1. Design Movements Situation
Organic Design
Art Nouveau Arts and Craft The work of a specific artist/designer or
art/design movement could be the
De Stijl Art Deco source of ideas for new range of
Memphis products aimed at a design conscious
High Tech
Pop Art customer market. It will be important
that the designs developed into
Post Modernism prototypes are not copies of existing
work but reflect the general influence
of the chosen source and might be
This is my time plan it helps me keep updated on viewed as “in the style of post
modernism”
which part of my project I half to do each week.
Brief
I am going to design and make a table
based upon the 20th century art
movement post modernism. I will
make the bed for young children . The
bed will reflect the essential features
of the movement and will be aimed
at young children age 3 – 10 who's
parents wish to create themed rooms
in their homes.
Initial Specification
I am going to design and make a bed that will
• Represent the ‘style’ of Post modernism.
• Be suitable for a child's bedroom.

2. Karim Rashid is a famous post modernism designer.
He was born in Cairo in the year 1960. he lived in
England and Canada with his Egyptian and English
parents. He started his carrier when he was just 19.
He then went and achieved a bachelor in industrial
design from Carleton university in Ottawa . Then went
and completed his post graduate studies in Italy
Canada in the year 1982.
Karim now works in new york in his own private studio.
He has at least 2000 products in production. His work
has also been placed in some museums such as the
museum of modern art in new York and the San
Francisco museum. He also exhibits his art work in
the Pompidou in Paris.

3. Aesthetics – the dolls house furniture is quite small and easy so you
C £6.00 can move it around and fit together and there are other things you
can add to it like colour stickers.
A
Function – the dolls house furniture is easy to put together with slots
F and easy for children's use and easy to carry around.
Ergonomics- it looks really small and safe for children to play with. It
E still looks fragile and but it wouldn't be hard to break.
Q The quality of the dolls house furniture is quite poor and looks like it
might break easy but I think it would still be stable for children.
U Environment - you would be able to recycle the dolls
house as it is made of wood.
E User- the user of this product would be children because it is
something to play with.
C £300
A
F Aesthetics – the bed is quite big and bulky. It may be hard to move
around but at the same time be safe and suitable for a bedroom.
E
Function – to go in a childs bedroom and it is an object for a child to
Q use everyday to sleep in.
Ergonomics- it looks quite big and safe and would be safe to children
U and good for everyday use.
The quality – the quality of this product will be a very high standard
E and will be suitable to sleep in.
Environment- the bed can be made from wood which you can reuse.
User- children will use it to sleep in.

4. Name: James Phillips
Age:7
Location: 45 halls road Kingswood , Bristol
Hobbies: swimming / playing
Fav colour: red/green/blue
Fav animal: meerkats and cats
Fav room: bedroom
Fav style: dressing up clothes / children's clothes
Fav place to visit: park/garden/@Bristol/beach/pool
Fav drink & food: coke/ milkshake & pasta/beans/chocolate
Fav book: star warrs/alieans love underpants
Fav music: Pop/R&B
Fav clothes shop: Debenhams/ Primark / M&S
Fav piece of jewellery: Lego watch
Fav news paper: n/a
Fav season: summer & winter
Transport: mums car & scooter.
Fav piece of furniture: bed/trampoline
From this information I have collected I
can tell that James ideal bed would have
maybe a meerKat or animal theme. It
could also have a drawer to put dressing
up clothes in. there could also be some
kind of holder for food and drinks.
It could also have some kind of space
theme and have a place in it to store toys
(Lego). If I could incorporate all of this into
one bed I believe this would be the
perfect bed for James.

5. This is my mood board I have taken images off the internet which
I found when I was researching the post modernism influence.
I choose these images because of the bright colours which were
used and the artist I have picked Karim Rashid has designed a
Varity of these images.
To get influence when i was designing my bed on pro desktop and
sketching i would come back to my mood board so i can get ideas
the make my work relate to my artist.

6. My influence was post modernism ( Karim Rashid) I chose this style and era because I think it looks
new and different. I like the different shapes and colours used. I feel having different shapes and
colours designed into my child's modern themed bed that it would look suitable in a child's room and
it would also look appealing to the child that would be using it.
Size/Dimensions-
Shape-when I design my child's bed I think it should have fun funky shapes so it will fit in to a
Childs bedroom theme and I feel if it’s a funky design it would look modern.
Material- I am going to use plastic because its easy to model and move around and shape
User-I am making my bed in the style for a child's bedroom so it will be used by children.
Finish- my final child's bed I believe should have a smooth soft shiny look so I may polish wish
would look appealing and would fit into a child's room.
Ergonomics- it should not be easy to break because children would be playing on it so it should
be very stable it should also not be to heavy and easy to move.
Quality Assurance – Possible BS ( British Standards) my child’s bed will be suitable for children
because it will not have Sharpe edges and it will be comfy and would not cause any harm to
anybody using it.
Environmental consideration (Environmental concerns regarding material) I will be using
plastic when making my bed and I believe this may cause harm to the environment because it
is bio-degradable.
Environment (In which the product will be used i.e. fixed to wall and therefore needs to
encompass a fitting) my child's themed bed will be on the floor so it will no need to have any
fittings.

7. I have researched into the different products made from the post modernism influence and what i
have found out is that most of the designs which have been produced were actually made out of
timber like hard or soft wood.
Because of this I have decided to look at some of the reasons around the
process of cutting down the trees, and converting it for commercial use.

8. The product will be
made from plastic.
The shape will be
designed to be a box
shape and the inside
walls will be slanted
There will be no Sharp so it doesn't feel so
edges so there is no enclosed.
safety hazard.
The bed will be
set in a cube It would be
shape. built by wood
The bed so would be
would be well sturdy.
built and
sturdy so it
wouldn't
collapse.
There would be
a slide on the Different to all
side for children of my other
The bars designs. This
to play on. There would be around the top
The material one is a
that i would a ladder at the will help the circular shape.
used would front of the bed child stay safe.
be plastic & by the slide.
wood.

9. This is going to be the design which I
have chosen to carry on with through
out the rest of my process of building my
bed. I have drawn this sketch using the 3
point perspective.
I think this would be a good sketch to
The material will be all
build on because the bed itself isn't to
made out of ply wood
complicated but still fits into the because it will be able
The curves will
postmodernism idea. be soft and the
to hold more weight.
I got my idea to make my sketch look like bed will be more
There will be safe for
this from the different product images
curves in the wood children's use.
on my mood board which were created
to make it look
from my chosen artist karim rashid. I funky and modern.
feel that the simple yet modern design
gives me scope to be able to add things
to my design later on when I actually
come to make the bed.
Made in a oval
shape.
Made from plastic
The plastic
and wood.
All the edges will be which I'm using
soft and smooth. will be curved
round.
I would be using
bright red plastic
Because the plastics curved so you can see
there will be no sharp edges. the karim rashid
theme.

10. I put my hand drawn
design into pro desktop
and then it is cut out onto
I started off some card board to make
with my a prototype.
design which I also changed my pro
I hand drew desktop drawing into a
in 3 point DXF file.
perspective.
I carried on
Cut out the
gluing it
laser cuttings
until it
and glue it
became
together with In this picture here you
one of my
the hot glue can see the DXF file
final
gun. being cut out on the
prototypes.
laser cutter to make my
After I designed my drawing components for one of
on pro desktop i cut out my my prototypes.
design on the laser cutter.
In my first picture i started In my second picture you can In my third picture you can I will make my thickness of my plywood: 12
with an original bed then I see it is a basic design bed see two basic mm.
developed it and you can with the same sides but in postmodernism beds with
When I used it I needed to use 3 sheets of it.
see this from the unique my opinion it looks more dull the same sides on both
shape but you can also see than modern and it does not beds i think that because The ply wood that I have used was purchased
the changes I have made follow the postmodernism they both match the type of from Avon ply.
e.g. Wholes & different influence enough to be my style in looking for that i The length of the sheets are 8ft by 4 ft. fsc
sides. final design which I would should combine then
like to carry on with. together to be my final
design which I would like to
carry on with.

11. In theses images i have taken
screen shots from pro
desktop. This is of my design
being extruded which you
can see is highlighted in
yellow is being made thicker
by ( 3mm) so I can have a
better view of what my bed
would look like in real life 3d.
In these images you can
see that I have print
screened shots of what I
am going through for the
different stages of what I
done on pro desktop to get
to my final assembly
drawing.

12. Anthropometric and Ergonomic Data
In the three images on the right
hand side you can see the
complete anthropometric
measurements of one seven year
old child.
I have decided to choose
the 7 year old child for
measurements for my
product.
The two main
measurements I have to
take into account are the
main height of the child
and how far they can
reach.
The measurement's will
The measurements will help me to find out the help me when i start to
average height of my product as well as making sure 2 year old reach: 14.5” 36.8cm
design my product so it
that the children can reach all parts of the different is made to the right 5 year old reach: 17.2” 43.7cm
parts of my product the child is using it. dimensions and the
2 year old height: 37.5” 95.25cm
ergonomics of my
product is right so my 5 year old height:41.8” 106.2cm
user can get full use
out of my product.

13. I drew a design to I then put my design
I made my design 3d in
make. into pro-desktop.
pro-desktop.
And then I went back to
Next I made a rough I made an assembly
pro-desktop so I could cut I stuck it together
cut out with a piece drawing.
out on the laser cutter. using glue and tape.
of card. Sharpe knife.
My drawing was The dxf file was then put through galad and
then converted to a then sent through to the laser cut to be cut out After the laser had cut my card I
dxf file. of card. Turn on the fan because of fire hazard. had to fix the slots together with a Next i cut out what I
hot glue gun. Risks or burning from thought would be my final
hot glue. design before I moved on to
the cnc router.
I then sent my bed to get cut out on the cnc
router.
Use ear protection from loud noise. Make
sure protective shield is closed.
Next I took my design and put it
into the cnc router. After cutting my final design out of cardboard i decided that i should
redesign the layout of the bed so it would suit the situation better.

14. then having cut out on the cnc router
After I had cut out my My next move was to find
i needed to sand down the edges but I placed a sheet of card underneath so I
bed into five different the images i wanted to
i also wanted to add a image onto my could make a mark of where to put in my
parts on the cnc router engrave onto my bed
bed so this had to be done on the wood cut outs so they are in the right
I was left with rough through the laser cutter.
laser cutter but to do this I needed a places for it to engrave on.
edged parts.
dxf file. Must make sure the extraction is on.
My next step was to just press
Once I had seen the laser had
I had to wait for about twenty go on the laser cutter after
finally engraved my images onto Then once I found out where to place
minutes to watch my images setting up on the computer
my pieces of wood I had to wait for my wood i slotted everything down
engrave on to my parts. what images to engrave and
the laser to come to a full stop so I into the laser cutter so its ready.
then it started engraving.
could take out my parts to fix
Stay with laser cutter and watch
together. Must make sure the extraction is on.
it so the laser doesn't fail or Must make sure the extraction is on.
cause an accident.
After i cut out my Because i needed to slot After fitting the parts
parts and my parts together together with pva glue i
engraved into before i glue it so its had to clamp it together
them I had to fixed together properly i so its all held tight in the
place my bed needed to chisel away right place.
together using the the uneven grooves in I left my bed clamped
slots which i had the slots so i used a together for over
designed and cut hammer and chisel to twenty-four hours so it
out on the cnc make sure that all my would be fully fixed.
router. parts fitted together
Once this is done i nicely and so there was
will be able to no excess wood. Be carful when using the clamp because it is very heavy and make
Always use a move on to sure you do not clamp it to tight or it will break the wood.
apron while in sanding my bed Always wear an apron and hold the chisel
Also make sure you are wearing a apron when in the workshop and
the workshop. down. correctly because the end is sharp. especially when using the pva glue.

15. My next step was moving on from
the hand sander to the sanding
machine.
The machine is called a belt sander
and its a faster way of sanding wood.
Wear an apron while in the
When the glue had dried i came back workshop. Make sure you are
with sand paper to sort out all of the wearing protective goggles. And do
rough edges. not get your fingers to close to the
sand paper when its turned on.
Wear a apron while sanding in the
workshop.