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Prototyping and Model Making Guide

The document outlines the importance of prototyping in product design, emphasizing its role in transforming ideas into tangible products while minimizing risks. It details the stages of prototyping and lists various materials suitable for model making, such as cardboard, wood, foam, acrylic, and metal. Additionally, it presents a project on designing a public seating system inspired by tree shapes, showcasing the concept development and detailing process.

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Prototyping and Model Making Guide

The document outlines the importance of prototyping in product design, emphasizing its role in transforming ideas into tangible products while minimizing risks. It details the stages of prototyping and lists various materials suitable for model making, such as cardboard, wood, foam, acrylic, and metal. Additionally, it presents a project on designing a public seating system inspired by tree shapes, showcasing the concept development and detailing process.

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Design

Model Making
Thinking
Journey
Bala Vignesh, Asst. Prof. - FAD

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Prototyping

Transforming an idea into reality is a tedious process that’s


fraught with hardships and challenges at every step. The
risks in designing a product are high as it can lead to subpar
results that can end up wasting valuable resources, time,
and funds. To avoid this, many companies first test a
product’s prototype.
Prototyping is the process of designing a mock-up of a product
ahead of creating a final design. The purpose of a prototype is for
the team to evaluate the design and address any underlying
issues before releasing the product to the market. In the industrial
design sector, prototyping is especially crucial since it connects
conceptualisation to production and allows designers and
engineers to explore different materials, aesthetics, and
functionalities in a cost-effective manner.
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Prototyping Stages

• Start with low-fidelity prototypes

• Identify and isolate the biggest risks

• Prioritize critical features

• Design prototypes to answer key


questions

• Build, test, iterate, repeat

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Model Making Materials

1. Cardboard. Cardboard (or card stock) comes in different colors and finishes, and is easy to
cut and shape. Paper may also be a suitable material to work with.
2. Wood. Balsa / Bamboo is a common material used for model construction. It is easy to cut,
available in a variety of weights, and relatively cheap to purchase. Basswood is another type
of material used often in model making, and is great for carving and other wood crafts.
3. Foam. Foam sheets come in a variety of thicknesses. These sheets are easy to cut and
sturdy.
4. Acrylic sheet. Transparent materials like Plexiglas, often called acrylic, are used to show
glass features in product models. Plexiglas is clear, so it looks just like glass, which helps in
visualizing how the real lighting will appear.
5. Metal. Metal wire is great for building structures and demonstrating finishes on your model.

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Model Making Materials

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Design of Public Seating System for
Transport Terminals
Learning through Projects

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Concept - Tree as Metaphor

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Concept Development
• Tree shape inspired design
• Branches designed to look like seating
& standing supports
• Secured Luggage placement
• Seating for both individual & group
• Variation in sitting positions

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Concept Detailing

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Concept
Detailing

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Concept
Detailing

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Material Selection

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Concept
Detailing

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Installation of
seating

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Detail Drawing

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Scaled physical model - 1:5

• Using of Sunboard Sheets


• Marking & Cutting

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Scaled physical model - 1:5

• Using of Sunboard Sheets & PU Foam


• Marking & Cutting

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Scaled physical model - 1:5

• Using of Sunboard Sheets


• Fitting of parts

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Scaled physical model - 1:5

• Using of Sunboard Sheets


• Fitting of parts

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Scaled physical model - 1:5

Applying putty and


Paint

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Finished Physical Model

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Finished Physical Model

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