Luke Adamson M4 Submission

M4 Luke Adamson 699014 -------------------Group Members: Briana Achtman 803454 Alex Weller 757284

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Contents: 1.0 Ideation 1.1 Object 1.2 Object + System Analysis 1.2 Volume 1.3 Sketch design proposal 2.0 Design 2.1 Design development intro 2.2 Digitization + Design proposal v.1 2.4 Design proposal v.2 2.5 Prototype v.1+ Testing Effects 3.0 Fabrication 3.1 Fabrication intro 3.2 Design development & Fabrication of prototype v2 3.3 Design development & Fabrication of prototype v3 3.4 Final Prototype development + optimisation 3.5 Fabrication sequence 3.6 Assembly Drawing 3.7 Final Digital model 3.8 Completed 2nd Skin 3.9 Continued Design 4.0 Reflection.

5.0 Appendix: You can include the below as an appendix or as in text footnoting and image captions 5.1 Credit 5.2 Bibliography

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0.0 Introduction This presentation is a compilation of the work for Digital Design and Fabrication from Semester 1 2016, as well as a critical reflection of the design process.

This will work through the stages from developing design ideas culiminated through reference to and inspiration from an original focus object, through the design process and stages to development and prototyping, finally reaching the final outcome through digital fabrication techniques.

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1.0 IDEATION To begin this process we were given objects that represented a material system that would provide the substance for our design ideas to feed from.

The pineapple was the object I chose, an object employing a panel and fold logic.

We were asked to clearly measure and draw this object, analysing how it works and all of its major components were carefully looked at.

What ensued was a measured drawing set of the pineapple, a digital model replicating the real life version, and furthermore at least 3 design options in response to the sleeping pod brief.

THE BRIEF To design a sleeping ‘pod’ for one person. While sleep in the work place is seen as countrproductive, recent researcg has shown that powernapping can increase brain function and productivity at work. The pod or device must allow 1 person to take a powernap in the university campus: either at the desk, library or student union house.

The questions that need to be adressed were ‘how do we sleep standing or sitting’, ‘what body parts need to be supported’ and ‘what body parts need security while you sleep’.

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Measured Drawings

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1.1 OBJECT Measured Drawings of Original Object.

1.0 IDEATION The process

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1.1 OBJECT Images of Digital Model

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1.2 OBJECT AND ANALYSIS Analytical Sketches that abstract the design rules and material logic

Analysis of more natural curves and points whichAdamson, create the pineapples 2016 surface. into dynamic lines, straight and precise, to the point.

Breakdown

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The idea behind this sketch model was deconstruct one element the pineapple and repeat that otder create another volume.

The idea behind this sketch model was deconstruct one element the pineapple and repeat that otder create another volume.

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77hexgaons create one individual element with aacentral piece and one flaring from each side.

These were folded into aflower flower style which was recreated 20 times and glued together create the circular form. each side.

These were folded into style which was recreated 20 times and glued together create the circular form. each side.

These were folded into aaflower style which was recreated 20 times and glued together tototo create the circular form.

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1.3 OBJECT AND ANALYSIS Recogfigured Object

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1.4 SKETCH PROPOSAL Design 1

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1.3 SKETCH PROPOSAL Design 2

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1.3 SKETCH PROPOSAL Design 3

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2.0 DESIGN LUKE ADAMSON BRIANA ACHTMAN ALEX WELLER

2.1 DESIGN INTRODUCTION Coming froim Module 1 I was grouped with Briana and Alex.

We decided to persue two design options, one each from Alex and Myself. Alexs initial idea was a frill style of design which supported the neck and gave comfort for sleeping on the go.

My design was a stationary design which would be mounted to the table and used to shield the person from the outside world to provide privacy while also creating a comfortable space to sleep in.

As I began this Module my views changed drastically from the original design, creating a hood style of pod which would be further explored later in this project.

This design was completely new but also drewn on inspiration from my early ideas and works.

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2.2 DIGITALISATION OF DESIGN PROPOSALS

This page highlights my original design idea in Rhino. In doing this, I analysed personal space and the way the people sleep, in order to try and integrate that into my design.

Plan View Perspective

Front Elevation

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My rationale behind this design was to have a designated area for sleeping, where students and the like could go and use these fixed designs in an area designated for sleep or rest.

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This page is a small summary of Alexs previous work and her design that we had decided to continue through with. I also added my own sketches in order to try and further understand her design thinking and where this proposal could go.

2.2 DIGITALISATION OF DESIGN PROPOSALS The main ideas behind this design were to give added support to the neck and head, while allowing the wearing to still be comfortable, and still being inspired from the original pineapple hexagon skin style.

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2.3 PRECEDENT STUDY Efficient Honeycomb Structure

Cloud Canopy, Maddison Architects

Lightweight, Efficient, Fast, Strong, Sheltering

repetition of use of hexagons

honeycomb structure

dome like shape like the ICD ITKE 2011 Pavillion

The cloud canopy uses strong hexagonal shapes with slight variations. The consideration of material was paramount, the structure is used to protect and shelter, weight is also an important consideration.

The main ideas taken from the precedent studies are consistant through both design ideas. The use of the hexagonal shape is paramount, as well as an enveloping shape that covers the head.

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The green area indicates the personal space considered on the brink of sleeping in public. Most people worry about

2.4 DESIGN PROPOSAL V2.

their face and surrounding areas, extending down the front of their

Plan View

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torso, rather than worrying about what is behind.

Elevation Around the Head

Weller, 2016 This image highlights the areas with greatest need for while sleeping in a sitting position. The orange area is the most important as to support the head and neck,

Rhino Adaptation

however the green patch cannot be forgotten, just in need of less support.

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Elevation Without the Head

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Right Elevation

Left Elevation

Front Elevation

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Plan View

Pattern Plan View

Perspectives

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Design Inspiration This design is inspired by different types of hoods. We came to the conclusion that a hood is an effective use of a portable sleeping device. Hence this design is a reconfiguration of a typical hood with inspiration from the panel and fold system of a pineapple.

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2.5 INITIAL PROTOTYPING The adjacent images display the area of the sleeping pod which rests upon the neck. When testing the comfort it is noted that due to the hard surface it can cause irritation to the neck thus being uncomfortable.

The second prototype crated was the soft exterior and interior shell, which consisted of material and a fiber stuffing. Only a small section was replicated to test the comfort of materials and the workability of these materials. To create this prototype the cylinders where created separately and then sewn together.

The third prototype created was the hard exterior shell and soft interior, which consisted of a card back and an interior made of memory foam. Only a small section was replicated to test the comfort of materials and the workability of these materials. It is the memory foam which the head and neck rests upon.

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2.5 INITIAL PROTOTYPING

Prototyping began with establishing the base 3D hexagonal form which is applied to the digital model.

This is what the pattern and the pillow look like on top, creating a 3D volume.

This image depicts the hexagonal features without the support base, which we felt had a better look and feel to it.

Trying it on, the pillow material was extremely comfortable, molding to the users face definitions.

We then arranged the modular pieces in a pattern similar to the digital model, with human accuracy. This began to give the design a form.

Experimenting without the comfortable lining proved the need for a soft inside to contrast the harder exterior.

Through experimentation with various materials (hemp, scratchy material, velvet), we decided that this cotton material with a fiberous stuffing was the ideal solution for the internal lining.

The above materials have be analysed for their properties previously. The reason this hard card was selected for prototyping and fabrication is its ability to be lightweight yet still hold its own structure, while providing a small amount of flexibility. It is also easy to work with, being able to laser cut and glue it together.

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3.0 FABRICATION LUKE ADAMSON BRIANA ACHTMAN ALEX WELLER

3.1 FABRICATION INTRODUCTION During the design stage of this project, we recieved feeback in regards to two seperate design explorations that had common connections which could be applied together into one holistic idea and design.

Our aim moving forward from that was to applying aspects of the frill style design into the sleeping hood which we looked to procede with into fabrication.

The aspects we most appreciated were the seperate padding components, something which we could mimic on the inside surface of the hood. We also like the common theme of having a protection factor, in a sense working to persuade the people around the user to stay away and provide space.

Moving forward, it was paramount that we continued to prototype effectively with digital fabrication techniques in order to achieve a practical and aesthetically beautiful final desing outcome.

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3.2 DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

Elements to continue through Previous Design Precedent - 3D Form

Elements to continue through the design...

Ideas of Personal Space Physical Prototyping

Precedent - Panels

Hexagonal Structure

Padding Sections

Panelling Tools

Supporting the head

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3.2 DESIGN DEVELOPMENT Reforming the panel design

Square based panel with a hexagonal interior connected with triangular surfaces.

Hexagonal based with a hexagonal interior connected with triangular surfaces.

Would fill the entire panel, dominating the exterior surface of the design.

Would leave the edges bare for the structure of the hood to be left exposed

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Also easily unrolls in a manner which only slightly overlaps; able to fix this by creating 2 pieces or perhaps trimming to create a rough, rawness to the panel design.

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3.2 DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

Developing the padding

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This page depicts the process of designing the padding system and integrating that into the whole design. It was digitally modelled with inspiration drawn from module 2, then physically prototyped in two different designs.

The first design was long slender padding, the second being singular pieces. In the end we decided to go with a combination of both, stitching the long padding into smaller sections for better padding and to fit with the joining tabs in the hood.

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3.3 DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPING

These pillows were our way of testing out the levels of comfort available when there was low, medium and high amounts of padding. The final result showed that the middle image and a medium amount of padding was perfect.

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This was the prototyping stage for some of the padding pieces.

What we did was create a template to scale from an unrolled file that was created on Rhino.

From there each piece could be traced slightly larger to allow for the seams and any stuffing that would be later applied. We then cut each piece twice and stitched the two together.

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Beside is a chosen panel from the shoulder of the design to test the material capabilities and restraints of mountboard.

- Material comes only in one white colour.

- Etched burn marks are effective in creating definition of areas within the panel.

- Nice sharp lines are consistent with design intent.

- Any mistakes made with the laser cut file or process could be easily rectified with spare material.

Beside is the same panel laser cut onto a black polyproplyene material. We found that both materials worked in a similar way, having flexible qualities that are almost the same. However, the polyproplyene material definitely executed our design ideas more precisely.

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This page is dedicated to the material choice of the exterior panels. We have previously experiemented with a variety of materials for the underside padding and decided that no more exploration was need in that regard.

Also, already having tested boxboard we eliminated that from discussion about material because of its poor structural qualities and the ugly aesthetic. In regards to other materials: - MDF was removed from discussion because of the extra accuracies needed, not to mention the inability to tab.

- Perspex was not even considered because of its cost and the ability for it to easily crack and scratch as we had all noticed in previous projects.

Hence, the prototyping stage led us to make a decision between Mountboard and Polyproplyene; materials that have shared qualities but still great differences to be explored and tested.

The laser cutter was able to accurately create the surface division on the panel without having unneccessary burn marks. More importantly, there was no creasing or unwanted folds in the material and it did not peel away to creat any ugly surface.

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3.3 DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPING

Above is a series of images outlining how we fixed one of the problems that we discovered during the prototyping period. The first image shows our initial problem; the tabs that are used for constructing the hood structure kept hitting eachother not allowing the surfaces to fold properly. These tabs are vital because of their ability to hold the design together, as well as creating divides for the padding underneath.

To solve this problem in the physical prototype we had to manually remove roughly a 45 degree cut on the corners of every single tab so that they were seperated far enough to connect the surfaces yet still allow for the shape to take form. This is depicted in the second and third images.

The final image in the series depicts the difference between removing these corners compared to not fixing the problem. To the right of this image you can see huge gaps between the surfaces and the fact that each individual surface does not line up perfectly. To the left in the image you can see how much more effective the design becomes by becoming one whole surface when combined.

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3.4 FINAL PROTOTYPE

Final prototype pieces

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Start by Unrolling the Necessary Surfaces and defining how you want them arranged.

Design optimisation for fabrication can be demonstrated by descibing in unrolled text and images how an efficient system was developed to unroll, tab + label compoenents or to Taking the surface, repanel in oroterhwise produce the cutting file

3.4 FINAL PROTOTYPE LAYOUT

der to remove many of the doubly curved surfaces, also for ease of laying them out.

Repeat the etch and cut process used for the hood structure. Red helps outline the individual surfaces within the panel and allows them to fold to the necessary shape without cutting all the way through and Here we added the tabs and removed any unecessary tabs, also trimming the tab edges as previously discussed.

After rebuilding any double curved surfaces, unroll each surface and place them in order to avoid confusion.

Seperate any pieces that require it due to overlapping, creating at most 2 pieces.

Tab every outside edge to be stuck the hood structure.

This page outlines how we optimised any previous design flaws through the file in order to get the job ready for fabrication. This process means that constructing the final design should be easier and hassle free now that all the hard work and intensive thinking has been completed.

Outlining which lines to cut and which to etch. The black lines cut through the material, the red lines etch to allow for easier folding.

Mountboard - Hood Structure

Polyproplyene - Side Panels

Shoulder Panels

Hood Panels

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3.6 ASSEMBLY DRAWINGS

Creating the Hood Form

Creating a Panel

Unroll the Surface.

Creating the Shoulder Form

Unroll the Surface.

Unroll the Surface.

Repeat and Flip One of the side panels to ceate both sides.

Flip One Surface to Create both

Add Tabs and Trim those not required.

Add Tabs and Trim those not required, making sure only the outside edges have tabs.

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Add Tabs and Trim those not required. All edge pieces do not require tabs, especiall the front section of the hood.

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3.6 EXPLODED ASSEMBLY DRAWINGS

All of the Hood Elements

= All of the Should Elements

The tabs attached to each of the panels fold under to be fixed to the relevant panels underneath. For example, the front left panel on the shoulder diagram connect with the corresponding square form beneath.

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3.7 FINAL DIGITAL MODEL

Right Elevation

Left Elevation

PLAN OF RHINO MODEL ON BODY

ISOMETRIC OF RHINO MODEL ON BODY

ELEVATION OF RHINO MODEL ON BODY

Front Elevation

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Proposed design: Supporting images + Descriptive text Final Panel Design

Plan View

Perspective

Back Elevation

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3.8 COMPLETED SLEEPING POD

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3.9 CONTINUING ON WITH THE DESIGN

At the end of all of the modules, once the real designing had been done, we were not at all happy with our design. I was particularly unhappy with the final model because we were not successful in creating a final model that matched with the whole design process. Our final model lacked expertise, and was not even close to how we envisioned our final design to be.

To combat this, we adapted our design over the last few weeks to achieve a better result.

We adapted the design to have a 2D panel style system, rather than a 3 dimensional aspect.

This cut down on costs which was a bonus, but also saved us having to glue together as many panels onto our surface, decreasing construction time and areas where work could go wrong.

The beauty of this design period was that I just continued to work how I had before, but just altered the desired final outcome lsightly. The results were better than even I could have expected.

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4.0 REFLECTION

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4.0 REFLECTION WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT? I have learnt a plethora of skills through this subject that I will be able to carry through the rest of my design career. The thing I perhaps enjoyed the most was learning to use digital fabrication tools like the laser cutter and reading up about different ways of being able to fabricate a design with volume from a 2D surface.

My Rhino skills have definitely been developed to a level where I could perform on a level where I am efficient and effective with computer modelling.

WHAT ASPECT OF THE STUDIO DID YOU FIND CHALLENGING? In all honesty, I found this subject very challenging. I seemed to struggle with grasping the concept of the task at hand and what would be required to complete the project from the outset which left me feeling as though I had to play catch up throughout the semester. I also found the idea of group work challenging.

From the beginning I was happy to work as a team to try and develop a design which had equal input from all and that ended up as a fully developed project with an extensive design narrative to straighten out any problems that we ran into, however this was not the case.

Organising ourselves as a group was hard with different timetables and with some of us not willing to work as hard as others.

HOW CAN YOU IMPROVE YOUR DESIGN? I think the final M3 submission was a complete bust, with the final model not working properly to depict the work that we completed throughout the semester.

However moving forward with the design, I was happy with the redesign and recreation of a newer sleeping hood in the amount of time that we had left. It would have been helpful to have more input on the digital modelling so that I didnt have to carry a majority of the design workload.

If I had time to continue the design then what I would work on would be sourcing a better material with greater structural integrity. Also, I would work on further refining the shape of the design and how the material connects together to create a more comfortable and ergonomic design.

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WHERE DO YOU THINK THINGS WENT WRONG OR WELL? I think that there was lots of areas that had room for improvement throughout the entire semester and especially towards the end of the design. I think that some of us just didnt work hard enough or put in enough time to create a comprehensive design which had no problems at the end of the semester.

Personally, I really think that I gave as much as I could to the design process and really needed some more support to create a better final design. I think I overlooked the importance of finding a better material for the design so that it would have performed better. Also, the way in which the design was constructed was something that I overlooked and assumed it would work properly.

All of this is a growing experience which I can take forward into any of my future projects and designs.

Include a reflection on the key themes raised in the M4 reading questions. max 500 words in total.

5.0 Appendix: You can include the below as an appendix or as in text footnoting and image captions 5.1 Credit: Credit every drawings / models / diagrams in your book to the appropriate member/s of the team - See example on p18 5.2 Bibliography: Use Harvard system; http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/recite/citations/ harvard/generalNotes.html - See M4 tasks appendix for details

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5.0 APPENDIX

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Design One These materials display those used in prototype 1 of design 1. The external shell is a hard card, the interior is firm plastic with the ability for molding to occur with applied pressure due to the fiber stuffing.

These materials display those used in prototype 2 of design 1. The design consists of a soft fabric exterior stuffed with a fiber stuffing to provide a soft surface when ones head is rested upon it.

Design This design prototype focuses on the external materials. The internal lining is a fabric pillow structure.

The below materials are those in consideration, the prototype shell is made of card.

Perspex - Rigid - Extremely hard - Very durable but does scratch - Lightweight - Expensive -Able to Laser Cut at thin thicknesses MDF - Rigid - Hard to work with/ adjust - Very durable - Relatively lightweight - Affordable

These materials display those used in prototype 3 of design 1. This prototype consisted of a hard external shell with the interior and filling of the pod made of memory foam, allowing easy molding when pressure is applied.

Hard Card - Flexible - Easy to work with - Low durability - Cheap - Lightweight - Able to Laser Cut

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