DESIGN STUDENT
WORKSPACE DESIGN
TARIAN
A shield-like product that creates an adaptive and productive alternate workspace for digital workers in coffee shops, separating them from their environment and catering to their sensory perception needs
DEGREE SHOW
BRISTOL UWE 2023
LIGHT
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To stimulate senses, inspire creativity, and optimize workspace conditions. With minimal user interactions, its thoughtful engineering creates an immersive experience, enhancing productivity through controlled lighting for an adaptable and inspiring workspace.
ADAPT
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Its 180-degree fold and flexible materials, such as plywood and leather, cocoon your workspace, minimizing distractions. TARIAN ensures optimal adaptability for enhanced productivity with creative expansive thinking and focused, detailed and analytical working.
COCOON
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Creating a tunnel effect, minimising the fidelity of the initial workspace. TARIAN reduces visual distractions and lowers lighting intensity, enhancing focus levels and promotes direct thinking, enabling users to work proficiently and effectively in a shielded and optimized environment.
SPACE
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TARIAN allows users to manage their workspace to suit their working needs improving their motivational and inspiration levels in the creative/open setting, and improve their direct thinking in the focused/closed setting, shielding themselves from the external environment.
CREATIVE
The magnocellular channel in the eye, characterized by wide spatial capture and low resolution, influences work productivity. Its sensitivity to movement can lead to distractions, emphasizing the need for strategies that optimize focus and minimize disruptions in order to enhance productivity.
FOCUSED
The Parvocellular channel in the eye, renowned for its narrow spatial capture and high resolution, significantly contributes to work productivity. Its ability to enhance focus and alertness within a limited field of view, facilitated by vergence eye movement, allows individuals to concentrate on specific tasks effectively.
Form Discovery Sketching
Stage 1
Initial sketches exploring form through creating 3D curved designs
These explorations push boundaries to create innovative designs that capture the essence of dynamic and visually striking workspace cocoon
Form Direction
Stage 2
Development sketches explore innovative concepts for a wall attachment that minimises material usage while enhancing adaptability
They encompass various ideas to control and personalise the workspace, empowering users with greater flexibility and customisation options for the entire wall section
Low Fidelity
Prototype
Stage 3
Defining the products form was a critical stage to achieve the correct aesthetic for the product and be able to remove all unnecessary material
Key insights for this prototyping stage included the greater discovery of how the product would rest onto the table and how it could create the ideal cocoon-effect
1:1
Prototype
Creation
Stage 4
Using a template, 24 sheets of A4 paper were printed to the product’s full scale then taped down onto the material to the edge to minimise waste
Using a jig saw, the flexible plywood was cut with a 10mm clearance
During the cut, the jig saw required a finer blade as it had torn the wood, however the finer blade was successful and also produced a cleaner final cut
UI + UX Testing
Stage 5
Taking back the latest prototype to the target user for validation was a good way to see how a typical user would interact with the product and they all were intrigued by the product and could see themselves using it when working outside of the home and work office
Quotes
“This would be great when working in Costa down the road after working in my living room for so long”
“I like how all I have to do is remove it from the lock from the wall to pull it down to the table lock and simply lift the panel back up to the wall when done”
"The wooden panel is surprisingly lightweight and flexible making it so much easier to use than expected"