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OpenStand was designed in my second term, in Fall of 2020.
It was becoming apparent that COVID19 had outlived the temporary cardboard desks that became popular during the first lockdowns.
This project aimed to create a cheap and fast solution, that could be produced locally and provided free to students in large quantities.
RESEARCH: USER PERSONA
RESEARCH: iNTERVIEW
BRAND INSPIRATION
Opendesk is an initiative to produce furniture on the principles of Open Making, where designs are released under Creative Commons licenses.
One of Opendesk's goals is to eliminate the cost of shipping completed products in favour of local fabrication.
MATERIAL CHOICE
FLAT PACKING
DESIGN REFINEMENT
OPEN SOURCE MANUFACTURING FILES
FOR RAPID MANUFACTURE: LASER CUT OR CNC
FUNCTIONAL
Flat Pack Parts
PROTOTYPE
CREATED MASON BOARD TEMPLATE FOR ROUTER
Cutting on router simulates the cutting path a CNC would take.
DILLED HOLES AND CUT SLOT
3D Printed Knobs
KNOB FORM IDEATION
PRESS FIT ASSEMBLY
Ideated a series of 3D printed knobs to be used with common steel bolts , nuts, and washers. Experimented to find optimal size and shape for fast print time and acceptable ergonomics.
Designed with tight tolerances, with the intention of assembling without the use of adhesive.
When I assembled and tested the mechanism, it was not functioning as I intended. To solve the problem, I decided to design my own fastener.
By welding a small bar onto a nut, i was able to make the hardware slide in the slot like I wanted it to. It also stopped the nut from twisting as I twisted knob to adjust mechanism. (Shown below.)
Mechanism functions by twisting knob. Because sliding nut locks in place, Knob functions like standard bolt. Adjust mechanism by twisting clockwise to tighten, counter clockwise to loosen.
TILT ANGLE
ADJUSTMENT
USER TESTING TO CONFIRM DESIGN
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