C.D.C BLOG WEEK 5: Poor Design.

I failed to attend the 5Th week contemporary design lab , however was informed the topic was just as interesting as usual. I believe the attendees were tasked with the redesign of an area in limerick city. Now I could of mimicked such an exercise myself however while in work on the same day I noticed a frustrating problem in the design of a packaging.

So im deciding to base my week 5 blog on this such issue. I encountered.

Ive attached some images here to try get my point across. I work as a warehouse operative in an electrical shop, with stock being that of fridges ovens cookers hoods hobs laptops and the most popular televisions.

Ive begun to notice more and more ever since ive started my time studying to be a product designer, the elements of design in the world around me especially in work surrounded by products. As can bee seen above the packaging for this 60 inch Samsung television isn’t designed efficiently to be moved before sale to a customer. My attempt at moving the television which was stacked two high at about chest height. When I attempted to pull it forward using the cut handle in side the weight of television just caused me to tear the cardboard and the indent in the foam was flat if that makes sense look at the last picture attached my fingers are flush with surface of foam. Meaning there was no hole to allow my fingers to curve into and grip. This can only be linked back to the designer not being familiar with the area the packaging will be used in. I understand their primary concern would be to design the packaging for protection and transport. Thought should also be considered for the time in transport and the ease of movement of product. The designer thought these insertions would be sufficient for moving and it usually is when you have two people and the box is on the floor, that is ideal conditions for moving a television of that size safely. However in the real world this is not the case televisions are stacked at varying levels of height dependent on there size. 60 inch televisions are usually double stacked one on top of the other to maximise space. And I also work alone in the warehouse at weekends so im to try and move these items solo,

This problem just brought me back to a previous design class where we studied the importance a designer has to consider you’re not only designing a product there’s a multitude of other areas to consider from the product line its being manufactured to the warehouse its stored in and eventually into the hands of the customer.