Final Design
concept statement:
Our final design was to create a stackable plant stand, The Plant Rack. The Plant Rack ensures that all plants placed on it are able to be watered in one action, and no water is wasted, as the drainage from the top plant will trickle down to those below. This stand could work with individual units alone, or with multiple interchangeable stands stacked together. The 3D printed funnel pieces fit exactly within the negative triangular space at the top of each stand, and the printed pots fit snugly over the funnel piece. Therefore, no water can escape onto the wooden stand. The plant stand is also customizable per customer, as different types of wood can be used for the stand and the finger joints within the stand, as well as different shapes and colors of the 3D printed pots. We urge our users to be intentional when choosing plants for their Plant Rack. The top plant will receive much more water than the bottom plant, meaning it would make sense to choose a tropical plant for the top and a succulent for the bottom, especially if more than one Plant Rack is stacked.
Wooden Frame Build:
Shown below are photos of my completed wooden frame.
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Concept SketcH:
To further design this build, I drew inspiration from the negative space hole in the middle of the frame. My first thought was to connect our three wooden frames using these triangles that would run through the entire vertical stack.
3D Printing
I used Adobe Illustrator and Fusion 360 to model all of the 3D printed parts. Luckily, the way I had originally conceptualized and sketched out this design worked perfectly, meaning there wasn't too much trial and error. We each designed profiles of our flower pot designs that were then revolved in Fusion 360.
Fusion 360 Models
My final printed pieces
All final parts I printed for my group
Process images
Below is a gallery of images throughout the duration of building and designing this project, The Plant Rack.
Branding
Once we finished building our wooden frames and the 3D printed pieces were complete, it didn't feel complete without a brand. I decided to design us a logo and shopping tags, allowing for our project to become a product. The colors I chose for our logo and tag were based on the natural aspect of the plants used in our design. The QR codes on each of our tags navigate to each of our respective portfolio links.
Final Design Images
Multiple setup displays
Stack of three in use
Front of tag
Back of tag
Perspective Connection Drip
Design in use videos
Below are videos showing how this product works. Water is poured into the top pot, and can be seen flowing through to the pots below.
Two different setups pour
Two different setups drip
Top to bottom drip
Three stacked drip
My Plant Rack
Behind the scenes filming
Final Submission Presentation
Below is the final presentation my group and I submitted to be graded. I designed a branded template for our slides as well as designed product usage instructions and edited all of our photography.