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beautiful – model making use models to explore the physical fit between user and product does this feel comfortable? beautiful – model making

beautiful – model making use models to explore the physical fit between user and product is this the right size? beautiful – model making

beautiful – model making use models to explore the cognitive fit between user and product is this understandable? beautiful – model making

beautiful – model making use models to explore the emotional fit between user and product does this feel enjoyable/exciting/pleasurable/comforting etc? beautiful – model making

beautiful – model making use models to explore form and proportion is this beautiful? beautiful – model making

beautiful – model making use models to explore performance does this work? beautiful – model making

beautiful – model making use models to communicate does this look right? beautiful – model making

beautiful – model making use models to launch production Stage 1: sketch design (PS200 by Steven Smith for Senator) beautiful – model making

beautiful – model making use models to launch production Stage 2: photograph model and load into Dsculptor software (PS200 by Steven Smith for Senator) beautiful – model making

beautiful – model making use models to launch production Stage 3: upload mesh into Rhino and edit (PS200 by Steven Smith for Senator) beautiful – model making

beautiful – model making use models to launch production Stage 4: renders of cad model (PS200 by Steven Smith for Senator) beautiful – model making

beautiful – model making use models to launch production Stage 5: section cad model on Rhino and export to hot wire cutter for polystyrene sections (PS200 by Steven Smith for Senator) beautiful – model making

beautiful – model making use models to launch production Stage 6: export cad data to moulding to Sandella in Norway (PS200 by Steven Smith for Senator) beautiful – model making

beautiful – model making use models to launch production Stage 7: finished product – first prototype (PS200 by Steven Smith for Senator) beautiful – model making

beautiful – model making FOAM: Urethane or styrene. Easy to sand, turn and cut with or bandsaw hot wire. Glue with hotmelt or doublesided. Fill and paint with emulsion. You can only take material off. - CARD: use discarded boxes, but larger sheets can be bought. Easy to cut, shape and stick. - WIRE: steel weld rod is useful, but 5mm + is difficult to bend. Try copper wire from electrical flex. - TIMBER: slower to work than foam, but more durable and gives a better finish. Weak along the grain. - PLASTIC: can be machined, bent or formed. Available translucent so good for lighting. rigid materials beautiful – model making

beautiful – model making BODYFILLER: two pack, easy sand paste (P38 or U-Pol). Sets in 5 mins. Strong. Takes paint well, but smells and is expensive. CLAY: nylon-reinforced, air-drying clays (DAS or Nuclay). Some shrinkage when drying. Slow to set, but working over an armature will help. GRP: messy, but very useful where strong, thin sections are needed. Sets quickly. Fumes are a problem. PAPER MACHE: cheap and strong, but takes a long time to dry. Translucent if tissue paper is used (good for lighting). soft materials beautiful – model making