SketchWorks 6: Design Challenge+Shape Borrowing

Using the shape borrowing technique that you have learned in the previous post, resolve the following design challenges by applying it:

Design Challenge 1...
Design Specifications: Design a simple book stand/support that is able to support between 15 to 20 A4-sized sketchbooks vertically. It must be suitable to be used in a desktop or study-table environment, and is catered primarily to secondary or high school students between the ages of 12 to 17.

Your task: Sketch out your ideas in an isometric view. Include relevant annotations/notes in your sketches to explain how your ideas work


Design Challenge 2...
Design Specifications: Design a desk tidy/stationery organizer that is able to store the following items:

• 3 x 2B pencils
• 2 x pens
• 1 x 20cm ruler
• 1 x soft eraser
• a pair of scissors

The owner of these items loves the colour RED as a symbol of good luck, and would like the design of the desk tidy to be inspired by any one of the 12 Chinese zodiac signs.

Your task: Sketch out your proposed ideas of the desk tidy design in an isometric view. Include relevant annotations/notes in your sketches to explain how your idea or ideas is going to store the abovementioned stationery items.

Shape Borrowing...

Shape Borrowing technique is a very good way for one to generate new and creative ideas for new products, shapes and forms. One of the key advantage of using this technique is that there is inherently an unlimited number of product shapes and forms that are available around us. What would be the challenge is to then creatively use these shapes and forms to morph them into something unique, creative and yet able to be produced and accepted by your target audiences. Take a look at the slideshow below:

Ideation: Shape Borrowing

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