2.4.1 Design Challenge

1. The 2.4.1 Design Challenge is a group assignment, and we have to pick one of the five challenges, and create an item that will follow the constraints of the client companies. We have to make sure the object that we create also satisfies the consumer, and solves the problem that the company addresses. In this case the five areas that we can pick to make objects from are: a desk organizer, an emergency supply organizer, a candy dispenser, a fluid power toy, or a train car design. For this project, I am partnered with Bethany, and we are doing the Desk Organizer Design Brief. The problem is that keeping office desks clean and not cluttered is a problem, so the Office Supply Chain Company wants a design and model of a project that will reduce the clutter and frees up space. The contraints are: it must not attach to the desk, it may not have a footprint that exceeds 6" depth x12" width x10 height, it must include a recessed area, a bent platic part and have a base 3/4" thick, it must have a minimum of five different parts once assembled, and it must hold a minimum of six items. When designing this project we are making a few changes. We asked our supervisor if we could only have 3 different parts instead of 5 and he said yes. We decided to do this becuase it would be easier to assemble, and less work. It would prevent a bunch of screws from being needed, and it would prevent problems if the screws fell out.
2. Honestly, we chose to do the Desk Organizer Design Brief becuase we thought it would be the easiest. Since I have problems keeping my desk organized at home, I thought it would be easy to come up with a design since I have first hand experience in what I feel like someone would need in order to keep the clutter down to a minimum. I think that to keep a desk organized one needs things to put their pencils in, drawers to put paper clips and various miscilenius items in, a book holder/paper holder, a place to put your stapler, hole punch, etc. I chose this design because I think that it is possible to make a very simple design that proves to be the most effefctive one as well. One doesn't need buttons to press or anything; it can just be a very simple design that provides free space.
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