ACHIEVING TRUE BALANCE ISN'T EASY.
The Easel is one of the auxiliary products in the beautiful office furniture portfolio created by Norman Architects. It is a TV stand for open space office layouts. The goal of the project was to bring the design to life through refinement and design for manufacturing.
Achieving true balance with all important requirements. Adding functional quality of life improvements, establishing a hidden fastener system for the entire 'Park' line, and even hiding the counter weights which quite literally balance the TV stand.
Achieving true balance with all important requirements. Adding functional quality of life improvements, establishing a hidden fastener system for the entire 'Park' line, and even hiding the counter weights which quite literally balance the TV stand.
MY CONTRIBUTIONS: Prototyping, DFM, Ensuring Design Intent.
TIMING: Sep-Dec 2017
TEAM: Norman Architects (Design Leads), Grant Leacox (Product Development Support)
Developed how parts could interconnect to make a flush connection.
Used a piece of bar stock welded into one tube that would be tapped on the other so it could be screwed in place. Screw hole size optimized to provide strength & reduce visibility.
Used a piece of bar stock welded into one tube that would be tapped on the other so it could be screwed in place. Screw hole size optimized to provide strength & reduce visibility.
Organized the creation of the final prototype with manufacturing, determined best way to split up parts for flat-packing to reduce cost, and created most of the manufacturing prints in Creo. Bent tube not only served as a lip to keep objects on the shelf but also as a way to hide the necessary counter weights
