From Inspiration to Sketches to Computer Modling

This stand originally was in my personal sketchbook and not to do with my university course, it was meant to be a laptop stand that enabled people to sit on the ground but not to have to hunch over to use it. I decided that it could fit a similar purpose in my module so I decided to develop it in 3DS max. As I did I decided that it wasn't aesthetically pleasing to me and discarded it as the stand to focus on.

This was my second stand, I wanted to create a display stand that was really simplistic using only basic shapes and materials which is why I created this in 3DS max before sketching it. The intention behind this design is to be a portfolio stand created to hold A2 paper size, it could also hold A1. It will have a fairly low height at somewhere between 60 to 90cm allowing the user to simply flick through the images with there hands with out having to bend.

I loved the shape and I received positive feedback from the other students on my course for this design so I have decided that this will be the design I will focus upon to fully develop.

This is the 3rd completed 3DS max model I made, it follows on from the previous model in the aspect that it is built to hold A2 portfolios. This stand is vertical, the idea being that the designer would put there portfolio inside one of the 8 slots and then that the viewer can walk around it in a circle and look at all of the images inside.

The model would be assembled from a flatpack and would probably be made from mdf. An additional table should be provided to raise the stand off the ground for better viewing.