PRESENTATION

Mission Statement

• cord management/ organisation
• safety
• cords off floor
• feature piece

Target Market 

• context (home office/study space)
• demographic
• # of plug points

Team work challenges (Edwin)

• decision making
• reconciling conflicting ideas
• delegation of work
• collaboration of individual ideas

Process Challenges

• limitations to tampering with multi socket board
• continuous refocusing on main purpose, keeping things simple

Project Outcomes

• learnt new processes- CNC routing
• sourcing of recycled materials
• lights, varnish and sloped box exceeded expectations

MAKING PROCESS

 

CNC router file

CNC routing in progress

Finished CNC routed front panel

Laser cut inserts which will be glued into the slots in order to disperse the light.

Mock up of box with MDF- instead of a flat rectangular box we experimented with a sloped box in order to decrease the protrusion from the wall.

 

Panels were cut out of oak

Strengthening glued corners with brackets

A space for the multi box was cut out of the top panel.

 

Side, bottom and top panels glued and clamped to front, routed panel

Multi-box inserted and hot glue gunned down

Laser cut oak veneer to cover plug panel

Oak veneer attached with spray glue. Final sanding before varnishing

Air blasting

 

 

 

DESIGN ITERATIONS

Experimenting with the triangle/hexagon design in order to have clear input channels for the cords and be more visually balanced

 

The scattered triangle design was incorporated into the final design

TEAM MEETING 25/10

Design talking points

- Going with the hexagon/triangle pattern

- Using a membrane of rubber or foam to keep cords in their channels

- Plug management- one sloped surface

- Include CNC light cut outs at bottom of cord channels

- Lighting the interior, LED strips?

- Light leaking from back to make lighting feature

- Thickness of entire board

Issues to address after talking to our tutor

- Placement, size & fixture of glass panel

- Integrating an on/off switch to fit aesthetic

- Mains power cord- needs to look good

- Differentiating 6 individual channel inputs/outputs

- Tidy up triangle design to be visually balanced

- Light channels having individual acrylic pieces, sitting flush w the wood

Things to do for next meeting (29/10)

- Iterate more designs for top triangle panel- SolidWorks, Photoshop, Sketches

- Design integration of glass panel

- Measure thickness of cords- post findings

Projected Timeline for Week

TUES- have design finalised, get CNC file checked by technicians

THURS- CNC routing starts @ 10am, Measure top panel for membrane fitting, make box & cut our back panel

RENDERINGS

Some experiments with different channel designs for routing the wires through.

This was most popular with the group, however we all felt it needed some improvement.

This is a redesign of the first, inspired by some sketches that Janice did.

QUESTIONAIR RESULTS

MATERIAL PREPERATION