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Mullet - a multifunctional workingspace

Johansson, Malin (2023) In Diploma work IDEL01 20231
Industrial Design
Abstract
In today’s design environment we are
constantly in movement. Whether it is making
models or tracing a sketch, we need to go to
specific stations intended for the task. It is
not just time consuming but also a problem.
Stress might occur due to the fact that you
never know whether the light table or the
cutting mat will be preoccupied. Designers’
needs are not reached and in the end they
might end up buying their own “Add-ons”
instead of using the stations, which is an
extra cost for them. An extra cost that could
have been reduced if everything they might
need was already installed at their specific
workspace.

This project was inspired by watching
classmates and hearing other people
who work in a creative... (More)
In today’s design environment we are
constantly in movement. Whether it is making
models or tracing a sketch, we need to go to
specific stations intended for the task. It is
not just time consuming but also a problem.
Stress might occur due to the fact that you
never know whether the light table or the
cutting mat will be preoccupied. Designers’
needs are not reached and in the end they
might end up buying their own “Add-ons”
instead of using the stations, which is an
extra cost for them. An extra cost that could
have been reduced if everything they might
need was already installed at their specific
workspace.

This project was inspired by watching
classmates and hearing other people
who work in a creative profession. How
they wish that their workspace was “more
adapted to their profession, simple and high
functioning”. With this in mind my product
has been developed by the principle of
usability, to help designers in their everyday
life in various areas. Making prototypes and
regular evaluations helped me understand
how we as designers work around our
workspace and how I can ease our design
process.

The result is called MULLET – a multifunctional
desk that can be used in various ways, it can
be a light table, cutting table and has a big
storage so that at the end of the day you can
put all your work away. It is also easy to keep
it organized so that you can always find the
tools you need. It is customazible depending
on which design profession you work with.
The modularity also invites the user to recycle
and switch out the different parts when they
are no longer functional. Which prolongs the
life cycle of the furniture. (Less)
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author
Johansson, Malin
supervisor
organization
course
IDEL01 20231
year
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M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
publication/series
Diploma work
report number
LUT-DVIDE/EX--23/50630-SE
other publication id
ISRN
language
English
id
9122293
date added to LUP
2023-06-09 08:03:16
date last changed
2023-06-09 08:03:16
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  abstract     = {{In today’s design environment we are 
constantly in movement. Whether it is making 
models or tracing a sketch, we need to go to 
specific stations intended for the task. It is 
not just time consuming but also a problem. 
Stress might occur due to the fact that you 
never know whether the light table or the 
cutting mat will be preoccupied. Designers’ 
needs are not reached and in the end they 
might end up buying their own “Add-ons” 
instead of using the stations, which is an 
extra cost for them. An extra cost that could 
have been reduced if everything they might 
need was already installed at their specific 
workspace.

This project was inspired by watching 
classmates and hearing other people 
who work in a creative profession. How 
they wish that their workspace was “more 
adapted to their profession, simple and high 
functioning”. With this in mind my product 
has been developed by the principle of 
usability, to help designers in their everyday 
life in various areas. Making prototypes and 
regular evaluations helped me understand 
how we as designers work around our 
workspace and how I can ease our design 
process.

The result is called MULLET – a multifunctional 
desk that can be used in various ways, it can 
be a light table, cutting table and has a big 
storage so that at the end of the day you can 
put all your work away. It is also easy to keep 
it organized so that you can always find the 
tools you need. It is customazible depending 
on which design profession you work with. 
The modularity also invites the user to recycle 
and switch out the different parts when they 
are no longer functional. Which prolongs the 
life cycle of the furniture.}},
  author       = {{Johansson, Malin}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{Diploma work}},
  title        = {{Mullet - a multifunctional workingspace}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}