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M4Luke Adamson 699014

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Briana Achtman 803454Alex Weller 757284

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Contents:1.0 Ideation 1.1 Object 1.2 Object + System Analysis 1.2 Volume1.3 Sketch design proposal

2.0 Design2.1 Design development intro2.2 Digitization + Design proposal v.12.4 Design proposal v.22.5 Prototype v.1+ Testing Effects

3.0 Fabrication 3.1 Fabrication intro3.2 Design development & Fabrication of prototype v2 3.3 Design development & Fabrication of prototype v33.4 Final Prototype development + optimisation3.5 Fabrication sequence3.6 Assembly Drawing3.7 Final Digital model3.8 Completed 2nd Skin3.9 Continued Design

4.0 Reflection.

5.0 Appendix: You can include the below as an appendix or as in text footnoting and image captions5.1 Credit5.2 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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1.0 IDEATION

The process

1.1 OBJECT

Measured Drawings of Original Object.

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Measured Drawings

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Digital Model

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1.1 OBJECT

Images of Digital Model

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5Breakdown into dynamic lines, straight and precise, to the point.

Analysis of more natural curves and points which create the pineapplessurface.

5Breakdown into dynamic lines, straight and precise, to the point.

Analysis of more natural curves and points which create the pineapplessurface.

1.2 OBJECT AND ANALYSIS

Analytical Sketches that abstract the design rules and

material logic

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Sketch Model

The idea behind this sketch model was to deconstruct one element of the pineapple and repeat that to in otder to create another volume.Here the hexagon was removed and used repetitively to create this tesselating dome. 7 hexgaons create one individual element with a central piece and one flaring from each side. These were folded into a flower style which was recreated 20 times and glued together to create the circular form.

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Sketch Model

The idea behind this sketch model was to deconstruct one element of the pineapple and repeat that to in otder to create another volume.Here the hexagon was removed and used repetitively to create this tesselating dome. 7 hexgaons create one individual element with a central piece and one flaring from each side. These were folded into a flower style which was recreated 20 times and glued together to create the circular form.

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Sketch Model

The idea behind this sketch model was to deconstruct one element of the pineapple and repeat that to in otder to create another volume.Here the hexagon was removed and used repetitively to create this tesselating dome. 7 hexgaons create one individual element with a central piece and one flaring from each side. These were folded into a flower style which was recreated 20 times and glued together to create the circular form.

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 ACHTMANALEX 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

Front Eleva-tion

Plan ViewPerspective

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.

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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2.2 DIGITALISATION OF DESIGN PROPOSALS

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.

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

Lightweight, Efficient, Fast, Strong, Sheltering

Cloud Canopy, Maddison Architects

Efficient Honeycomb Structure

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

dome like shape like the ICD ITKE 2011 Pavillion

repetition of use of hexagons honeycomb structure

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 impor-tant consideration.

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Elevation Around the Head

Elevation Without the Head

Plan View

Rhino Adaptation

The green area

indicates the

personal space

considered on the

brink of sleeping

in public. Most

people worry about

their face and

surrounding areas,

extending down

the front of their

torso, rather than

worrying about

what is behind.

2.4 DESIGN PROPOSAL V2.

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,

however the green patch cannot be forgotten, just in

need of less support.

Precedent Inspiration.

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Front Elevation

Left Elevation

Right Elevation2.4 DESIGN PROPOSAL V2.

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Plan View

Design InspirationThis 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.

Pattern Plan View

Perspectives

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2.5 INITIAL PROTOTYPING

The second  prototype  crat-ed was the soft  exterior and interior shell, which consisted of materi-al and a fiber stuffing.  Only  a small  section  was replicated to test the comfort of materials and the work-ability  of these materials.  To create  this prototype the cylinders where created separately and then sewn  together. 

The adjacent images dis-play the area of the sleep-ing pod which rests upon  the neck. When testing the  comfort it is noted that due to the hard surface it can cause ir-ritation to the neck thus being uncomfortable.

The third prototype  creat-ed 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 work-ability  of these  materials. It is the memory foam which the head and neck  rests upon. 

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

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

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.

Through experimentation with various materials (hemp, scratchy material, vel-vet), we decided that this cotton material with a fiberous stuffing was the ideal solu-tion for the internal lining.

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

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

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

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 FABRICATIONLUKE ADAMSON

BRIANA ACHTMANALEX 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

Padding Sections

Supporting the head

Panelling Tools

Precedent - 3D Form Ideas of Personal Space

Physical Prototyping

Precedent - PanelsHexagonal Structure

Elements to continue through the design...

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

Hexagonal based with a hexagonal interiorconnected with triangular surfaces.

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

Would leave the edges bare for the struc-ture of the hood to be left exposed

Allows for folding with only small overlap-ping areas which can be adjusted by creating 2 seperate pieces.

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.

3.2 DESIGN DEVELOPMENTReforming the panel design

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3.2 DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

Developing the padding

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.Weller, 2016Weller, 2016

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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.

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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3.3 DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND

PROTOTYPING

This page is dedicated to the mate-rial 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 aes-thetic. In regards to other materials:

- MDF was removed from discus-sion 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 Mount-board and Polyproplyene; materials that have shared qualities but still great differences to be explored and tested.

Beside is a chosen panel from the shoulder of the design to test the mate-rial capabilities and restraints of mount-board.- Material comes only in one white co-lour.- 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 ex-ecuted our design ideas more precisely.

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 mate-rial 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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Design optimisation for fabrication can be demonstrated by descibing in text and images how an efficient system was developed to unroll, tab + label compoenents or to oterhwise produce the cutting file

Mountboard - Hood Structure

Polyproplyene - Side Panels

Shoulder Panels Hood Panels

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

Here we added the tabs and removed any unecessary tabs, also trimming the tab edges as previously discussed.

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

Taking the unrolled surface, repanel in or-der to remove many of the doubly curved surfaces, also for ease of laying them out.

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.

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

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.

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Creating a Panel

Creating the Hood Form

Creating the Shoulder Form

Unroll the Surface.

Add Tabs and Trim those not required.

Unroll the Surface.

Add Tabs and Trim those not required,

making sure only the outside edges have

tabs.

Unroll the Surface.

Add Tabs and Trim those not required. All edge pieces do

not require tabs, especiall the front section of the hood.

Flip One Surface to Create both

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

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All of the Should Ele-ments

All of the Hood Ele-ments

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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 shoul-der diagram connect with the corresponding square form beneath.

3.6 EXPLODED ASSEMBLY DRAWINGS

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ISOMETRIC OF RHINO MODEL ON BODY

PLAN OF RHINO MODEL ON BODY

ELEVATION OF RHINO MODEL ON BODY

Front Elevation

Left Elevation Right Elevation

3.7 FINAL DIGITAL MODEL

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Proposed design: Supporting images + Descriptive text

Back Elevation

Plan View

Perspective

Final Panel Design

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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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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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4.0 REFLECTION

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 captions5.1 Credit: Credit every drawings / models / diagrams in your book to the appropriate member/s of the team - See example on p185.2 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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Perspex- Rigid- Extremely hard - Very durable but does scratch- Lightweight- Expensive-Able to Laser Cut at thin thicknesses

Hard Card

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

MDF- Rigid- Hard to work with/ adjust- Very durable- Relatively light-weight- Affordable

Design One Design

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 ex-terior stuffed with a fiber stuffing to provide a soft surface when ones head is rested upon it.

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

This design prototype focuses on the external ma-terials. The internal lining is a fabric pillow structure. The below materials are those in consideration, the prototype shell is made of card.