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Q-CIR Chair

I n t h i s p r o g r a m , w e w o r k e d w i t h G e a r ó i d Ó Conchubhair(PhD,National College of Art and Design, Ireland) to design task chair. He gave us some useful research about the chair as follow:

IRELAND TASK CHAIR WORKSHOP PROGRAM

According to Gearóid's research about the chair's panel, I didsome chair panel shape research.

CHAIR PANEL RESEARCH

T h o s e a re p o p u l a r c h a i rs a n d according to those products I came up with different concepts.

EXISTING PRODUCT

ROUGH MODEL ANALYSIS

1:1 SCALE MODEL

According to those concept, many rough models help me to analysis the detail of the chair and I came up with the final concept.

Before building the final model, a 1:1 scale model is required to make sure the dimension about the chair.

The main material of the chair is wood with ametal ring. And it uses a simple way to connect each part of chair.

CHAIR FEATURES CHAIR FEATURESThere are two circles in the chair: one is the seat area and other one is the foot support. The reason why I call it a Q-Cir Chair is you can seat on it in two different ways: you can seat on it in the side or the front. You can rotate your body in a quarter of circle. The position of the legs are located in a triangle, which makes the chair stable and unique.

Nezi Chair TV Table furniture design

Influenced by Gearóid Ó Conchubhair (PhD, National College of Art and Design, Ireland), I am interested in the furniture design, and I attend an open studio to design furniture and I choose the TV table as my direction.

The height of storage space in TV table is decided by the activity scope of human hand.

The height of TV table is decided by the postures when people watch TV and the height of people's eye.

The size of furniture is a significant factor of furniture deisgn. The width of TV decided the minimum width of TV table and the length of TV decided the minimum length of the TV table.

L ight color; Ample use of wood; Minimal ism; Functionality

TV TABLE FURNITURE DESIGN PROGREM From the quick sketches and discuss with classmates, I got my direction to develop the concept.

IDEATION OF SKETCHES

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ERGONOMICS ANALYSISFEATURES OF NORDIC FURNITURE

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From the original direction, making scale model to anlysis the form and the size is essential. By this way, I can "touch" my deisgn.

From the solidworks model, we can get the detail dimension and form of the TV table and analysis the possibility of structure.

I use yellow pine lumber to build the 1:1 test model to figure out if the structure works. And discuss with my classmates

PROBLEM ONE:The strength of corner is too weak to support the structure because of the wrong direction of wood grain.

PROBLEM THREE:The form of the whole table produces outward tension. And the weight of second layer make it easy to deform.

PROBLEM TWO:For the test model, I used finger joint to connect each part. It can not provide enough strength to support whole table and hard to manufacturing.

DETAILS OF TEST MODEL

1:6 SCALE MODEL ANALYSIS

MAKE MOULD MAKE STRUCTURE

HOT PRESS MOLDMOLDS

SOLIDWORKS MODEL

1:1 SCALE TEST MODEL

CORNER WOOD GRAIN

DOWELED BUTT JOINT

FORM OF TABLE

Present our concepts and scale moel during the class time and discuss the problem it has.

I made many rough models to analysis the dimension and color and graphic pattern of the AU logo and gift design.

Those two lines represent the ability of storage. The second way has more space to storage things.

According to the analysis of force direction, I decided to adjust the angle of legs and make it straight.

The direction of ForceThe space to Storage

The most common way to design the wood grain is paralleling the longest board to design the wood grain because it produces the highest strength of wood to support structure.

How to make the corner's wood grain parallelling the curve of corner?I tried different ways to cut the wood and got the result:

I tried different types of wood joint such as doweled butt joint, box joint, dovetail joint and spline joint. Finally I decided to use spline joint.

FORCE ANALYSIS

STORAGE ANALYSIS

CORNER WOOD GRAIN WOOD JOINT STRUCTURE

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Here is working flow: Cutting board to proper length, shaping the wood board, making the structure and sanding it, putting it together, sanding it again and oiling it by tong oil.

WORKING PROCESS OF FINAL MODEL

Here shows some features about the NEZI table: The corner wood grain and joint of different part.

For this NEZI table, it has two layers. You can put the TV or some decoration things on the top layer and put some accessories such as DVD player, CDs, Satellite signal receiver and so on. It is flexible for people to storage things. With the good form of NEZI table and great space planning, watching TV can be really enjoyable.

The basic shape of NEZI table will look like the letter N and Z which makes it looks like really simple.

TABLE FEATURES

NEZI TV TABLE DISPLAY

NEZI TV TABLE DISPLAY

AU promoting gift & exhibition designAuburn University need to design gifts and exhibition for "International Exhibition & Conference on Higher Education" conference in Saudi Arabia.

AU PROMOTING GIFTS DESIGN

According the "AU styleguide", we found the guideline to design the AU gifts and exhibition display. Such as the AU color, the position of logo, the font of logo and so on.

We invited some international students who came from Saudi Arabia to discuss the gift custom and culture of them and did some test to research what they will choose as a gift when they went to the conference.

From the research, we found they perfer the gift which have multi-fuction and amusing appearance.

attractive

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MEETING WITH ......

DESIGN STRATEGY

We collected the sample of AU logo in campus and analysis how to apply the AU logo to different things such as gifts, banners, food and so on.

SAMPLE OF AU LOGO

Those are many concepts about the gift design about the AU logo and after discussing with sponsor, we choose six concepts to develop.

Finally, after talking with sponsor, we decided to use these concepts: business card box; phone stand and multifunctional ruler.

I made many rough models to analysis the dimension and color and graphic pattern of the AU logo and gift design.

MODEL ANALYSIS

You can attach it to many different types of things such as: Books; Folders; Soft bags; Hard bags and so on.

USAGE

This card holder can display the business card and it can also become a phone stand to help you hold your phone

BUSINESS CARD BOX

It can hold up to 40 business cards and when you receive some cards, you just need open the "LOGO AU".

The housing of this business card box helps to secure the AU cover. A pair of hinges make it easy to open/close the box.

SPACIOUS STORAGE SPACE

FUNCTIONAL HOUSING

You can attach this box almost everything because it has a clip at the back. It is very easy to carry around.

AU LOGO CLIP

EXPANDABLE BASE

I made many rough models to analysis the dimension and color and graphic pattern of the AU logo and gift design.

This card holder can display the business card and it can also become a phone stand to help you hold your phone

USING PROCESSPull out the backing of the phone stand and expand the base to support the phone

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The expandable base keeps the AU card holder in place while secures the whole structure of mobile phone stand.

PHONE HOLDER OR BUSINESS CARD STAND

The gap resided in the card holder is able to display a business card. The pair of back hinges help you open the phone stand easily while supporting the whole product .

HINGES STRUCTURE

For this bookmark, it has step for better bookmarking and it also has spining AU logo to add little fun element when you use it.

AU BOOKMARK OR RULER

When you want to use the bookmake, you just need to put it in the middle of the book, then use the Post-it tabs to make marks. And you can just turn the page, the bookmark will be left in the last page naturally.

USAGE

DESIGN FEATURES

It also provide room for Post-it tabs to help you remember and at the bottom of the bookmark, it also has Samford tower image to promotiong AU.

On the side of the bookmark, it has a ruler and it looks like a tiger tail to present AU spirit.

DESIGN FEATURES

DESIGN FEATURES

AU PROMOTING POP DISPLAY DESIGNAuburn University need a POP display for "International Exhibition & Conference on Higher Education" conference in Saudi Arabia.

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From those problem research, we analysis the process of people's visiting and come up with different situation and storyboard.

STORY BOARD

From the storyboard, we come up with developed concept: it has a book to display important information and it also has big board to show some picture and attract people's attention.

DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT

The space we can use is 3m*3m, and there is a table in the middle of the exhibition space. Therefore, the pop display can be put in two place: table or the panel between table and wall.

DESIGN SPACE

There are many paper and books on the table which can distribute people's attention, we need a pop display to attack peple's attention.

From the photo, we can see it is little hard for people to read information because too many books and paper. We need to p ick up important imformation and display it.

PROBLEM RESEARCH

It is really easy to transport. It can be divided into different pieces and stored into a luggage.

STORAGE

The gap can connect two part of the board. Then put those part together.ASSEMBLY STEP

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Put the location of Auburn at the same level of the eye, so the people feel comfortable to see it.

Put the book shelf on the same level of the hand, so it is easy for people to read it.

HUMAN FACTOR

HUMAN FACTOR

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This pop display uses different AU elements to build visual hierarchy. It can help people telling the importance of the displayed information.

The AU logo

The map of AU

The book of AU

The info on the bottom

The AU logo

VISUAL HIERARCHYPut those two parts in right place.Then, connect it with the screw and fasten the screw.

Use the stick to support the book and make it easy to readBOOK FEATURE

Visitor can see the AU logo on the side of the pop display. And they can also see it in the front.

VISUAL HIERARCHY

This is graphics of the pop display.POP GRAPHICS

This is the details of the book graphics.

BOOK GRAPHICS

OEM Wet/Dry Vacuum Cleaner for AutoThis prograqm supported by the Emerson Tool Company.And for this program, we need to design the Vacuum cleaner for automobile.

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1. What type of vehicle(s) do you own? (Check all that apply)

2. Are you planning on purchasing a new vehicle in the next two years?

3. Do you vacuum your vehicle and if so how often?

4. If you vacuum your vehicle yourself, how long does it take you to do so?

5. What are the most difficult parts of your vehicle to clean?

6. What are the most common messes you clean up in your vehicle? (Check all that apply)

7. What do you dislike most about cleaning your vehicle?

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EMERSON AUTOMOBILE VAC CLEANER

Emerson company provide us five vehicles to design the Automobile Vac Cleaner:2015 Toyota Camry 2015 Ford F-150 2015 Dodge Ram 1500 2015 Chevrolet Silverado2015 GMC Acadia

And I decided to design Vacuum Cleaner for 2015 Toyota Camry.

TARGET AUTOMOBILE

We went to Toyota Dealer to do storage space research.Model of Vehicle: 2015 Camry XLE

TOYOTA DEALER

We found there are some place which is suitable to put the vacuum cleaner:Under the seat; Arm rest area; Back of the seat; Trunk

CONCLUSIONThis is a survey to analysis the Automobile Vacuum and costomer review about it.

SURVEY

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Q: What are the ideal spots in your vehicle for a vacuum to be stored/located?

A: From the research, we can find trunk area and seat area is most popular area for costomer to put the vacuum cleaner.

SURVEY CONCLUSION

62.78% 46.41%

According to the survey, I came up with three concepts to put the Vac Cleaner in the seat area.

SEAT CONCEPTS I also came up with two concepts to put the Vac Cleaner in the trunk.

TRUNK CONCEPTS

ORIGINAL CONCEPTSCOMPETITIVE RESEARCH STAR PRODUCTS IN 2014In order to analysis the exist product, we went to Honda dealer to test Automobile Vac Cleaner and did some research on the Internet.

From the Internet, we found top 5 best selling product and view the costomer reviews from Amazon and found out those products' strength and weakness.

Model of vehicle: Honda odysseyHonda designed automobile vac cleaner to this model of vehicle.

HONDA VAC

From the analysis, we found the strength elements are:LightweightClever shapeVarious nozzleOne hand use

And the weakness elements are:Hard cleaningStorage problemUglyHeavy to hold

CONCLUSION

I do some research about the hose and how to circle the hose well.Finally, I found out the area to circle the hose.

HOSE ANALYSISI went to the Toyota Dealer and measured the detail size of the arm rest area and figure out the dimension of the Vacuum cleaner.

SIZE LIMIT

DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT After discussing with sponsor, we choose two concepts to develop and analysis.

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Pull out the arm rest areaOpen the top of arm rest areaPull out the hose and use it

USING STEPSI also measure the dimenson of the Vac Cleaner's motor to figure out the area of motor part in the Vac Cleaner

MOTOR ANALYSIS

DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT After discussing with sponsor, we choose two concepts to develop and analysis.

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Put down the back seatOpen the top of back seatPull out the hose and use it

USING STEPSPut down back seat , this is the function area looking before you using.Pulling out the hose and using it to cleaning your car.When you finish your cleaning, open the hose storage area and put the hose back. Then clean the dirt cup.

PROCESS ANALYSIS

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Because the limit of motor size, the motor part size is :Length: ≥ 7.5in; Depth: ≥ 7.2in; Width: ≥ 8.5in

MOTOR SIZE

After discussing with sponsor, we choose the second concept to build the model.

In this way, the plate tube will have at least two corner to avoid the structure of trunk. From the test from other group, the more corner it have, the more suction power it will lose.

Put the dirt cup and hose into the back seat.

Connect with plate tube under the trunk floor.

MODEL ANALYSISMOTOR DIRECTION

MOTOR

MOTOR

How to put the vacuum cleaner's motor in the trunk properly. There are two directions I analysised.

MOTOR DIRECTIONIn this way, the plate tube will have just one corner, therefore I choose this way to put my motor part.

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BACK SEAT

Put the motor part into the trunk.

THREE PARTS OF VAC

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Hose pass Mid -hose stop Mid -hose Small hose stopSmall hose Switch

Dirt cup

Attachments

Plate tube

Connecter

Stretch Hose

Hose pass

Filter cover

Plate filter

Provide big space to storage by using trunkHide the Vacuum Cleaner easily Easy to use and even do not need to open the trunk

For the connection part two, it has groove structure to lock the dirt cup to the plate tube.

This 40'' stretch hose can easily reach everywhere in the car.It can also be storaged in the Hose pass which hided in the backseat.

Use Solidwork to ananlysis the detail structure of the back part and using keyshot to rendering it and display.

LOCATION BENEFIT CONNECTION FUNCTION

STRETCH HOSE

EXPLODED VIEW

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For the connection part one, it use a connecter to connect Hose pass and dirt cup. Insert the connecter into the dirt cup and rotate it, it will be locked.

CONNECTION FUNCTION

This is a test to test how I put my plate tube under the floor of the trunk.Attach the plate under the floor of trunk.You will only see the part of motor .

The part of connection part extend to the back seat and connect with dirt cup and hose.The main part of connection part is under the floor of the trunk and connect with motor part

Put the switch on the back of back seat and use electrical wire to connect with the motor. It is convenient for people to start the VAC.

Electrical wire connect with the switch.

LOCATION TEST LOCATION TEST

WIRE FEATURE WIRE FEATURE

EXPLODED STRUCTURESealing rubber Plate tube Soft tube Plate tube Electrical wire Sealing rubber

BACK SEAT

TRUNKFLOOR

Housing

Support structure

Handle

Brand logo-RIDGID

Screw

Motor

Power Plug

Having a base bin in the trunk and put the motor part in it and use plate tube to lock it

LOCK THE MOTOR PART IN THE TRUNK

The angle of the f ront v iew is depended on the shape of the motor. By this way can save space and keep consistent with motor.

Because the right view of the motor is square, the shape of motor part I design is also square. Using square element make it easy to process.

Same principle for top view. Using square element to keep consistent.

FORM ANALYSIS

From the research, the dimension of human hand is:Length: 3.6”Width: 0.9”The diameter when making a fist: 1.5”

HUMAN FACTOR OF HANDLE

Therefore the dimension of the motor part handle is:1: Width: 1.5”2: Length:3.6”( longer or equal than hand’s length)3: Depth: 1.3”(deeper than the hand’s width)

DETAIL DIMENSION

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ANALYSIS COMMUNICATE MODEL MAKING SKETCHING

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