Calla and I got a lot of useful feedback from the gallery walk!
TAKEAWAYS:
Explicitly phrase our goal
Goal: Design a highly portable and sturdy seat that can preferably store items as well.
- Compartments to hold water bottle, umbrella, wallet, keys, phone, etc.
- Airplane seatbelt release straps for easy wear
- Handles to push up when getting up from chair for universal design
- Set height of chair(16-18 inches)
Specifications:
- Assemblability: too long (closer to 30 sec-1 min instead of five minutes)
- Portability: Test the weight on Priscilla to see if 10 lbs too much and also keep in mind that backpack will also hold stuff and add to weight
- Usability: Instead of measuring storage in liters (fluid measurement), use cubic inches or cubic centimeters
- Rephrase specification to be body fit instead of fit
- Change time while standing or sitting to less than 20 seconds
- Aim to only need one adjustment
Beach Chair:
- Test weight of current metal chair designs as they may be too bulky or heavy
- Make cloth detachable and super light
- Figure out how backpack connects to chair
Foam chair:
- Consider if foam is best material as it may be too heavy
- Figure out how legs would fold in ( fold in vs collapsible) and if it would be comfortable carrying on back
** New Idea: Incorporate a clasp so chair stays together!***
Backpack frame:
- Find a way to incorporate armrests & straps
After all the helpful feedback we are seeking to incorporate the pros and cons of each design into one chair design! We were thinking of combining all three ideas to perhaps make a backpack frame with a foldable chair design while integrating the chair cape, armrests, straps, etc! To do this, we would need to test out lawn or beach chairs/backpacks for optimal length of legs & chair back & adjustability, as well as looking into which materials would be the most comfortable, durable and lightweight.