peek-a-boo
" Design to organise chaos"
Overview
We chose a systems design approach for the range of beds. The design elements were conceptualised with children's interests in mind and to ensure their safety. Since the products were for the rental market, several considerations were taken into account, such as easy refurbishment, flat packaging, and robust, long-lasting materials.
* This project was a part of my job at Furlenco.
Design Strategy
System Design
User Research
Furniture Design
Research and analysis
competitor analysis
based on several factors
Research insights
form inspiration
Here I am trying to learn from products and design elements of products that are successful and trending in the market. This will help me to design for a better market fit.
Concept exploration
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Same bed different functionality
Keeping the bed as a common frame, we designed 3 different activity areas, each for different age groups.
Any of the activity parts can be attached to the bed frame. This strategic decision to design with a system approach helped us reduce the number of SKUs and explore more functionalities within all three age groups.
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4-6 years
- Knows how to count to 10
- Plays roleplay games
- Attracted to sound and textures
- Practices basic shapes
7-9 years
- Great pride in sharing knowledge
- Maths up to three-digit numbers
- Takes challenges every day
- Ability to combine motor skills
10-12 years
- Improved balance
- Beginning to question authority
- Ability to make desicisons
- Admires and imitates elders
Product features
Kids' safety was the utmost priority during the entire
design process. Alongside, we added custom-printed fabric with Velcro, which makes it easy to swap between themes and helps in easy maintenance.
User testing and validation
Final prototypes were displayed at three different
societies to validate, test, and understand users’ reactions towards the overall design, test if the features work as they were intended and the acceptance of the entire range of kids' furniture. This exercise also helped us decide on an appropriate price for our users.
Prototypes
and testing
We worked on 5 series of prototyping process before arriving to the final design.
