Wednesday, June 1, 2011

J09 - Coleman Process Documentation

For this project, us "Queens" didn't know what to do. We started elaborating on the first day of different ideas that we all had. Lights, tents, and kitchen goods were the original thoughts that came about, and one of them ended up being our final idea.

Our first idea was a chandelier that had removable lights. This seemed like a good idea at first, but then we thought it would be too hard to design, so we decided to do something a little more simple -- a stand alone lamp. This was enough for us to get through the first class, so we could start sketching ideas for next class, which is exactly what we did.

The sketch class didn't take too long either, as a lamp doesn't take long to design. We decided to use the original design of removable lights, so we could use the design of having a lantern on top. Since lanterns stand alone and run on battery, we wanted to have the option of having it plugged in, or run on battery.

Since Coleman is for people who love the outdoors, they are environmentally conscious, so we wanted to market a product that would appeal for them. So what we decided to do through our design was to make it collapsible so it could fold into its original package. The best way to make this work was to incorporate a table for a base, so that's exactly what we did.

Since we were designing for a lantern, we wanted our kiosk to follow the same idea, so I spent a night relearning Autodesk Revit, to design and render our idea, while Jay and the others put the finishing touches on our project.

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