uncg iar 560: Re-design extreme competition

Competition initial progress

I am working on designing a new way of using marker boards for product and idea development in commercial applications. I found a need in the market when trying to develop a solution to the ideation process for a hardware engineering company. There are different types of standard marker boards available. The most commonly used include panel mounted, wall mounted, and easel mounted. Each of these require you to have to leave behind all of the information discussed, for example the conference room, except for the easel which is too large to keep in most workstations. Current electronic solutions to this are available, but I have found that the standard white board is still more commonly used.

I propose that if you had the portability of the newer light weight marker boards, you could keep the written visual ideation that had been worked on and this would be preserved to be moved from ideation room to station and back again. My design is a universal "clip" that hangs atop of standard panel systems, while also hanging from a small wall L-bracket. The clips are compression fit into a marker board hanging bracket and can be similarly removed.
Deliverables will include a 3ds max representation, maybe more...

Competition progress update

Initial design of clip

Initial design within workstation

Revised statement:

I am providing greater portability for items like marker boards. I found this need when trying to develop a solution for ideation at an engineering company. I propose that with the portability of light weight marker boards, you can keep the visual memory of the ideation that had been worked on and move it from ideation room to station, etc. The standard marker boards most commonly used requires you to leave behind the information explored, for example in the conference room. The one exception is the easel, but this is too large to keep in most workstations. Current electronic solutions to this are available, but I have found that the standard white board is still much more commonly used. My design is a universal "clip" that hangs atop of standard panel systems and can be flipped over to hang from a standard wall U-bracket. The second part is a thin rectangular piece that gets commercial double stick tape to attach it to the top of the marker board frame if needed to give it a hanging support ridge. Additionally, you can hang wire hangers from the clip, like pictures, cork boards, etc. Can be made for 2" or 3" panels.

The initial design was made to pressure fit around the marker board and panel. The design was then revised to add a second piece that gets attached to the top of the marker board and allowed for a smaller design. The resulting design was more streamlined and inconspicuous.

Re-designed clip

Competition final

"The Learning Accessory"

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Description: I found a need for portability for items, like marker boards, when designing commercial offices. The need was to retain the visual memory of ideas generated during brainstorming sessions in the conference rooms and then move this information near to the workstations. The standard marker board requires you to leave behind the information and the visual memory. A marker board easel can be moved but is too large for use with most workstations. Electronic solutions are available, but standard white boards are more common. The proposed design consists of two parts: a) a universal "clip" that pressure fits over top of standard panel systems and can also be flipped to hang from a standard wall U-channel bracket, (b) a rectangular L-shaped piece that gets attached via screws or adhesive to the top of the marker board frame to form a hanging support ridge that inserts into the clip. Additionally, the clip is multi-purpose and can hang numerous other items and also support wire hangers for use with pictures, cork boards, etc. The clips and the support ridge would work with either a 2" or 3" workstation panel and are made of either plastic or metal for the home or office.