Mirror Storage Unit

Mirror Storage Unit

1. User Requirements

   • Attractive
   • Multipurpose with lots of space
   • Easy assess to content
   • Organisational

2. Safety

   • Relevant safety equipment: googles and apron
   • Strong and secure joining methods
   • Safe movement in the lab

3. Sustainability

   • Metal doesn’t rust and easily broken
   • Chemical resistant metal
   • Waterproof wood
   • Tough wood

4. Form

   • Shabby chic inspiration
   • Organizational purposes
   • Multiple storage space availability
   • Rectangular shape of mirror with ikea lights
   • Reasonable size for a dorm room

5. Performance Requirements

   • Made from mainly presently available material with some possibility of shipped in parts
   • Multiple compartments
   • Easy to turn and move
   • Not to big
   • Sustainable

6. Limitations

   • Time: 4 to 6 months
   • Skill and ability
   • Material in location
   • Space available in dorms
   • Storage space available in the workshop

7. Function

   • Compact storage space
   • Hold jewelry makeup and other small objects.
   • Create a nice aesthetic to the rooms

8. Research

   • Existing igcse product analysis
   • Product through the times
   • Students questionnaire
   • Internet product analysis
   • Similar designs or parts of a design
   • Boarding house parents interview.

9. Components

   • Shelves
   • Hooks
   • Hinges
   • Link to a charging port
   • Lazy Susan (rotating machinery)
   • Mounted on standing storage

10. Finish

    • Polished metal parts
    • Varnished wood to make waterproof and attractive
    • Sanded wood
    • Some decorative engraving on the body

11. Materials

    • Wood ( cypress and MDF)
      • Hardwood
        • Oak
        • Mahogonany
      • Softwood
        • Pine
        • Cypress
      • Manmade
        • Hardboard
        • Softboard
        • Chipboard
        • Blackboard
        • Chipboard
        • Blackboard
        • Hardboard
    • Metal (brass)
      • Alloys
      • Ferrous
        • Iron
        • Steel
      • Non-Ferrous
        • Copper
        • Aluminium
    • Glass mirror
      • Round
      • Square
      • Rectangular
    • Screws ( mild/high carbon steel)