Design Charette

Mindmapping

Physio-Attachment

The increased sitting angle relieves stress that is applied onto the legs and allows the user to sit into a chair rather than onto it.

The Cushioned seat cover is designed to remove the stresses placed on the back/shoulders and increase the angle at which you sit once again making you more comfortable.

This chair modification is once again created to make the seat more comfortable through better support for the users back which means they can sit for a longer period of time without stressing themselves.

Psycho/Socio Attachment

The user can feel at ease with the waterproof vinyls they help the chair stay clean and allow them to personalise it and repersonalise it at there own leisure.

The IVAN+FAMILY is trying to make what is essentially a temporary product into something long lasting. Through attaching its initial users a young couple to reuse it as a cot for there first born as a sign of humble beginnings that were happy none the less in there lives. This psychological attachment maybe profound once those children have grown and possibly even left the home.

Final Design

Our groups final design was aimed at creating an almost "secret" compartment below the base of the seat For use at special occaisions or for things that are needed in the situational setting of the chair. for instance if it was to be at the dinner table it could be used for placemat storage or for candles for use at a special occaisions. Or even storage for the book your currently reading or homework u have to catch up on.

There is a seat backrest and base that help the chairs comfortablity and the have a plywood base with memory foam for comfort and a plywood floor set in so that you can put in heavier objects too.

The stimulus to modify are for those people who enjoy a little bit of DIY and are trying to cope after a move with space and new surroundings.

This task has really challenged the way I think making the product resonate with the user on an emotional level so that they are more likely to keep it and use it for its entire life rather than simply using it until the feel the need to replace it with a "new" "shiney" one. So if you create a product that has the ability to last physically and create enough attachment to foster its use for its enitre life then your job as a designer is complete.

I feel designing beyond the original product is create! Its very interesting because you have a "blank canvas" its dimensions are set now its only a matter of your creativity to bring out another use or emphasize its emotional attachment to the users.

The collaborative problem solving activity was good but would have been better with slightly smaller group numbers (about 4-5).  It is easier to commuinicate your ideas with less people more thoroughly so that each team member can understand the intent of the others and allow them to collaborate on each others ideas.

If i was to design a peice of furniture from scratch firstly i wouldn't like to design things to be replaced in a few years i think they should live there entire lives out in the home until they are or are near useless.

My Design Philosophy
- Design ethically (from manucature to disassembly, from environment to working conditions)
- Design to create emotional ties between product and user.
- Design Quality (products that not only "do the job" but do it well)