It's done! It's done! It's done! ![:dead:]( "Dead (RIP)")
The reason behind this project was that I have spent an incredible amount of time trying to find the perfect desk for myself, and I have yet to find it. I have a great desk from IKEA right now (which was an inspiration for this concept), but the problem is that the whole thing angles up with no flat area for tools and it sits on saw horses which are terrible for storage purposes. So I've ended up cobbling together a bit of a franken-desk using the main desk and some shelves. It would be great to have a full desk with plenty of storage though, and thus this idea was born.
I conceived of this project a couple months ago, but I only got the software to actually sit down and design it a couple days ago. All of these pieces were built life-size in Solidworks over two days of almost non-stop work. (I was having fun with it, sleep wasn't important... >.>)
This is just a conceptual design so I didn't bother with actual fasteners, just the overall idea of it. Some things would probably have to shift around a little if these desks were to actually be made.
The concept of these desks is based on a lot of factors. Desks I've had over the years, the desk I have now from IKEA, the Recollections organization system from Michael's craft stores, a bunk bed I used to have, and the input of the deviantART community in a few polls I did awhile back. I pulled all those influences together to create this modular system.
I already have ideas for more pieces to. A top with an animation wheel, more types of inserts for the drawers, more things that could be hung on the shelf frame, more types of end pieces, that sort of thing.
Of the pieces I have now though, I'm very happy with them. I wanted to provide lots of customizable storage areas so that everyone could make the desk work with what kind of storage for them. There's huge drawers for the people who are fond of just chucking everything in a drawer, reaching their hand in and hoping they get what they want. There's flat drawers so that you can lay out pencils/pastels/pens/markers/whatever and have them all easily accessible and visible. There's drawer inserts to create more organization within the drawers including a honeycomb type insert to allow for easy organization of pens/pencils/markers/etc. The shelving system is designed to allow you to put as many or as few shelves as you want, hang as many cups as you want for pens/pencils/markers/whatever, and hang other accessories. The corner piece has a hole for electronics cords to go through. The large end pieces have a place to store large 2D projects. The tops are designed with all different types of artists in mind: there is a basic top where the whole thing can be adjusted to whatever angle you want, a top with a built in tracing board that can be adjust to whatever angle you want, a three piece top where the middle section can be adjusted to whatever angle you want with two flat areas for tools, and a top with two adjustable sections so that you can have each at whatever angle you want (ex, one flat area and one angled, flip-flopped depending on which hand is dominate.)
Please tell me what you think of this concept! I've had a ton of fun developing it and I'd love to hear all your thoughts, good and bad!
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The reason behind this project was that I have spent an incredible amount of time trying to find the perfect desk for myself, and I have yet to find it. I have a great desk from IKEA right now (which was an inspiration for this concept), but the problem is that the whole thing angles up with no flat area for tools and it sits on saw horses which are terrible for storage purposes. So I've ended up cobbling together a bit of a franken-desk using the main desk and some shelves. It would be great to have a full desk with plenty of storage though, and thus this idea was born.
I conceived of this project a couple months ago, but I only got the software to actually sit down and design it a couple days ago. All of these pieces were built life-size in Solidworks over two days of almost non-stop work. (I was having fun with it, sleep wasn't important... >.>)
This is just a conceptual design so I didn't bother with actual fasteners, just the overall idea of it. Some things would probably have to shift around a little if these desks were to actually be made.
The concept of these desks is based on a lot of factors. Desks I've had over the years, the desk I have now from IKEA, the Recollections organization system from Michael's craft stores, a bunk bed I used to have, and the input of the deviantART community in a few polls I did awhile back. I pulled all those influences together to create this modular system.
I already have ideas for more pieces to. A top with an animation wheel, more types of inserts for the drawers, more things that could be hung on the shelf frame, more types of end pieces, that sort of thing.
Of the pieces I have now though, I'm very happy with them. I wanted to provide lots of customizable storage areas so that everyone could make the desk work with what kind of storage for them. There's huge drawers for the people who are fond of just chucking everything in a drawer, reaching their hand in and hoping they get what they want. There's flat drawers so that you can lay out pencils/pastels/pens/markers/whatever and have them all easily accessible and visible. There's drawer inserts to create more organization within the drawers including a honeycomb type insert to allow for easy organization of pens/pencils/markers/etc. The shelving system is designed to allow you to put as many or as few shelves as you want, hang as many cups as you want for pens/pencils/markers/whatever, and hang other accessories. The corner piece has a hole for electronics cords to go through. The large end pieces have a place to store large 2D projects. The tops are designed with all different types of artists in mind: there is a basic top where the whole thing can be adjusted to whatever angle you want, a top with a built in tracing board that can be adjust to whatever angle you want, a three piece top where the middle section can be adjusted to whatever angle you want with two flat areas for tools, and a top with two adjustable sections so that you can have each at whatever angle you want (ex, one flat area and one angled, flip-flopped depending on which hand is dominate.)
Please tell me what you think of this concept! I've had a ton of fun developing it and I'd love to hear all your thoughts, good and bad!
