will be curved

round.

Because the plastics curved there will be no sharp edges.

I would be using bright red plastic

so you can see the karim rashid

theme.

There will be curves in the wood

to make it look funky and modern.

The curves will be soft and the

bed will be more safe for

children's use.

The material will be all made out of ply wood because it will be able to hold more weight.

This is going to be the design which I have chosen to carry on with through out the rest of my process of building my bed. I have drawn this sketch using the 3 point perspective.I think this would be a good sketch to build on because the bed itself isn't to complicated but still fits into the postmodernism idea.I got my idea to make my sketch look like this from the different product images on my mood board which were created from my chosen artist karim rashid. I feel that the simple yet modern design gives me scope to be able to add things to my design later on when I actually come to make the bed.

I started off with my design which I hand drew in 3 point perspective.

I put my hand drawn design into pro desktop and then it is cut out onto some card board to make a prototype.I also changed my pro desktop drawing into a DXF file.

In this picture here you can see the DXF file being cut out on the laser cutter to make my components for one of my prototypes.

After I designed my drawing on pro desktop i cut out my design on the laser cutter.

modeling

Cut out the laser cuttings and glue it together with the hot glue gun.

I carried on gluing it until it became one of my final prototypes.

In my first picture i started with an original bed then I developed it and you can see this from the unique shape but you can also see the changes I have made e.g. Wholes & different sides.

In my second picture you can see it is a basic design bed with the same sides but in my opinion it looks more dull than modern and it does not follow the postmodernism influence enough to be my final design which I would like to carry on with.

In my third picture you can see two basic postmodernism beds with the same sides on both beds i think that because they both match the type of style in looking for that i should combine then together to be my final design which I would like to carry on with.

I will make my thickness of my plywood: 12 mm.When I used it I needed to use 3 sheets of it.The ply wood that I have used was purchased from Avon ply.The length of the sheets are 8ft by 4 ft. fsc

Ply wood & environmental.

In theses images i have taken screen shots from pro desktop. This is of my design being extruded which you can see is highlighted in yellow is being made thicker by ( 3mm) so I can have a better view of what my bed would look like in real life 3d.

In these images you can see that I have print screened shots of what I am going through for the different stages of what I done on pro desktop to get to my final assembly drawing.

Child of 7 years

Anthropometric and Ergonomic Data

In the three images on the right hand side you can see the complete anthropometric measurements of one seven year

old child.

I have decided to choose the 7 year old child for measurements for my product.

The two main measurements I have to take into account are the main height of the child and how far they can reach.

The measurements will help me to find out the average height of my product as well as making sure that the children can reach all parts of the different parts of my product the child is using it.

2 year old reach: 14.5” 36.8cm

5 year old reach: 17.2” 43.7cm

2 year old height: 37.5” 95.25cm

5 year old height:41.8” 106.2cm

The measurement's will help me when i start to design my product so it is made to the right dimensions and the ergonomics of my product is right so my user can get full use out of my product.

I drew a design to make.

I then put my design into pro-desktop.

I made my design 3d in pro-desktop.

I made an assembly drawing.

Next I made a rough cut out with a piece of card. Sharpe knife.

I stuck it together using glue and tape.

And then I went back to pro-desktop so I could cut out on the laser cutter.

My drawing was then converted to a dxf file.

The dxf file was then put through galad and then sent through to the laser cut to be cut out of card. Turn on the fan because of fire hazard.

After the laser had cut my card I had to fix the slots together with a hot glue gun. Risks or burning from hot glue.

Next i cut out what I thought would be my final design before I moved on to the cnc router.

After cutting my final design out of cardboard i decided that i should redesign the layout of the bed so it would suit the situation better.

Next I took my design and put it into the cnc router.

I then sent my bed to get cut out on the cnc router.

Use ear protection from loud noise. Make sure protective shield is closed.

After I had cut out my bed into five different parts on the cnc router I was left with rough edged parts.

then having cut out on the cnc router i needed to sand down the edges but i also wanted to add a image onto my bed so this had to be done on the laser cutter but to do this I needed a dxf file.

My next move was to find the images i wanted to engrave onto my bed through the laser cutter.

I placed a sheet of card underneath so I could make a mark of where to put in my wood cut outs so they are in the right places for it to engrave on.

Must make sure the extraction is on.

Then once I found out where to place my wood i slotted everything down into the laser cutter so its ready.

Must make sure the extraction is on.

My next step was to just press go on the laser cutter after setting up on the computer what images to engrave and then it started engraving.

Must make sure the extraction is on.

I had to wait for about twenty minutes to watch my images engrave on to my parts.

Stay with laser cutter and watch it so the laser doesn't fail or cause an accident.

Once I had seen the laser had finally engraved my images onto my pieces of wood I had to wait for the laser to come to a full stop so I could take out my parts to fix together.

After i cut out my parts and engraved into them I had to place my bed together using the slots which i had designed and cut out on the cnc router.Once this is done i will be able to move on to sanding my bed down.

Always use a apron while in the workshop.

After fitting the parts together with pva glue i had to clamp it together so its all held tight in the right place.I left my bed clamped together for over twenty-four hours so it would be fully fixed.

Be carful when using the clamp because it is very heavy and make sure you do not clamp it to tight or it will break the wood.Also make sure you are wearing a apron when in the workshop and especially when using the pva glue.

Because i needed to slot my parts together before i glue it so its fixed together properly i needed to chisel away the uneven grooves in the slots so i used a hammer and chisel to make sure that all my parts fitted together nicely and so there was no excess wood.

Always wear an apron and hold the chisel correctly because the end is sharp.

When the glue had dried i came back with sand paper to sort out all of the rough edges.

Wear a apron while sanding in the workshop.

My next step was moving on from the hand sander to the sanding machine.The machine is called a belt sander and its a faster way of sanding wood.

Wear an apron while in the workshop. Make sure you are wearing protective goggles. And do not get your fingers to close to the sand paper when its turned on.

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