Stacking Unit

BRIEF:

A residential project which is an urban loft, the decor is industrial, wall bricks are not covered. give a furniture design for the living room

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INSPIRATION:

Upcycled industrial home decor

FURNITURE CATEGORY:

Upcycled furniture being the topic of relevance. As we live in a society with trend of use and throw, the attention of the consumers must be drawn over upcycled products including the upcycled furniture as to build a sustainable environment

DESIGN PROCESS:

1.IDENTIFICATION AND EMPATHY

2.PROBLEM SOLVING

3.INSPIRATION AND RESEARCH

4.CONCEPTUALISATION AND MATERIALS

5.DETAILS OF THE PRODUCT

6. SKETCHES

7.PROTOTYPE

1. IDENTIFICATION AND IDENTITY

Being a responsible citizen of the world we should adapt ways to save the environment from depleting for the future generation and come up with ideas designs which a are sustainable or think of using the waste which is not recyclable and try to create new possiblities with it.

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2. SOLUTION

The solution to the problem stated above can be solved by the creating sustainable designs and products.
One of the sustainable design methods of designing is up-cycling of waste.
Up-cycling, also known as creative reuse, is the process of transforming by-products, waste materials, useless, or unwanted products into new materials or products of better quality or for better environmental value.

3. INSPIRATION AND RESEARCH

Research about upcycled products

Inspiration as Industrial upcycled products

4. CONCEPTUALISATION AND MATERIALS

Products Selected to up-cycle:

Stacking unit using oil tin cans and vegetable vendor’s cart

STACKING UNIT:

The idea of up-cycling the used oil tin cans was used in designing this stacking unit giving it a raw industrial decor furniture aesthetics.
Prototype has been made as an scaled down version using cold drink cans substituting oil tin cans at a primary stage.

5.DETAILS OF THE PRODUCT

MATERIALS USED IN THE PROTOTYPE:

MDF board,
wire,
cold drink cans,
acrylic and spray paint

MATERIAL TO BE USED IN ACTUAL PRODUCT:

Oil Tin cans,
scrap metal waste,
vegetable cart,
wheels,
welding machine.
tools, nuts and screws

USP: Eco friendly way of converting waste into furniture.

TARGET CONSUMERS: Those looking for industrial decor furniture, middle class income group and above.

DIMENSIONS OF THE ACTUAL PRODUCT:

Length of the unit- 54inches Width of the unit- 12 inches
Height of the unit- 32 inches (Excluding wheels)
Thickness of the wooden plank- 1 inch
Length of the can- 9.25 inches
Width of the can- 9.25 inches
Height of the can- 12.7 inches

9.25"

12.7"

9.25"

27.75"

6. SKETCHES

wooden plank ,of the vegetable cart

Depiction of metal waste joined togather for aesthetics

Stacked oil tin cans

Compartments for storage

Castor wheels

7. PROTOTYPE

The prototype is made with cold drink cans as to avoid wastage and promote upcycling.
The products colour is selected to be turquoise blue as the whole product is made out of waste, to give it a fresh look rather than green as green would have been too bright for a decent decor.

STACKING UNIT

BRIEF:

A residential project which is an urban loft, the decor is industrial, wall bricks are not covered. give a furniture design for the living room

INSPIRATION:

Upcycled industrial home decor

FURNITURE CATEGORY:

Upcycled furniture being the topic of relevance. As we live in a society with trend of use and throw, the attention of the consumers must be drawn over upcycled products including the upcycled furniture as to build a sustainable environment

DESIGN PROCESS:

1.IDENTIFICATION AND EMPATHY

2.PROBLEM SOLVING

3.INSPIRATION AND RESEARCH

4.CONCEPTUALISATION AND MATERIALS

5.DETAILS OF THE PRODUCT

6. SKETCHES

7.PROTOTYPE

1. IDENTIFICATION AND IDENTITY

Being a responsible citizen of the world we should adapt ways to save the environment from depleting for the future generation and come up with ideas designs which a are sustainable or think of using the waste which is not recyclable and try to create new possiblities with it.

2. SOLUTION

The solution to the problem stated above can be solved by the creating sustainable designs and products.

One of the sustainable design methods of designing is up-cycling of waste.

Up-cycling, also known as creative reuse, is the process of transforming by-products, waste materials, useless, or unwanted products into new materials or products of better quality or for better environmental value.

3. INSPIRATION AND RESEARCH

Research about upcycled products

Inspiration as Industrial upcycled products

4. CONCEPTUALISATION AND MATERIALS

Products Selected to up-cycle:

Stacking unit using oil tin cans and vegetable vendor’s cart

STACKING UNIT:

The idea of up-cycling the used oil tin cans was used in designing this stacking unit giving it a raw industrial decor furniture aesthetics.

Prototype has been made as an scaled down version using cold drink cans substituting oil tin cans at a primary stage.

5.DETAILS OF THE PRODUCT

MATERIALS USED IN THE PROTOTYPE:

MDF board,

wire,

cold drink cans,

acrylic and spray paint

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MATERIAL TO BE USED IN ACTUAL PRODUCT:

Oil Tin cans,

scrap metal waste,

vegetable cart,

wheels,

welding machine.

tools, nuts and screws

​

USP: Eco friendly way of converting waste into furniture.

TARGET CONSUMERS: Those looking for industrial decor furniture, middle class income group and above.

DIMENSIONS OF THE ACTUAL PRODUCT:

Length of the unit- 54inches Width of the unit- 12 inches

Height of the unit- 32 inches (Excluding wheels)

Thickness of the wooden plank- 1 inch

Length of the can- 9.25 inches

Width of the can- 9.25 inches

Height of the can- 12.7 inches

9.25"

9.25"

12.7"

9.25"

27.75"

6. SKETCHES

wooden plank ,of the vegetable cart

Depiction of metal waste joined togather for aesthetics

Stacked oil tin cans

Compartments for storage

Castor wheels

7. PROTOTYPE

The prototype is made with cold drink cans as to avoid wastage and promote upcycling.

The products colour is selected to be turquoise blue as the whole product is made out of waste, to give it a fresh look rather than green as green would have been too bright for a decent decor.

cold drink can representing the castor wheels

MDF plank represents the top of a vegetable cart

representation of oil tin cans through waste cold drink cans

top of the can represents the metal waste to be stuck in the actual product

bars represent the metal rods attached to support the whole unit from every corner

Environment sketch of the unit