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YOBENCH

An exploration in public privacyby Marcelina R Moreno

IDIA 307 Summer 2011

O. Ozkaya


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Brief/Privacy Research/Initial Concepts

Location & User/Further Research/Design Development

Material/Fabrication

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Final Design Proposal

Marketing and Advertising


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Develop a chair, sofa, stool design that succeeds

in communicating the 21st Century personalityand notions of privacy.

The Brief

Privacy Researchprivacy

The state or condition of being free from being disturbedby other people.

secludedwithdrawn isolationseparateness personal

intimate space

(0.5 m)

personal space

(0.5 m)

social space(0.5 m)

What does privacy mean to me?

Do public or domestic places have different privacy meanings?

How do these places provide us with the condition of privacy ?

How does furniture provide users with a specic degree of privacy ?

Is privacy a luxury?

YES!


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This chair is designed based on my own experience as a young girl in the

reading room at my local library. Crafted with a rigid back and then coveredwith an easy to clean durable fabric over plush cushion. The chair would be

ideal forchildren. Because of the base, the chair can be rocked forward mak-

ing seating easy for young children.

This chair is based around the idea ofescape from the world. This would likely

be a limited production chair. The user can relax inside the curve of the chair.

The exterior walls would be made of recycled metal sheeting, with exposed

assembly

curve

The simplicity of a Pantone chair, a single piece of moulded plastic. The chair

would be ideal forparks. It could be purchased as an individual unit or as sev-

eral units, which are interlocking into several sections to allow for many people

to enjoy the chair. The material would lend itself for easy cleanup and allow for

it to be relatively inexpensive. Additionally it would be lightweight and make it

easy for anyone to use.

banana

rat race

Initial Concepts


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The Location & User

St James Park, Greater London SW1

This park is a high trafc area. It gets tourism visitors as it is locatedalong the mall leading to Buckingham palace. It also brings inpeople from the adjacent business area who are lunch commuters.There are currently 26 stationary benches within the perimeter of thepark.


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Further Research

all royal parks st james park (48) annual theft (3)

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ckchairs(m-o)

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he deck chairs, which are located in all of the royalarks throughout London, are managed by a companyalled Semnat & Associates. They are responsibleor the collection and storage of the chairs during the

months of March through October, when they arevailable to the public for rental. There are a total of2 staff who work on daily rotations to monitor use andversee the rental agreements for users. Anyone can

o online and set up a rental agreement, however youan also go directly to the park and pay an attendantirectly.

n 2010 there was a total of 3 deck chairs which wereot accounted for by the years end and there

were a total of 11 which were removed by staff due toormal wear and use.

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staff removal (11)


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Design Development


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Just a few of the benets of this material include:

low weight/ low density

water proof/ damp proof

resistance to chemicals, solvents and acids

long lasting

weatherproof

high load bearing capacity

variety of colours

ideal for outside applications as well as dynamic loads.

highly resistant to impact forces.

processed to match orders, using high pressured injection moulding.

milled edges of the varioline panelprovide a nished look to the material

VarioLine PEPolyethylene thermoplastic material

Technical Info Thermal Expansion Info

Colour Selection Info

Material Selection and Research

the varioline panels are available in awide variety of colours.


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Fabrication

After making the rst model it became clear that the chair would require not onlyprecision, but also the design would best be represented with a different material. Isent a dwg le to cutlasercut and they were able to produce three models within 24hours.


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Potential Marketing Options

While the YO bench was created with the idea of public use in mind, it is also verypossible to market this design as residential furniture item. To do this I would con-nect with various design magazines and web sites to market my design to a greaterpopulation.


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YO,(bench)Nice to meet you.

The YO bench an entirely new way to sit.

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