Bad Design Project (Forum building desks)

Bad Design Project(Forum building desks)By Heather DaweE design 100 Section006Ming-Chuan Chiu

Original designDesigned to be a seat that folds up and down and has a desk table that turns up

Problems with designThe seat chair hits the desk if a person gets up that could cause computers and papers to fall

It is difficult to pull a desk out if someone is already sitting to your right

The desks are slanted and things roll off them easily

Solutions to designMove the desk out further

Make the desks stationary

Put desks on the back of seats

New DesignMuch like the lap tables on air planes, the new desks can be adjusted for distance from the desk allowing the user to safely stand up.

Pros and ConsPros:ManeuverabilityAbility to customize desk to studentCan easily access desk when classroom is fullMoving Parts are less likely to breakCons:Cost to totally re do the desksWould have to shut down the forum building during renovation If a desk were to be hit because it was left out it would be more likely to break then the original designWould have to use more material to make chair backsPicture on slide 1: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Forum_PSU.jpgPicture on slide 2: Taken by me in 105 ForumPictures and video on slide 3:Taken by me in 105 forumGraph on slide 4:information from a pole of 20 students in my art history classDrawings on Page 5:My own model made in solid works