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Childish Shelf - New purpose, no new purchase

Carlsson, Signe (2023) In Diploma work IDEL01 20232
Industrial Design
Abstract
This project is aiming towards designing to extend the lifespan
of children’s belongings to reduce excessive owning and over
consumption amongst parents. Today, there is an issue of parents
of small children needing to own many of the same products
that they often need to replace and exchange as the child grows
older. It affects both the environment and the personal economy
of the parents.

The result is the Childish Shelf, a multi purpose piece of furniture
that can function both as a crafts and play table for children, and
a regular shelf that suits in an adult home. As the children grow
up and the crafts table is of no use anymore, the Childish Shelf is
rotated 90° into an upright position to be used as a standing shelf
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This project is aiming towards designing to extend the lifespan
of children’s belongings to reduce excessive owning and over
consumption amongst parents. Today, there is an issue of parents
of small children needing to own many of the same products
that they often need to replace and exchange as the child grows
older. It affects both the environment and the personal economy
of the parents.

The result is the Childish Shelf, a multi purpose piece of furniture
that can function both as a crafts and play table for children, and
a regular shelf that suits in an adult home. As the children grow
up and the crafts table is of no use anymore, the Childish Shelf is
rotated 90° into an upright position to be used as a standing shelf
instead. When positioned as a table, it has a built in chair for the
child and space underneath the table top for storage. When in
its upright position, the shelf has an airy and open aesthetic that
allows displaying decorative objects, books or smaller storage
boxes. (Less)
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author
Carlsson, Signe
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organization
course
IDEL01 20232
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
publication/series
Diploma work
report number
ISRN: LUT-DVIDE/EX--23/50632-SE
other publication id
ISRN
language
English
id
9141600
date added to LUP
2024-01-09 16:14:03
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2024-01-09 16:14:03
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  abstract     = {{This project is aiming towards designing to extend the lifespan
of children’s belongings to reduce excessive owning and over
consumption amongst parents. Today, there is an issue of parents
of small children needing to own many of the same products
that they often need to replace and exchange as the child grows
older. It affects both the environment and the personal economy
of the parents.

The result is the Childish Shelf, a multi purpose piece of furniture
that can function both as a crafts and play table for children, and
a regular shelf that suits in an adult home. As the children grow
up and the crafts table is of no use anymore, the Childish Shelf is
rotated 90° into an upright position to be used as a standing shelf
instead. When positioned as a table, it has a built in chair for the
child and space underneath the table top for storage. When in
its upright position, the shelf has an airy and open aesthetic that
allows displaying decorative objects, books or smaller storage
boxes.}},
  author       = {{Carlsson, Signe}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{Diploma work}},
  title        = {{Childish Shelf - New purpose, no new purchase}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}