DIGITAL DESIGN + FABRICATION SM1, 2016 M2 JOURNAL - YOUR PROJECT TITLE Yang Feng& Chi Him Fung (737358,725678) Joshua Russo Group7
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Sketch Design Development This idea is developed from last journal. The purpose of this design is producing an isolated personal space and ensuring the security of person. Therefore, the design is like a cage. When you are sleeping, you can put your bag inside the cage in order to protect your personal property. Also I created a few ribs that can hold you head, when you are sleeping so that the level of comfort can be increased.
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Refined Sketch Model
I tried to place ribs in cured form in order to adapt shapes of human body.
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2nd Skin proposed design V.1
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The red digital model is the first stage of design. It created an isolated personal space, but when you are sleeping on the seat, you back will be very uncomfortable. As a result, in the second design, I reduced the part of back and built more fixations to the body. Also I create a helmet in order to block the light for you head. This will make you be asleep quickly. I decided use same connection method as the rocket. The notch will connect each rib. What is more, the new design also can ensure the personal security.
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2nd Skin proposed design V.2
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This design is developed from previous group member. Double rings are able to make this head holder more stable. These ribs are designed to adapt the shape of human body so that you will feel more comfortable when you get asleep. The ribs will hold your head so your head won’t wag from side to side. A panel that attached to these ribs can reduce the discomfort from these ribs for your neck.
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Precedent Research Name: Soft section Designer: Nicole Wong, Aisha de Barros Lopes
Introverts/Sound deprivation/Shifting boundary/Defence
Firstly, the material system of this project is section&profile. It was made by Nylon and polystryrene. By rolling the two bags, the personal space is shifting outside and get bigger. This looks like kind of defence. Also, thick materials around your head can block the sound and light from outside. Finally, people don’t have any views about inside of this design.
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Precedent applied to design Introverts/Sound deprivation/Shifting boundary/Defence
How can you use this precedent to influence your design ? We want to build several spikes in order to shift the boundary of personal space. These spikes are also kind of defence for your own space. Next steps, we also plan to build a helmet to shield the sound and light from outside enviroment so that isolated space can be created.
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Design development - Version #1
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We have combined our design together in week 5. The sleeping pod is a combination of Yang’s proposed design and Abraham’s 2nd proposed design. The sleeping pod can be wear on both front and back side. As we observed that there are 2 main sleeping position in the library(shown in drawing). We thought that it would be good if there is something to protect the person’s personal space when he/she is sleeping on the desk or laying back on a chair. The top part of the sleeping pod covers the whole head, This shield the light and sound from the user. There are more spikes on the top part because the personal space around the head needs to be protected more.
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Design development - Version #2
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This is a further developed model of the previous model. This sleeping pod can also be wore in the front or on the back, depending on the user’s sleeping position. The section and bone expanded to the top part on the sleeping pod. This makes the sleeping looks more like one sleeping pod, instead of 2 separate part. The top part of the sleeping pod still has the spikes and the same effect as before.
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Design development - Version #3
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This development is from previous group, but it is also inspired from the same precedent case. At beginning, this design was only built by few ribs in 2nd skin proposed design. After this, new idea is generated from the first rough sketch model. I began to use the panel instead of the frames and ribs and the whole structure are supported by the ears and head rather than the neck. This will increase the level of comfort due to reduce the pressure from the neck. Also earmuff as a panel is added to this structure. This design also focus on the two main sleeping position in library
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Prototype
These pyrimides are taken from the spikes on the sleeping pod. As mentioned above, the purpose of creating the spikes is to protect the use’s personal space. We have made two, one big and one small, to see how the size is going to affect the sleeping pod.
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Testing Effects
The bigger spike has a higher height and a larger volume. Visually, it sends a stronger message to the people around. Physically, it protects more of the user’s personal space due to its greater volume. We used this effect on the sleeping pod such that we place larger spikes on more sensitive part of ther body and smaller spikes on less sensitive part of the body.
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Appendix
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