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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.

Design Brief:
• Designer’s name(s): Emily Griffith & Max Keaton

• Client’s name: Ms. Blake

• Problem statement: We need to create an innovative locker design that meets the standards of the average American high school, along with the constraints of our design project.

• Design statement: Design, build, and test a new locker design that meets the criteria set forth by the Discover Design website and the constraints set forth by Ms. Blake.

• Constraints
• Time: due date is April 8th, 2016
• Must complete each step of the design process and document it accordingly
• Create a model made largely out of cardboard and other materials in the classroom
• Completed design must be submitted in a strictly online format

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A propertly formatted design brief should go under this page.

By Tressa16, Educator at 06:28 am, 23 March 2016

Design brief stated above

By emgriffith_, Student at 08:19 am, 23 March 2016

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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.

emgriffith_'s work for the Collect Information step:

Summary
We followed the discover design questions under 'think about' and 'try this.' In the following slides are pictures and answers that correspond with the collect info portion of this activity.
This is an image of what our lockers currently look like at Butler High School
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Collect Info: Think about- 1.What is the purpose of a school locker? The purpose of a school...
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Features our locker already has: • Hooks • Lock • Air Holes Things I currently keep in my...
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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.

emgriffith_'s work for the Brainstorm Ideas step:

Summary
My partner and I sketched an idea and followed the questions under 'think about' and 'try this.'
Attached is our first sketch of what our locker may look like.
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Things I like about my current locker: • Ventilated • Has hooks to hang jackets and bags • Easy...
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Special features for our new locker: • Colorful • Phone charger • Phone holder • Shelving •...
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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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emgriffith_'s work for the Develop Solutions step:

Summary
We will be using recycled cardboard in order to create a prototype of our locker.
This is our sketch of the final product, that Max and I created on paint. It includes annotations...
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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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emgriffith_'s work for the Final Design step:

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What colors will your locker be? What colors have inspired you?
This picture is of the front of our locker, which includes double doors to open the locker,...
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This picture is of our phone holder and also has a phone charger, that way between classes or even...
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This picture is meant to illustrate a mirror, that is built into the locker, so that the student...
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This picture is off the shelving within our locker, which is organized by block so that the student...
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This picture is of the top of our locker, which just like the front, includes more ventilation.
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This picture includes a human figure, my partner Max, next to our prototype in order to display the...
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