Lville Design

Louise

Desktop Organizer Interview

Notes:

She wants holder for her pens and pencils
She could use a bookshelf that could go on top of her desk
Her desk is very cluttered and needs help with easy organizational tricks
She uses notecards to help her study
Procrastination is very common for her
She likes to keep her drawers organized but she needs help with her desk top

Ideas:

Holders for pens and pencils, and other utensils
Perhaps a holder for her laptop
A book shelf towards the back of her desk for a place to put her books and binders
More little compartments for her to place random other items

Defining the Desktop Organizer Problem

We are creating a desktop organizer for somebody in our house in hopes of making them more organized and overall a better student. We will first conduct an interview to get to know our client and a better understanding of their organizational needs and their study habits. After determining the size of their desk, what compartments they need, and any other components they would like in the design. After gaining an understanding of the design, we will create a 3d model, print and assemble the model, and then gift this personalized organizer to your client.

Desktop Organizer Problem Statement

The main problem for my client is her lack of organization which leads to procrastination while doing homework and studying. If she were to have a more organized desk where she could place her loose items laying around, she would be less distracted by these various items. I’m going to create an organizer with drawers and other various places for her to put her loose items in hopes of being less distracted, procrastinating less, and being more productive.

Desktop Organizer Concept Sketches

This design features a place for the laptop on the top and drawers on the bottom with a bottom compartment for staplers, hole punchers or paper

This design features a book holder to the left, 2 drawers, 2 compartments for staplers and other small items, and two holders at the top for pens or pencils

This design features features a series of shelves to the left, 3 drawers on the right, and two holders at the top for pens and pencils

Final Desktop Organizer Concept Sketch

This is my final design for the sketch. It features a book and binder holder on the left, two drawers, two compartments, and two holders for pens and pencils. This is also a sketch of the side view with designs and a slanted wood piece. My client and I have discussed and we believe that the drawers will be good for her to place the random items on her desk, the compartments will be nice for her stapler, the pen holder will be nice for her pencils and pens, and the book holder will be nice for removing the larger items from her desk.

Cardboard Prototype Desktop Organizer

This is just the outer bones of my design. I created a prototype of the outside in order to see if it would fix on my clients desk and contain the compartments
she wants to have.

The 3D Design Model Progress Desktop Organizer

This was the end of my first day as I had just created the bones and outlines of the model

After some more progress this was the top view of my main pieces with the joints put in place

*This was the extruded model of my drawer that fits inside the bottom compartment on the in the model on the left*

This was a model of the extruded lines with the bones of the design with the levels and compartments and ridges for everything to connect.

This is all of my cutouts laid out on to the outlines of the 20×30 pieces of wood that we are printing them out on

Final Design and Model Desktop Organizer/ Change in Plans

This is my cardboard model with the drawer pushed in

This is my cardboard model with the drawer half pulled out

This is my final layout of all of the cutouts, after creating the cardboard model.

After I made the cardboard model of my design, I ran in to a problem with the top compartment not being functional as things could get dropped down there and would be hard to get out. In order to fix this problem, I added stars in order to create holes to pull things out of it while also adding a nice design feature. I stayed on the theme of stars by also adding one to the drawer to act a place for your finger to go in order to pull the drawer out. And then to tie in the stars to the rest of the design, I added stars to the side panel as well.

Finished Desktop Organizer

This is the front view of the organizer with the drawer pushed in.

This is the top view of my final desktop organizer project.

Desktop Organizer Feedback

After finishing my project, I didn’t get a chance to bring the actual project back to my client, however, through pictures that I showed her, she was able to get a sense of what it looked like and how she could use it. She really liked the stars on the front flap in case pens or other various things were to fall, she would have ease getting them out. Furthermore, she like the compartment for her books and the drawer for all of her random things.

Defining the Luminary Problem

We need to make a luminary out of a piece of plywood and a 3d printed light stand to hold the light inside of the luminary. We must create 4 sketches to foster ideas along with research to create these ideas. We must create a 2d layout model of our design of the four panels, and a model for the 3d printed light holder. Then when we have perfected our models we are to print both out on the laser cutter and 3d printer in order to create our luminary.

Luminary Research

I researched Frank Lloyd Wright to further observe his work and gain inspiration. I started by reviewing his work such as his houses and interiors then moving on to his window designs. Wright is clearly very in touch with nature and expressing and incorporating nature in to his designs. Most of the houses he designed were in close proximity to the nature surrounding it and therefore when looking at his window designs, one can see his geometric impression of these natural features. I personally love nature as well and would like to use Wright as my inspiration for this project because of his use of geometric shapes to represent natural things.

Luminary Sketches

These are my final sketches of my luminary project. We have started creating the virtual model of each panel and I created sketches of what I would like to have on my panels. I really like the lines that go straight through, the circle, and then the lone star on each panel. I think that they are all three unique while also being similar in theory.

Change in Plans

As I was starting my design process on the 2D model, I realized that I had not determined what was going to be my positive and my negative space. While I was coloring in my drawing, I realized that I was going to have a lot more positive space than negative space. After this realization I decided to add more little stars and little circles to my design in order to have enough negative space in order for the light to shine through.

Luminary 2D Progress

This is my progress of my 2D design, I have finished my first two and am continuing to work on the second two. The areas with cutouts are going to be my negative space and the other areas are going to be my positive space.

Final 2D design

This is my final 2D design, what I will be putting in to the machine. I have added a lot more stars and circles to my design in order for there to be enough negative space so that light will shine through.

Extruded Luminary Model

This is what the final design will look like. The red will be the wood or the positive space, and the grey cutouts will be cut out and serve as the negative space.

3D Model of Extruded Luminary

This is my final 3D model of what my design will look like. I had a hard time lining up the panels and making sure they were facing the right way in order to match my model. All of the panels fit together and I am ready to start designing my candle holder.

3D Model of Light Holder

This is my model of the light holder. I created a flower like design to help them bend in to the corners and a two layered circular hole in the middle for the candle.