Emir Köprülü-1556687: DESIGN CONCEPT OF THE GROUP-1

A. Brainstorm Process

In this period which is before designing the board;
· For recycled and eco-friendly material; we took into consideration fiberglass, Styrofoam, aluminium, chrome, wood plastic composite (WPC), cardboard, and flexible glass.
· For functionality; we took into consideration a board which can be converted to a table or a scooter, a multi-framed board, a board with an illumination system, a board which can also be used without posters, and embedded potholders.
· For ergonomics and aesthetics; we took into consideration edges with sponge, filleted corners, suitability for holding up, a human-looking board, and a smiling face.
· For portability; we took into consideration embedded rollers, ball rollers, multi-rollers, rollers which can be immobilized, and an easy transportable board without rollers.
· For storability and demountability; we took into consideration a collapsible board, a collapsible frame or stand, and edges with sliding bar.
· For easy poster placement and removing; we took into consideration edges with duct, and a sliding bar with file attachment.
· For market success and attraction; we took into consideration phosphor, a board drawing attraction of the fans of any team, and a smiling face.

We also took into account cheapness, lightness, stability, conforming to mass production and producibility by physically handicapped people.

B. About the Project

For the board that we came to the point of designing:
· For recycled and eco-friendly material; we chose aluminium because of its lightness quality.
· For functionality; we decided to design a board which can be used without any poster, because the other options would not be suitable for physically handicapped people to produce.
· For ergonomics and aesthetics; we preferred to use filleted corners and catch the suitability for holding up, because with this features, it is easier to use the board.
· For portability; we chose an easy transportable board because it was risky to use a system with rollers in terms of stability.
· For storability and demountability; we preferred sliding bar system because the other options are not as efficient and practical as this one.
· For easy poster placement and removing; we decided to use ducted frame since this one is more original.
· For market success and attraction; we made a decision to use phosphor and a smiling face in order to show our creativity.
We preferred home products for cheapness, frail materials for lightness, materials which can be standardized for mass production, aluminium as a main material for stability, and lastly by decreasing the workshop need we designed a board which can also be produced by physically handicapped people.

C. Use of Board

The closed form of our board which is shown in CADKey-1-2 drawing turns into its full form (CADKey-3-4-5) by pulling the potholder upwards and then pulling two sides of the coming part. While pulling the sides, two-rolled system constitutes the back side and front side of the frame. Finally, the parts which stand adjacent with the closed form help the sides of the board stand balanced.

D. Materials