15 June 2012
Today, we went to Frankie's factory to discuss about our new prototype design. Surprisingly, Frankie approved of the new design and praised it, albeit a few minor parts, and gave us suggestions on how to improve it again.
From our initial design, he gave 2 important suggestions.
First, he suggested that the extendable part of the tray base be removed from the tray design. This is because the extendable tray actually has no true function on the tray base itself and would be a hassle, as well as cost high, to construct onto my tray base. Not only that, but it also limits the amount of space that we can use for a dynamo-lighted bulb which is currently an extension we are looking it. Hence, we took his advice and scrapped off this part of the design.
Second, he suggested that we use strings to make the base expandable. This is because the method is practical and cheap, though our aesthetics would be slightly, not significantly, affected by this. We took this advice into consideration but are currently unsure if we should use it. Still, it was better than the initial idea we had.
Frankie also helped us with sourcing of materials to construct this prototype. He told us that IKEA was a good place to look for cheap and reliable DIY materials. Hence, we are now planning a trip to IKEA Tampines, a warehouse of IKEA which contains a variety of furniture and creatively designed household items.
Our newest prototype design now looks like this:
Hence, today's visit to Frankie's factory was fruitful as we finally settled on a design and to make things better, Frankie told us that the cost of this new design would be much cheaper than the previous one! Now, all we have to do is source for the materials and finalise the expanding mechanism for the base of the stand.
Credits:
Once again, thanks to Frankie for helping us with our prototype design!
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