Kira Sadighi

14 posts

Slide and Stand: Main Project Report, part 2

May 1, 2017

Main Project Final Report 2017 Part 2, Student Work, zy 2017

Hello! The purpose of this desk is to reflect on its creation, including answering these questions: Compare your original project intent to what you ended up with. How did the public react? What did you learn from your project, and from the class? What will you do next with the project? What do you wish you…

Standing desk: Main Project Report, part 1

April 25, 2017

Kira Sadighi

Main Project Final Report 2017 Part 1, Student Work, zy 2017

cement, desk, standing desk, steel, table, wood

Hello Everyone! The purpose of this post is to explain everything about how I made this standing desk: this is my completed standing desk full solidworks I am going to skip the part where I introduce my inspiration and initial design sketches, because those are already discussed in previous posts (see the prototype presentation).…

Standing desk: Presentation Placeholder

April 23, 2017

Kira Sadighi

Main Project Presentation 2017, Student Work, zy 2017

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Final Stretch: standing desk

April 16, 2017

Kira Sadighi

Main Project Final Stretch Progress 2017, Student Work, zy 2017

bearings, cement, standing desk

Hi everyone, This is a quick update on how my standing desk building is going. this is what I’ve done so far: I’ve bought most of my materials: cement, cement support, wood, stain, mechanical parts, desk top I’ve put the wood base of the table together (a new development, I’ve decided that it might fall…

Construction Timeline: Standing desk

April 4, 2017

Kira Sadighi

Construction Timeline 2017, Student Work, zy 2017

gantt, standing desk, timeline

Hello Everyone, The following is a Gantt chart that I made in excel, using instructions from here: https://www.ablebits.com/office-addins-blog/2014/05/23/make-gantt-chart-excel/ Gantt chart of timeline for final project I can’t figure out why these photos cannot be enlarged without looking terrible… so I will also explain this in words: From top to bottom the categories of tasks are:…

Project Aesthetics Compared to 20th Century Designs: Standing Desk

March 22, 2017

Kira Sadighi

Project aesthetics compared to 20th Century design movements (2017), Student Work, zy 2017

art deco, arts and crafts movement, industrial chic, organic design, standing desk

Hello! The purpose of this post is to explore what my standing desk would look like with the current aesthetic, and then to apply three very different ones. Here is the design as it is now: Standing desk, Industrial Chic The writing is a little hard to see. The base says “cement bottom”, the stem…

Design Review/Prototype: Standing desk

March 11, 2017

Kira Sadighi

Main Project Design Review Report 2017, Student Work, zy 2017

concrete, industrial chic, simple, standing desk

Hello, This is the description and follow-up for how I made my standing desk prototype, and some discussion of the what the actual project will be like. Original Inspirations: The Veridesk model [1]This is one of the most popular standing desks, judging my the commercials for it on TV. But it can be very expensive:…

Top five constraints: standing desk

March 8, 2017

Kira Sadighi

Student Work, Top 5 Constraints 2017, zy 2017

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Hi everyone, For some background: my project is a standing desk, so it’s a desk that can be used while sitting or standing, and moves up and down to achieve that height change. It’s freestanding, so it doesn’t go on top of an existing desk. Top 5 constraints: Aesthetics. I have to force myself to…

Main Project Inspirations: Standing Desk

March 1, 2017

Kira Sadighi

Main Project Inspirations 2017, Student Work, zy 2017

industrial chic, standing desk

Hello all, For my final project I have chosen to make a standing desk. I work in Mike Hannigan’s air quality lab (Let me know if you want to chat about that, it’s great!) and my coworkers are really into standing/ health at work. One of them recently bought a ball chair. It’s like a…

Skill Sets and Aspirations: Kira Sadighi

February 20, 2017

Kira Sadighi

Skill Sets and Personal Aspirations 2017, Student Work, zy 2017

That’d be me. In Dotsero, CO Hey Team! (and everybody else) First off, here’s some of my skills that might be helpful: Soldering, making Solidworks (3D!) models, some welding (just basics), Coding (mostly in matlab…not so aesthetically pleasing perhaps), Laser-cutting, and sewing (I’m a pretty decent seamstress, except for impatience) I’m a BS/MS student in…

Upcycle Final Report: Cardboard Laptop Case

February 12, 2017

Kira Sadighi

Student Work, Upcycle Final Report 2017, zy 2017

cardboard, laptop case, minimalism, steam punk

Hello everyone, Here we are at the end of the upcycle project, after many mistakes and design looping for many of us. The following is all of the steps and thoughts contained in my project: the cardboard laptop case! I did not google this idea before I began (honestly!) but Fig.1 is something I found that is…

Design Loop: Cardboard laptop case

February 8, 2017

Kira Sadighi

Design Loop Reality 2017, Student Work, Upcycle Progress 2017, zy 2017

cardboard, laptop case, laser cutter, Steampunk

Idea change! My last post was about the creation of a cardboard lamp. Since then, I saw that a few other students had started their projects in the same topic, and I’m not that interested in it anymore, so I’ve decided to go in a new direction. This new idea was actually the first one…

Upcycle Progress 1: Cardboard Lamp

January 31, 2017

Kira Sadighi

Student Work, Upcycle Progress 2017, zy 2017

cardboard, Lamp, laser cutter

I have not as yet made any huge leaps and bounds in terms of project progress. Last Sunday I went to ReSource in Boulder and it’s awesome. they have a whole outdoor yard full of furniture, tubs, glass, particle board, tiles, and miscellaneous junk. I didn’t think to take any photos while I was there-lesson…

Aesthetic Exploration: Camouflage

January 23, 2017

Kira Sadighi

Aesthetic Explorations 2017, Student Work, zy 2017

bodyart, camouflage, history, realism, war

The history of camouflage art is based in survival, but it has since evolved to mean many things. Up until around WWI many armies and navies were dressed in the bright uniforms of their profession. This included items such as red jackets and white gloves [1]. Fighting in this period of history was undergoing a…