Adjust-A-Desk
Allow for both individual and group collaboration between students and teachers
After interviewing teachers in Boulder, Colorado, one of the main points of feedback I received was teachers always lacking desk space and not having a good space for reading groups to meet without having to move all their stuff for reading groups around the classroom. Adjust-A-Desk allows for student desks to nest under each other so space can be saved when necessary and collaboration can be encouraged.
First prototype
This prototype showed me I needed to try and increase collaboration between students and teachers in a more effective way along with making a more human centered design when it came to the center storage component. This current design had a very oddly shaped storage design and didn’t provide the eacher with many places for additional or private storage.
Refined Rhino Model
Exploded view
Adjust-A-Desk creates space for storage in the legs of the teacher’s desk which also make the entire artifact sturdy due to the 18” bases.
Combining the teachers desk and reading desk for students eliminates the need for the teacher to move things back and forth
Nesting the desks under each other and allowing for multiple positions to be possible allows for a vast amount of options regarding one on one teaching and teaching in groups.
Having the large legs under the students desks might seem bulky but feedback I got suggested this was the best move because kids like to have somewhere to put their feet while sitting. This provides something for them to “play with”.
“From open space on a desk to on a floor, there is never enough room in the classroom” - Every teacher we asked
