Work From Home Furniture
Bo Baird & Asaki Nelson
Our lives have changed. The year of 2020 is unlike any we have seen before. Many schools and industries have transitioned to remote working, and more people than ever are having to work from home.
Research
In response to these changing times my parter and I conducted a survey that got 184 submissions over 1 week.
Question:
On a scale from 1-10, how do you feel about your work from home situation?
Answer:
51.2% of survey participants rated their "work from home situation" a 5/10 or less. (see graph below)
Question:
What is your primary work device?
Answer:
Nearly 73% of survey participants use a laptop computer as their primary work device. (see chart below)
Question:
Do you have a consistent location in your home to do work?
Answer:
Nearly 30% of survey participants do not have a consistent place in their homes to do work. (see chart below)
We continued our research by reading articles, studies and journals on healthy work environments, postures and habits. We also preformed interviews to gain more first hand information from our intended users. Soon, we had three key findings that all of our sources seemed to agree on.
Environment:
Both social and physical environments have an effect one’s work and mental health.
Posture:
With regards to bodily health, It matters less what position you are in. It matters more how long you are in it.
Habits:
The psychological and physical separation of work, sleep, and relaxation, is important for mental health.
IDEATION
IDEA SELECTION
Looking at our ideation we saw that a portable desk / work station had potential to help solve some of the problems we discovered in our research.
Our goal was to provide a portable work station, that facilitates and promotes change in posture throughout the work day and helps to create a more tangible separation between work and the other aspects of life to aid the user end the work day.
ITERATION
FINAL PRODUCT
