YX Cloud
STUDIO
DESK AVAILABILITY LIGHT
(DAL)
This project is an academic coursework: Integrated Product Design.
This project is a teamwork.
Yuting Xie - Industrial Designer
Smit Mistry - Mechanic Engineer
Paola Montemayer - Mechanic Engineer
Tanner Doan - Biomedical Engineer
08/2022-10/2022
BACKGROUND
In Georgia Tech Libraries, It is always hard to find an available computing desk.
Why is it so hard? We want to answer this question and solve this problem.
From observation, we find out that desks are scattered in the room. People can't see its availability except walking to it.
Student go to these desks for different reasons: people who do printing work will leave very soon, while people do research jobs are staying there for hours. If we can let waiting people know how long they need to wait, it could also help them find a seat.
CONCEPT SKETCHES
Inspired by parking lot lights, we designed lights above the table to show its availability so that people can see it from distance, and maps to see at entrance of the library or on mobile devices.
SCHEMATIC DESIGN
The buttons includes [LEAVE IN 30 MIN] (red) and [TAKE BREAK 15 MIN] (yellow)
STORYBOARDS AND ANIMATION
WORKFLOW
EXPERIENCE FLOW
STATE MACHINE
FINAL CONCEPT
WORKING PROTOTYPE
Arduino Uno was used to build up the function prototype, and use 3d print, PVC pipes, LED strips to build up the look-like prototype.
