Year 12 - Final products

My final products were in my opinion a success and followed each criteria given well. Although I only created prototypes for my chair, I used 2D Design to create each layer of the chair making everything accurate. I then used the laser cutter to cut each individual piece out. For the lamp there were many more processes, which included again 2D Design and the laser cutter, but also sticking the acrylic together with Araldite and soldering the circuit to make it secure and safe.

Chair prototypes

The chairs I made were easy to make because the only things needed to be cut out on the laser cutter where all the same pieces so everything was able to be layered up to create the right width for the chair. Other than the fluted board used for the different layers, for one of my designs I used dowel to keep all the layers in place, this idea was my least favorite as it didn't look aesthetically pleasing. However, the second design was my favourite as it still looked like the building the chair was influenced by.

Lamp -  final product

The lamp project was my main project of year 12 as I got to create the actual product rather than just the prototype. The main material I used for my lamp was acrylic as there were a great range of colours to choose from. Before I created the final product, I cut my shapes which I designed on 2D Design from fluted board so I could make alterations if anything needed changing. The lamp was aimed at teenagers which was made to be a bedside lamp. The lamp was fit for purpose due to the bubble rod going through the middle lit up brightly.