DESIGN NAME: GUARDIAN
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Study Desk
INSPIRATION: When studying in a library, a student or researcher may need to leave their desk at times to search for a book, use the bathroom, go to a cafe, or phone somebody. However, leaving his or her personal belongings at the table even for a short period puts them at risk of theft.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Guardian is a study desk for libraries with a rotating and lockable screen cum cover. It allows one to secure their belongings when they momentarily step outside the library.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: Guardian is a library study table that also functions as a public locker. It has a rotatable barrel screen that serves two purposes. In its vertical orientation, it gives the reader a private space and divides each table from its neighbor. When swung down into its horizontal orientation, the screen covers the whole tabletop and secures his or her belongings beneath it.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project started in April 2012 and finished in August 2012 in Taiwan, and was Red Dot Design Concept winner 2012 and was exhibited in 2013 Taipei International Invention Show and Technomart in September 2013.
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Furniture Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: Guardian incorporates a magnetic security lock and a hydraulic hinge.
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: Width 1040 mm x Depth 790 mm x Height 1130 mm
TAGS: study desk, furniture, library, office, public locker
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: When reading in a library, sometimes it is necessary to temporarily leave the seat, how to prevent personal items from being peeped, touched or stolen etc., it is a troubling thing. Is there a kind of study table with storage functions for desktop items, so readers can rest assured that they will temporarily leave their seats?
Product Objectives: Suitable for open office desks or conference tables, work tables, etc., especially for library and study area of book center.
Product Positioning: A study desk for convenient and effective safekeeping of desktop items.
Estimated price: 800 USD.
CHALLENGE: The appearance of the creation of a smooth arc form screen cum cover which is equipped with a lamp and the platform combination, screen cum cover front has a handle which can be marked table number, and with a locking device can be locked in the platform, the platform Left and right side were fixed with a shaft and supporting group.
ADDED DATE: 2017-12-09 09:52:09
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IMAGE CREDITS: Chien-Ming Hsieh, 2017.
PATENTS/COPYRIGHTS: Patented. M448944. D154342. Da-Yeh University Chien-Ming Hsieh. 2013/03/21. Taiwan Patent.
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