Course requirement
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Hyperlink on your blog
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Video reflection blog A: Giving packaging a new life AND How it’s made: Packaging
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Video reflection blog B: 11th hour OR Inconvenient truth OR [Story of Stuff + Electronics + Cosmetics + Bottled Water]
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Video reflection blog C: The light bulb conspiracy OR Who killed the electric car OR Consumerism
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Project One: Weekly progress report Mar 13
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Project One: Weekly progress report Mar 20
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Project One: Weekly progress report Mar 27
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Project One: Feedback to 5 peers on final design
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Project Two: Weekly progress report Apr 24
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Project Two: Weekly progress report May 1
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Project Two: Feedback to 5 peers on final design
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Project Three: Weekly progress report May 15
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Project Three: Weekly progress report May 22
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Project Three: Weekly progress report May 29
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Project Three: Feedback to 5 peers on final design
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Project Three: Process journal online
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Tuesday, 11 June 2013
Hyperlink Overview.
Wednesday, 5 June 2013
Tuesday, 4 June 2013
Project 3: A Sense of Place
Rationale
The Wilson is a modular bench that interacts with the user on
a personal scale. The bench consists of 5 individual seats that can be
integrated to create larger seating arrangements by simply sliding the chair.
This concept is user driven and begs for physical interaction, creating a
connection with the individual as they have formed their own seat through the
act of sliding chairs to fit like a puzzle.
An in depth research of Bright Le Sands Beach was conducted,
and thus this product concentrates on promoting a strong sense of place and
community by unifying the overall aesthetics of the beach. The wooden panels of
the chair mimics the aesthetics of the newly renovated facilities located along
the beach, reiterating this environmental and simplistic image.
Though this design focuses on this particular community, it
can also be applied to a number of other beach environments, such as Bondi and
Maroubra Beach. This product can assimilate into these two environments by
painting product to the desired finish. Furthermore, the design is simplistic
and showcases the use of wood; with Bondi and Maroubra, both have parks
neighbouring or within their beach, thus tying in with this environmental
image.
The natural and friendly undertones derived from the use of
wood invites the user to participate. It further promotes environmental
awareness by using fewer materials, as opposed to creating completely solid chairs.
Marine Plywood is utilised as it contains properties that allow durability and maintenance
of structure within salty and moist environments. This material is manufactured
from durable face and core veneers with minimal defects and core gaps, thus
lending its ability to maintain a durable structure in humid, cold and wet
conditions as well as being resistant to delamination and fungal threats.
The skeleton of each individual seat and mounting components
utilise stainless steel, highly versatile and durable steel allow that is resistant
to rust, corrosion and stains. Stainless steel has the ability to retain
strength in various environments and does not get oxidized easily. This
material can withstand constant exposure to moisture and saline environments.
Furthermore during the production process, this material can
be easily machined, wielded, formed and fabricated to the desired design. It is
also impact resistant and yields durable long-life products.
The gaps between each panel on the seat comply with the
standard, by allowing for space so that rubbish, sand and other miscellaneous objects
will not get stuck.
Monday, 3 June 2013
Sunday, 2 June 2013
Concept Process
Considerations of Materials
HDPE -
High-density polyethylene (HDPE) or polyethylene high-density (PEHD) is a polyethylene thermoplastic made from petroleum. Known for its large strength to density ratio, HDPE is commonly used in the production of plastic bottles, corrosion-resistant piping, geomembranes, and plastic lumber.
It takes the equivalent of 1.75 kilograms of petroleum (in energy and raw materials) to make one kilogram of HDPE. HDPE is commonly recycled, and has the number "2" as its recycling symbol.
In 2007, the global HDPE market reached a volume of more than 30 million tons.[1]
(Source)
Jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) -
Eucalyptus marginata is one of the most common species of Eucalyptus tree in the southwest of Western Australia. The tree and the wood are usually referred to by the Aboriginal name Jarrah. Because of the similar appearance of worked jarrah timber to the Honduras mahogany tree, jarrah was once called Swan River mahogany after the river system that runs through Perth.
(Source)
Was going to use Jarrah, but the issue was that my design required sheets of wood, whereas Jarrah only came in long panels. Considerations of glueing, creating a solid chair and others were looked at, however decided it would take away from the design element and aesthetic of my chair, as well as creating a costly and long process, that wouldn't be beneficial to the environment.
Marine Plywood
Sources 1, 2, 3, 4
Stainless Steel
Sources 1, 2, 3
HDPE -
High-density polyethylene (HDPE) or polyethylene high-density (PEHD) is a polyethylene thermoplastic made from petroleum. Known for its large strength to density ratio, HDPE is commonly used in the production of plastic bottles, corrosion-resistant piping, geomembranes, and plastic lumber.
It takes the equivalent of 1.75 kilograms of petroleum (in energy and raw materials) to make one kilogram of HDPE. HDPE is commonly recycled, and has the number "2" as its recycling symbol.
In 2007, the global HDPE market reached a volume of more than 30 million tons.[1]
(Source)
Jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) -
Eucalyptus marginata is one of the most common species of Eucalyptus tree in the southwest of Western Australia. The tree and the wood are usually referred to by the Aboriginal name Jarrah. Because of the similar appearance of worked jarrah timber to the Honduras mahogany tree, jarrah was once called Swan River mahogany after the river system that runs through Perth.
(Source)
Was going to use Jarrah, but the issue was that my design required sheets of wood, whereas Jarrah only came in long panels. Considerations of glueing, creating a solid chair and others were looked at, however decided it would take away from the design element and aesthetic of my chair, as well as creating a costly and long process, that wouldn't be beneficial to the environment.
Marine Plywood
Sources 1, 2, 3, 4
Stainless Steel
Sources 1, 2, 3
Stainless steel is also known by many other names like CRES or
corrosion-resistant steel, inox steel etc. It is a type of metal alloy.
Its components are iron, chromium, carbon, nickel, molybdenum and small
quantities of other metals. These components are present in varied
proportion in different varieties of steel. In stainless steel, the
chromium content should not be less than 11 percent.
Stainless Steel Properties
Stainless steel products have many significant advantages over other metals:- Resists corrosion
- Retains strength even at high temperatures
- Hygienic due to the smooth and minimally porous surface (useful for hospitals and food processing plants)
- Bright aesthetic appearance
- Easily machined, welded, formed and fabricated
- Usually non-magnetic - useful for aerospace applications
- Excellent fatigue and impact resistance - useful in automotive body building
- High resistance to shock at low and high temperatures
- Yields durable long-life products
Saturday, 1 June 2013
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