Pitch For My FMP - No Limits

No Limits

My main aims are to produce a product that is suitable and will benefit disabled people in addition to produce a product that would be suitable for my disabled mother who has Multiple Sclerosis.

As well as having a successful project that will support the needs of disabled people, making life just that little bit easier for them and giving the confidence, independence and support.

In addition to creating a product that would be suited to people suffering from all kinds of disabilities.

 

 

 

 

Presentation of bedside cabinet

 

Final Outcome

 

 

 

 

 

How To Kee Warm- Heted Cup

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bedside Cabinet - Mieke Meijer

Mieke Meijer

 

Dutch designer Mieke Meijer has created a bed that is merged into a pair of chairs. Called Blend, the bed incorporates two chairs that function as night tables. Blend is a fusion of a bed and chair. The chair refers to the 17th century, when people slept semi-sitting up because laying down was associated with death. The chairs now function as night tables.

Bedside Cabinet

For this project I was given a product that I had to redesign by creating a new and unique reconstruction of existing bedside cabinets, as well as giving it a new function. I decided to research existing bedside cabinet where I found that they are typically small with tow or three draw; where people used the top as a table. I also found that most bedside cabinet where used to keep underwear, books, lamps ect. I then collaborated a survey of which asked a number of people "Do you have a bedside cabinet?" "If so, what do you use it for?" The result highlighted t me that no many people had beside cabinet, however I found that they had a substitute for it of which was, Chester of draws, chairs and computer desks.

 

 

 

Heated Cups

Flasks and Heated Cups and Containers

A portable, self heating, container assembly used in a motor vehicle, it includes a electrically heated double-walled insulated vessel having a lower end portion telescopically, rotatable and removable received in a tubular socket of a separate base unit. The socket bottom has a pair of electrical contacts connected through a power switch and fuse to a power cord adapted to be plugged into the vehicle cigarette lighter socket. The pair of contacts are engage able with cooperating electrical contacts on the vessel bottom for giving heat energy to the vessel being received in the recessed in the socket. The vessel bottom and socket have cooperating spaced, inter engage able radial locking flanges arranged to securely lock the vessel and base unit together upon rotation of the vessel relative to the base unit after the lower end portion of the vessel is placed in to the socket

The inner container is made of very thin glass which is brittle and fragile. It is made of glass because it can be cleaned with ease. The outer container is often plastic but metal such as aluminium will not crack or crush easily and so will protect the inner flask better. Between the two layers the air is removed to form a vacuum which prevents the transfer of heat away from the contents of the flask, keeping it hot, or the transfer of warmth from the air outside the flask, keeping cold contents cold. The aluminium is also better for ensuring a hole or crack doesn't develop and break the vacuum.

This portable heated cup has a glass window that allows you to see the liquid  content in which changes to red when heating an blue when temperature reaches it limit on a thermostat. A thermostat is a device that is used to control a heating or cooling system so that it maintains a certain temperature or keeps the temperature within a certain range.

 

 

How To Keep Warm

Ways to keep warm

Close all of your windows properly. This includes making sure storm windows are installed and closed in place if you have them. Windows should be latched. Open them during the day if the outside temperature is higher than the inside temperature.

Use cheap clear shower curtains over the windows that receive sun light. This will keep the cold air out, and the warmth from the sun will heat your house without cold air coming in. You could also cover your windows with clear plastic sheets and make it airtight.

Put up curtains. A set of heavy curtains can block heavy drafts of air. Open them when the sun is shining and close them when it's not.

Seal your doors. Check around the door frame and also under the door. You may want to buy weather stripping or a door sweep. Again, at minimum, make a draft dodger or stuff a towel at the bottom of the door.

Let as much sun hit your house as possible. Check for obstructions (e.g. plants, sheds) that might keep the sun's rays from reaching your house. Remove items leaning against walls on the sunny side of your house. (Ideally, put them back again at night for additional insulation).

Close off any unused rooms. The closed door makes that room another barrier between you and the frigid outdoors. It also stops air from circulating as much, which reduces heat loss.

• Home improvement stores sell magnetic register covers to 'shut off' forced air furnace registers in unused rooms. That way when the heater does click on, only the registers in the rooms you use will pump out heat. This makes for more efficient use of the heater.
• Check that all heat registers are adjusted open, especially where plumbing pipes might freeze. Unblock cold air returns in heated rooms (they may be blocked with furniture or rug) so heat can circulate efficiently.

Put down a rug or carpet. Rugs and carpets help prevent heat loss through the floor. They are generally warmer to the touch than wood or stone, and so offer a warmer surface to walk on.

Add insulation in the attic and the crawl space. A lot of heat escapes through the attic, as warm air rises and cold air sinks. Make sure that your attic has enough insulation.
Cook.

• Bake cookies or a pie. Your oven will help to dry the air and heat the kitchen. The kitchen will be warm while you are cooking, and then you can have a great home cooked meal too!
• Limit cooking that gives off steam, as this will increase the humidity in the air and make your house damp. Lowering humidity in the winter time helps you to feel warmer. Water vapor (humidity) has a greater heat capacity (ability to absorb heat) than dry air. As a result, humid air feels colder in winter than does dry air and it takes more heat to make damp air feel comfortable.

Light a candle. A candle/candles can produce a lot of heat, just be mindful of where they are placed and do not leave them unattended. A trip to most any grocery store or discount store can provide you with a number of candles cheap!

• Use a candle heater. It doesn't create as much heat as a fireplace or real heater, but will create warmth very cheaply.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Workin With a Client

For this project I was given two weeks to work with a client in creating a product that best suited them. I was given a client who was a peer from my class. I  was also given a list of words in which I had to narrow down to five and portray a number of images that related to each subject. the five different headings I looked at involved, manmade, winter, soft, contemporary and outside. from these heading I drew up  a number of images such as laptops, modern bathrooms, countryside, pillow ect. From the images my client had to choose five of her favourite image from each category, I  then had to collaborate a idea from the images and discuss what product to create for my client.