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By jman98 | S Design a Maker's Locker

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That thin metal box at school where you cram all your stuff? Lockers aren't designed for students today. In fact, the design of lockers hasn't changed since the days of your great grandparents!

But in the School of the Future things could be different. Reimagine the design of a 21st century locker you would need as a Maker. A locker you could use to keep all of your stuff for making!

Let's get started on the challenge to redesign your school locker.

Design Inspirations

Here's a collection of cool images that might inspire your ideas for the Maker Faire design challenge.

My makers locker will be energy sufficent, large, & productive. My makers locker will allow students to use it as a closet at school. I dont use my locker at school. I don't even know where or what my locker looks like, but i kno how i want it to look. If the locker was biger and had many more features i would have no problem using it every day.

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In this Collect Info step of the design process, you try to gather some information about typical lockers. Think about the existing problems with your current locker and how it would look different if it were designed for Maker-students.

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  • Make a list of all the things you typically keep in your school locker. Make another list of all the things you love or hate about your current school locker and why.  If you've logged in to DiscoverDesign and started this project, write this list of items in the text box for your project.
  • Then make a list of things you would like to keep in your maker's locker. Describe the perfect locker using words. If you've logged in to DiscoverDesign and started this project, write this list in the text box for your project.
  • Save copies of these images and post them in the slides for your project.  Include a hyperlink to the Flickr photo in the caption, to credit the photographer.

 

 

Discover Color

This colorful collection of images might inspire the colors you use in your design challenge.

jman98's work for the Collect Information step:

Summary
Students generally keep books, coats, shoes, sometimes garbage, all types of bags, projects, if they play a sport, equipment & gear and etc.
The colors of these lockers are very different and adds a lot of flavor to the locker.
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These wooden cubbies are large and since they are made of wood they would save a lot of money.
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The holes in these lockers allows ordors to leak out.
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This lock will probably be more exspensive, but it will allow students to get too their locker, get...
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What inpsires you?

In the Brainstorm Ideas step of the design process, you might gather some early big ideas of things that inspire you when thinking about a maker's locker.

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  • Lockers aren't the only storage units. Search on Flickr.com for different types of objects that are designed to hold something.  How can you be inspired by ideas of other storage spaces, including those from nature?
  • Search for seed pods, honeycombs, mailboxes, crates, boxes, and other types of small containers.
  • Save copies of these colorful images (of any objects) and post them in the slides below.  Include a hyperlink to the Flickr photo in the caption, to credit the photographer.

 

 

Serious Storage

Lockers aren't the only types of storage units. These images might inspire you to think about other ways that people and animals store things.

jman98's work for the Brainstorm Ideas step:

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I braintstormed ideas by thinking outside the box. I used Flickr.com and searched many different containers and boxes. I also used Google images to find photos.
The size of these lockers will allow sports equipment to be stored inside of them with no hassel.
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All of these lockers are very colorful and the holes will give odors the ability to escape from the...
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The outlets in these cubbies will serve as a well used chargeing station for students that may need...
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This easy combo lock is a lot more time saveingm, compared to the locks we use in schools today.
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In the Develop Solutions step, your rough ideas come together with drawings or models that can show others your solutions for a redesigned locker.

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  • Use the locker template provided for you in Google SketchUp to create a rough model of your new locker.
  • You  can modify this model in any way you'd like!  Your new locker doesn't need to be a tall, thin metal box. 
  • Think about your list of items that your locker typically holds. (You made this list in the Collect Info step.) What will the shape of your new locker be to hold all these items?  What new features will it include?
  • Export an image of your new locker from your Google SketchUp model.   To do this:
  1. From this drop down list, change the export type to JPG
  2. Save as a JPG file and post the images in the slides below
  3. In Google SketchUp, go to 'File' > 'Export' > '2D graphic'

 

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jman98's work for the Develop Solutions step:

Summary
Working and interacting with different designs helped me reconsider some of my own ideas. In a positive way i change some of the features in my ideas.
The duble doors that oppen on this locker is very similar to my design. this will allow more space...
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The droors at the bottom of these lockers are a good idea for storeing books.
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This locker is very big, has a lot of space, and has many features. The shelves and poles for...
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This laser eye scaner will secure peoples belongings.
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The final step of the design process is to create a more finished model that communicates your ideas to others.

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  • What color or colors will your locker be? What colors have inspired you?  Add colors to the digital model of your locker.
  • What materials will your locker be made of?  Choose materials and details to add to your digital model.
  • Include a human figure in your final locker model, so we can see how big your locker really is.
  • Upload additional images of your finished locker model to the slides for your project.  Write short captions explaining your ideas.

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jman98's work for the Final Design step:

Summary
This final locker has plenty of space, it is both tall and wide enough to hold many different items, it contains a book shelve, and also an outlet for plug.
This lock has a laser eye scaner and or a pin wher u can open your locker. This lock is quick but...
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My finished locker with color.
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My finished locker View2
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My finished locker View3
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Completely Finished Locker. Final View
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Completely Finished Locker. Final View2
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