DESIGN BRIEF
Given nothing but unlimited cardboard and one roll of masking tape, my group had to design and build a chair. The goal of the chair was to hold Mr. Myrdal during a series of three tests while having an aesthetic appeal.
OUTCOME
The cardboard chair was a huge disappointment for my group and I. We realized during the manufacturing of it that the design was never going to work and we were right. We put no supports in the back and our fluting was wrong. When Mr. Myrdal sat on the chair, the back gave out and it slowly turned into a "folding lawn chair".
MAJOR TAKEAWAYS
-My biggest takeaway from this project was proper planning. Planning is so essential to creating something. When done wrong, the product almost always fails. Our planning and design was bad from day one and we payed for it in the end.
- Another takeaway I had was documentation. Taking pictures of steps along the way provides a helpful visual aid when presenting.
Given nothing but unlimited cardboard and one roll of masking tape, my group had to design and build a chair. The goal of the chair was to hold Mr. Myrdal during a series of three tests while having an aesthetic appeal.
OUTCOME
The cardboard chair was a huge disappointment for my group and I. We realized during the manufacturing of it that the design was never going to work and we were right. We put no supports in the back and our fluting was wrong. When Mr. Myrdal sat on the chair, the back gave out and it slowly turned into a "folding lawn chair".
MAJOR TAKEAWAYS
-My biggest takeaway from this project was proper planning. Planning is so essential to creating something. When done wrong, the product almost always fails. Our planning and design was bad from day one and we payed for it in the end.
- Another takeaway I had was documentation. Taking pictures of steps along the way provides a helpful visual aid when presenting.
"A picture is worth a thousand words, but a video is worth like ten trillion..." - Mr. Sieg
My groups video shows first hand how our chair was slowly crushed.
Please take the time to check out my team's power point below.
My groups video shows first hand how our chair was slowly crushed.
Please take the time to check out my team's power point below.