Wooden Desk
In my role I am frequently consulted to help people realise a product/service and more often than not a detailed plan for manufacture is lacking.
Naturally, this is very forgiving for young designers without the life experience and skills to execute good design that is well engineered, aesthetically pleasing and environmentally sound.
The Challenge
For this project there were several challenges:
- a lack of detailed research concerning wood joinery methods.
- a simple cardboard prototype not to scale
- a basic sketch without measurements
- a tight four day deadline for the final product
The first priority was to help the student develop a deeper understanding of joinery techniques which I did by referencing an illustrated book I keep at hand as well as inspecting some sample joints.
To ensure the correct size and ergonomics, to had the student sit at a variety of tables which where each measured for ideal height. Next a new sketch was developed with the the logical groups of components identified with measurements: surface, frame and legs.
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“That’s been one of my mantras — focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex; you have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple.”
“I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what’s next.”
