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Flat Packed CD Rack

For this assignment, I chose to design a flat packed CD rack which targets all music lovers. Its main purpose is to be able to be put anywhere in the house or living space so that the user is able to change the position of the cd rack whenever he/she gets bored of the existing position.

The first initial design was to make the cd rack hangable from wall which is something you don't see everyday. But then just one wouldn't be enough so I decided to add more cd racks so that they hang from the ceiling. Although after consultation, I came to realise that by having it like this, cds will easily fall out of the rack. Thus, making this design very bad and annoying.

In the end I decided to make the cd rack so that it lies normally on a flat surface. There was to be two cd racks that would be joined to make one large cd rack to provide more space to store cds.

The sheet material that I have chosen to use for the cd rack is polypropelene as it very bendable and can form into a wide variety of shapes and sizes. Whereas the fasteners that I used to join each piece together was press studs as it is very strong and durable which prevents the cd rack to collapse or fall apart.

Therefore the transformation from 2D to 3D is very easy as you only need to connect the press studs together although it can be quite time consuming with the amount of press studs that will need to be connected with one another. But nevertheless, I hope this product would satisfy the user if they were to receive it in the mail XD.

Bad Design - Portable Vacuum Cleaner

For this task, I had already known of what product I was going to talk about which was this portable vacuum cleaner. I had stumbled across it while I was at church one day as I was told to vacuum the floor. But once I had put it on, I immediately came across the problem of not knowing where the switch for it was. So for about a few minutes, I was searching for the switch cluelessly and it wasn't until my friend told me where it was that I finally found it - which was right at the lower part of the vacuum cleaner where I saw a tiny switch.

Therefore after that little scenario, I was extremely agitated that it took me that long just to find the switch so for this task I have chosen this badly designed portable vacuum cleaner. So if I was to redesign this product, I would firstly change the colour of the switch to the colour red as it stands out a lot and allows the user to notice it instantly. I then would definitely change the location of the switch and put it on the upper part of the vacuum cleaner where it is instantly noticeable for the user. Lastly, I would change the shape and size of the strap so that the user can turn it off and on more easily.

Experience Enrichment: Peer Assessment

1. http://stanleywong1.blogspot.com/

2. http://hyo-jucho.blogspot.com/

3. http://julianides.blogspot.com/

4. http://filpulido.blogspot.com/

5. http://nwalkerides1031.blogspot.com/