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GROUNDED.
Grounded.
Ditch that pesky office chair and become Grounded while working from home.
Role
Product Designer
Duration
Summer Project 2023
Type
Furniture
This is Donovan.
Age: 28
Donovan's job requires him to spend his day in an office at a traditional desk. He is also a part-time yoga instructor in the evenings and understands the benefits of sitting on the floor compared to sitting in an office chair. For balance, he would prefer a desk where he can comfortably sit on the floor while get work done from home.
What are the benefits of spending time on the floor?
Posture Correction.
Certain floor positions can correct the damage done to our posture caused by sitting in office chairs all day long.
Enhances Flexibility.
Positions required to sit on the floor stretch parts of our ligaments that become stiff and immobile over time by sitting in chairs all day long.
Freedom to Sprawl.
With Grounded, the user is quite literally what the name suggests... Grounded. No need to be confined to an office chair anymore.
Inspiration
Simple. Inviting. Flexible. Playful.
Ideation Sketching
Low Fidelity Prototyping
Adjusting a foam core mock up model to define proper measurements, while referencing Henry Dreyfuss' Measure of Man and Women.
CAD Modeling
Inserting measurements into a mock up model in Fusion 360 to check the proportions and experimenting with wood color and stain.
Final Construction & Assembly
Cutting main parts to size with the chop saw and table saw
Adding 4" radii using the jig saw, router tool, and orbital sander
Staining pieces before assembly
GROUNDED.
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