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dinsdag 23 maart 2010
Special features
Extra high positions with an extra board:
Staircase-like holes for easy height adjustment:
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yITovyzYV4)
Unremovable bolts:
Staircase-like holes for easy height adjustment:
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yITovyzYV4)
Unremovable bolts:
Design improvements
Design improvements:
- L-shape profile part to ensure flatness of the surface & general strength
A L-shaped part is glued to both sides of the surface - Cedar plugs replaced by steel bolts and a cedar cap for concealing the metal
The head of a 8cm bolt, with 2,5cm of thread, was removed. A matching nut was installed. The threaded part of the bolt was forced & glued into a small cedar cube. This whole was installed into the top board, with the nut glued & sunk into the L-shaped profile. This makes sure that the bolt can never be removed, on side is bound by the end of the thread, the other side by the cedar cap. - Staircase-like holes for easy height adjustments
The top hole is the deepest of all, the one beneath a little less deep, and so on. That way, unscrewing the bolts by turning the wooden cubes, will lower the stand step by step(1,5cm each). No more searching for the right hole! - No front board
The front board was removed to simplify the design - Inclination angle & back board angle
Both angles were adjusted to prevent the stand to fall forward and to make it stay upright on the back board as well (so that the user surface of the stand is positioned almost vertically)
- Two small ridges to hold documents better
- Holes all over the surface for better laptop ventilation
- Rubber feet for more grip on smooth surfaces
Ergonomic considerations
What advantages could this product provide?
- When working behind a computer screen, the top of the screen should be at the same height as the eyes. Otherwise stress is put on the neck by looking upwards.
- Reading a document or typing on a flat surface requires leaning forward. The inclination angle of the stand prevents this. Stress, that would reside on the back, is lifted.
- Typing on a slightly inclined keyboard causes less tension.
Dinbelg & Ergonomiesite
Ergonomic calculations:
(These calculations are made based on data from Dinbelg)
- The average table is 72cm high
- 99% of (belgian) adults are over 107,4cm high (eye-height while sitting)
- 99% of (belgian) adults are less than 148,2cm high (eye-height while sitting)
- The average laptop is about 30cm high
Prototype
First prototype of the laptop stand:
Design issues:
Design issues:
- Connections between the different parts with cedar plugs are too weak.
- The surface of the stand is not flat, because the three boards hang.
- Finding the hole to insert the plugs makes it hard to alter the height.
donderdag 11 maart 2010
maandag 8 maart 2010
zondag 28 februari 2010
Idea Selection
These ideas from the exploration phase transfer to the next:
- Modular wall covering
- Inclined reading / laptop stand
- (dog house)
maandag 22 februari 2010
First series of ideas:
First series of ideas:
01. Cloth hanger / Kitchen rack
02. Reading rack
03. CD rack
04. Lighting
05. Board game
06. Children's puzzle
07. Modular covering
08. Domino's
09. Wooden toys: trains,...
10. Dog house
11. Wooden baseboards (plintjes)
12. Protective floor covering for babies, playground
To my opinion the best options are in the same area as the original purpose of the wood. So anything involving covering walls or floors is interesting. The company will not be so keen on introducing an entirely different product, but would rather see a product or concept extending their normal range of products.
These remain from the first series:
-Modular wall covering
-Wooden baseboards
-Protective covering for babies, playground
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