Desk Organizer for client (an artist)
Assigned a task to create a desk organizer for a fellow classmate. Interviewed and analyzed the needs for the user and the problem of disorganization as an artist in finding the needed art supplies.
Duration
3 weeks
Course
Design Principles 1
Key Skills
User Testing and Research
Physical Prototyping
User Research
Meet Nicole!
Sophomore in Industrial Design
Nicole is an artist and maximalist. Her life as an artist and designer, requires her to use many different materials and writing utensils that she can navigate when creating work. She usually uses a variety of materials to use for different types of projects.
Interviewing and noting her needs
tools
a lot of markers
pens
mechanical pencils
x acto knife
small eraser
led
warm gray and cool gray
Miscellaneous
right handed
leave toold
draws in the corner
moves paper to side
problems
hard to find markers
she takes eveyrhting out when using
wants: layout
not to big
more vertical
extra
phone
a place for student id (habit of loosing)
place for snacks
chips
material
sturdy, no fold
Prototype and exploration
From the process of interviewing Nicole began by noting the pain points of her artistic work routine and brainstorming solutions that can make her organization of materials effective and convenient.
Final Model
The final model results in a shape that allow Nicole to divide and organizing her needs. By prioritizing her problems and bringing solutions, it creates a space where she can customize all she wants.
Assembly and disassembly
Allowing the desk organizer to be modular, allows Nicole to acsess all the materials she needs whenever she wants, but keeps her organized.
