Challenge: For a student to create a unique and original piece of furniture suitable for the Dolls House Project.
Background: We have detailed this project many times this term, these are the updated version of the bed as developed by the students in our classroom.
This student had originally designed one of the beds that was produced in the first wave of designs and we spoke to them about how the design could be improved and developed. We spoke in a previous post about the need to ensure that the legs are robust enough to ensure that they will not break.
The student then designed pillows to show form and details at the head of the bed and developed a shape of a headboard to further enhance the design. All of these features and the entire design was created using Tinkercad and an iPad.
Size: This was designed to work in conjunction with the 'lego-esque' figure. The length of the base of the bed is 90mm long, 60mm wide. The legs were 20mm high. The headboard is 40mm high from the base of the design. The design works perfectly in conjunction with the figure and it looks 'right'.
Timeframe: Four and a half hours. There was an amount of rafting that was located underneath the bed that could have potentially been removed to reduce the printing time (and then perhaps superglued the bottom in place). The issue of course with this is the potential to weaken the support so the juniors can use the furniture with the Dolls House.
What we would do differently/Next Steps for the students: The design is completed and the projects at present appears successful. The testing for the project will come in the form of the junior students from our school playing and working with the furniture. If it proves to be not robust enough - and in particular the headboard is potentially something to monitor.We have previously stated it is our intention to use a variety of other machines to produce additional material to work in conjunction with the 3D Prints - we are looking at using the sticker machine to complete the sheets.