Puzzle Design Challenge Brief
Client: Fine
Office Furniture, Inc.
Target Consumer: Ages
3+
Designer: Martinez
Problem
Statement: A local office furniture manufacturing company throws away tens of thousands of scrap ¾” hardwood cubes that result from its furniture construction processes. The material is expensive, and the scrap represents a
sizeable loss of profit.
Design Statement: Fine Office
Furniture, Inc. would like to return value to its waste product by using it as
the raw material for desktop novelty items that will be sold on the showroom
floor. Design, build, test, document, and present a three-dimensional puzzle
system that is made from the scrap hardwood cubes. The puzzle system must
provide an appropriate degree of challenge to a person who is three years of age
or older.
Criteria:
1. The
puzzle must be fabricated from 27 – ¾”hardwood cubes.
2. The
puzzle system must contain exactly five puzzle pieces.
3. Each
individual puzzle piece must consist of at least four, but no more than six
hardwood cubes that are permanently attached to each other.
4. No
two puzzle pieces can be the same.
5. The five puzzle pieces must
assemble to form a 2 ¼” cube.
6. Some puzzle parts should
interlock.
Client: Fine
Office Furniture, Inc.
Target Consumer: Ages
3+
Designer: Martinez
Problem
Statement: A local office furniture manufacturing company throws away tens of thousands of scrap ¾” hardwood cubes that result from its furniture construction processes. The material is expensive, and the scrap represents a
sizeable loss of profit.
Design Statement: Fine Office
Furniture, Inc. would like to return value to its waste product by using it as
the raw material for desktop novelty items that will be sold on the showroom
floor. Design, build, test, document, and present a three-dimensional puzzle
system that is made from the scrap hardwood cubes. The puzzle system must
provide an appropriate degree of challenge to a person who is three years of age
or older.
Criteria:
1. The
puzzle must be fabricated from 27 – ¾”hardwood cubes.
2. The
puzzle system must contain exactly five puzzle pieces.
3. Each
individual puzzle piece must consist of at least four, but no more than six
hardwood cubes that are permanently attached to each other.
4. No
two puzzle pieces can be the same.
5. The five puzzle pieces must
assemble to form a 2 ¼” cube.
6. Some puzzle parts should
interlock.
Puzzle Design Challenge Brief
Client: Fine Office Furniture, Inc.
Target Consumer: Ages 3+
Designer: Martinez
Problem Statement: A local office furniture manufacturing
company throws away tens of thousands of scrap ¾” hardwood cubes that result from its furniture construction processes. The material is expensive, and the scrap represents a sizeable loss of profit.
Design Statement: Fine Office Furniture, Inc. would like to return value to its waste product by using it as the raw material for desktop novelty items that will be sold on the showroom floor. Design, build, test, document, and present a three-dimensional puzzle system that is made from the scrap hardwood cubes. The puzzle system must provide an appropriate degree of challenge to a person who is three years of age or older.
Criteria:
1. The puzzle must be fabricated from 27 – ¾”hardwood cubes.
2. The puzzle system must contain exactly five puzzle pieces.
3. Each individual puzzle piece must consist of at least four, but no more than six hardwood cubes that are permanently attached to each other.
4. No two puzzle pieces can be the same.
5. The five puzzle pieces must assemble to form a 2 ¼” cube.
6. Some puzzle parts should interlock.
Puzzle Cube Research
Prezi Presentation
Brainstorm 3, 4, 5, & 6 puzzle cube combinations
Puzzle cube solutions (hard and easy)
Created two different Puzzle Cube designs from possible
puzzle cube combinations. The design brief requires that each puzzle piece contain at least four and no more than six hardwood cubes. Each design will show how the five color parts fit together in a isometric view.
puzzle cube combinations. The design brief requires that each puzzle piece contain at least four and no more than six hardwood cubes. Each design will show how the five color parts fit together in a isometric view.
Puzzle cube solutions
Iso sketches for each puzzle cube solution
IPT for each puzzle piece
Puzzle Cube Parts IDW
Puzzle Cube Assembly IAM IDW
Puzzle Cube Assembly
Puzzle Cube and Package
Puzzle Cube Data
Explain how did you get your data for the cubes (Three or four sentences).
Reflection
Based on your experiences during the completion of the Puzzle Design Challenge, what is meant when someone says, “I used a design process to solve the problem at hand”? Explain your answer using examples from the work that you completed and the design process.
Does your design meet the design criteria? Does your design “provide an appropriate degree of challenge to a person who is three years of age or older” (as stated in the design statement)?
A discussion of possible changes to your puzzle cube that would improve the design.
Does your design meet the design criteria? Does your design “provide an appropriate degree of challenge to a person who is three years of age or older” (as stated in the design statement)?
A discussion of possible changes to your puzzle cube that would improve the design.