Laptop Stand

In a course in form and design I was to design a laptop stand to fit a certain persona and moodboard and fulfill the following statement: “A minimalistic and robust furniture piece with functions and ergonomic features to turn your laptop into a full desktop setup when working from home.“

This resulted in a stationary wooden laptop stand designed to raise your laptop close to eye’s height. It is designed to be used with an external wireless keyboard and mouse. The concept has two built in speakers removing the need for external speakers and thus also removing clutter and cables from the desk. A tilt function allows the laptop to be tilted towards the user when placed on the stand.

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Drone illustration

Project type: School project

Project duration: 8 weeks

Skills: Sketching, Rapid prototyping, Form analysis, 3D modeling

Programs: Procreate, Autodesk Fusion 360

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Sketching

The main ideation method used was to create a large amount of topological and typological sketches without giving it too much thought.

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Rapid Prototyping

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The Final Product

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Form Analysis

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The two main shapes of the laptop stand.
A simplification of the laptop stand showing the asymmetry.
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The overall shape of the laptop stand representing a trapezoid.
The radii and angels create consistency throughout the product.
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A verification study was carried out with the help of a semantic scale where the left parts of the scale were aimed for attributes. The laptop stand performed well on all points except the minimalistic to playfull scale.