PROBLEM STATEMENT
How to store belts liberating space in drawers, hangers and making them easy to see and find.
PRIMARY NEEDS
CONCEPT B
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How to store belts liberating space in drawers, hangers and making them easy to see and find.
PRIMARY NEEDS
- Save space.
- Easy to take and to set the belts.
- Easy to find.
- Fits all belts sizes and models.
- Store them in a way to avoid damage.
- Be visible.
CONCEPT B
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CONCEPT B + REFINEMENTS
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- Make a telescopic bar to adapt to all wardrobe's doors sizes.
- Have a rubber overlay on the bar to make it less slippery. (I couldn't do it for the alpha prototype.)
- Take the fabric idea from concept C to avoid buckles to punch the wardrobe door damaging the door and the buckles.
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ALPHA PROTOTYPE
To make it easyer to install I decided to abandon screws and go for mounting tape. This can be usefull if you are renting furniture for exemple.
Another refinement was to make an oppening on the top of the rod to simply push the bar when installing it.
The tissue has a mounting tape behind so it can be easely placed.
To make it easyer to install I decided to abandon screws and go for mounting tape. This can be usefull if you are renting furniture for exemple.
Another refinement was to make an oppening on the top of the rod to simply push the bar when installing it.
The tissue has a mounting tape behind so it can be easely placed.
RODS DETAILS
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ASSEMBLING THE BAR TO THE ROD
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TELESCOPIC BAR
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ALPHA PROTOTYPE TESTED BY USER
After testing the alpha prototype these were the user comments:
Positive
Negative
CONCLUSION
To improve the Alpha prototype in order to make the Beta prototype I need to :
After testing the alpha prototype these were the user comments:
Positive
- Easy to install
- Like the idea of just pushing the bar to instal it.
- The tissue behind is usefull, nice as decoration and easy to intall.
Negative
- The part of the telescopic bar that I needed to "open" to feet into my wardrobe was swivelling and sometimes the belts felt down.
- I would like to have rubber separators. (I didn't change the material for the devidors, they were still in cork.)
- The mounting tape behind the tissue and the rods was a good idea to place them very easely but it gives the impression that it's not going to rest for a long time.
CONCLUSION
To improve the Alpha prototype in order to make the Beta prototype I need to :
- Make a telescopic bar that doesn't swivel.
- Have a rubber overlay on the bar to make it less slippery.
- Make the dividers in a soft rubber.
- Find a better way to fix the tissue.
- Maybe is better to use screws to fix it so it can suppot any weight.