Thursday, February 10, 2011

2.4.1 DESIGN Write-Up

1) With my partner Kacie our Emergency Supply design challenge is to make an organizer system that carries common emergency supplies and must not permanently attach to the car.

2) I chose this design brief because I thought it would be interesting and challenging. So we began to design the "Magna Box".

3) Design Steps:
  • The first step in the design process was to create a box that holds the supplies AND won't slide around when the car is moving.
  • The second step in thedesign process was to brainstorm with my partner Kacie. This was easy because we both agreed with each others proposals and we picked our three main ideas to be represented in the brochure.
  • In the fourth step in the design process, the one objective we found difficult to meet was to ensure that the organizer system stayed in place. We only changed one constraint and that was to make the box removable, it was not permanently fixed to the car.
4) 3 Possible Design Solutions

Design Solution 1:

Magna Box - 2 sides and top view shown.

Magnets are red and box is green.


Design Solution 2:

Sliding storage device slides under the seat and hooks on to a bar to hold itself in place.

Front, side and top views are shown.


Design Solution 3:

Puzzle organizer slides the box between 2 brackets to hold the box in place.

Inside and back views shown.

Box in the top left corner.


5) The result of the decision matrix indicates that lower was better. So the Magna Box -design won.


6) The Magna Box will use magnets to keep the Emergency Supply Box in place.

7) Our Magna Box marketing brochure.
Front of Magna Box brochure.

Magna Box brochure with products.

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