A product for everyday inconvenience
Tangible design
My explanation on understanding
modern day inconvenience.
We face lot of inconvenience in the day to day life in space for doing certain activity with the products .Inconvenience happens because Majority of products always stands on the binary of two extremes.
To put more clearly ,This what i felt
In between
Primitive
Between
Hightech
Primitive house
contemporary vernacular
High tech Building
Washing with hand
Hand washing machine
Iot washing machine
Hand squeezing
Mixer grinder
Juicer
Mud oven
Pressure cooker
Microwave oven
Target area
Initial premise
Betwixt
Betwixt defines the between zone of two . So i aimed to understand the purpose of product to deliver a flexible zone connecting the two extremes. by making it multifunctional with certain activity at a space.
Understanding the common home products ,
objects how it is used and about their versatility.
Scenarios of how other objects used for drying clothes
One activity - multiple objects
Scenarios of how mattress is used for multiple activities
One object - multiple activity
Integration kadhai + pan - kadhai pan
Two products to one products
Scenarios of pillow usage as a material
One object - flexibility in use
Understanding of space
Image showing room layout with
defined furniture layout
Flexibility in design to provide
solution to this inconvenience
of defined spaces.
Deifned
Flexibility
Aim
To design objects/products which goes flexible in this defined small space layout.
Objective
It will be a everyday essential object.
It will support user through everyday inconvenience in small space in doing multiple activity.
Primary research
Space audit
Keywords - insights form space audit
Qualities
Less
Components
Seamless
Function
Small
Lightweight
Strength
Horizontal area
Storage area
Furniture types
Chairs
Mattress
Bed furniture
Laptop
usability
Modern work
culture
Ironing
Eating hosting
people
Key insights
Light weight
Material
Height adjustability
Ergonomics
Angle adjustability
Posture
Horizontal surface
Usability
User group persona
Online education &
work from home
Pandemic has changed
the pattern education and
woking culture.
Bachelors &
Floating peoples
Unsettled user group ,
rental living , not a
permenant resident
in one space.
Middle income &
non materialstic people
Majority people doesnot
have the space for study
room and study table in
their house or room.
Reframed Brief
Assistive furniture that help user for studying , resting in their intended posture and space
User Identity
Student - Bachelor - usually living individually
in small room [ Individual space ].
Object function
Furniture that is firm , flexible , assist you in
your daily activity in their space.
Need to alleviate the following
Existing furniture are fixed and it does not enough flexible to adopt our posture and comforts to do activity.
[Heavy , positioned , multiple components , not flexible].
It has to assist in maximum possible posture and to do many task.[Material , size , components , surface area].
Separate components
every components should serve additional purposes.
Constraints
Height adjustability , surface area adjustability , foldability , firm when using.
Not categorizing in any furniture type , making use of the surface area , components .
It has to supports different sitting , sleeping , resting posture. [table and back rest] .
Environment
We used to work in workstation setup , these
work from home , online education has changed the working space from table chair
setup to bed , floor , sofa etc., where we find
change and comfort with in house / room.
Small space - table , bed mattress , floor.
Material
Material choise will vary as per the design , iteration requirments.
Ideation 1
It is combination of chair setup with workstation that can be adjustable in height and direction of use , It can be used as workstation with storage
space.
Height adjustable back support and workstation top surface.
Scenario showing use cases as chair and workstation type with storage space below.
Scenario showing use cases as chair and workstation type with storage space below.
Scenario showing use cases as chair and workstation type with storage space below.
Ideation 2
Scenario showing how it assist for drying clothes and ironing clothes by standing posture.
Tried designing furniture which will help’s with using at multiple height variations, standing , sitting on chair and on floor.
Also Tried to make it flexible with adopting different use case when it is not used for example it is designed with cloth hanger frames to support drying clothes indoor , when it is not used as workstation.
It is foldable and can be made compact and stored in minimal spaces.
Ideation 3
Floor level workstation desk
which is pivoted on semi-circular steel frame so that it act as a track to move the table top as we wish to ise in any angle.
Light weight
Compact
Easy desk with angle adjustable top surface , which is fixed to the circular frame.