The Creative Kid

! Kids bed/ April -2013

! Delphine Muller and Simone Møenbak

The Creative kid A bed project focusing on the child’s creative side

! Kids bed/ April -2013

! Delphine Muller and Simone Møenbak

We have designed a bed that aims to enhance the child’s creativity.By letting the child pick, choose, assemble and set up his own bed.

The child will be able to create his/hers own color scheme, organize working space area and place the creative sticks as he chooses.

Inspiration

Profile• Age 6-12 years old• Unisex bed

The Concept

! Kids bed/ April -2013

! Delphine Muller and Simone Møenbak

3D View

FRONT VIEW BACK VIEW

*Colors seen on the 3D views are simply to indicate a difference in materials and to visually separating all the different shapes. - They are not illustrating the true materials and colors

How to Use the bed

By creating an opening in the bed frame the child can store the desktop, but still be able to visually see it, this will enhance the child’s use of the desktop. The headboard is hollow inside and the sticks are made of PVC and Polyurethane foam. These materials has been carefully chosen to minimize the weight of the headboard. By using these “lighter” materials the child should be able to move the board around in the frame. -The frame is made with an inclined strip of space for secure placement of the headboard. All of this will make the child use his imagination: To create his workspace, headboard and arrangement of headboard sticks. On top of this the child has the opportunity to assemble and create his own bed by applying the sticks on the headboard himself and choose his preferable color scheme.

! Kids bed/ April -2013

! Delphine Muller and Simone Møenbak

COLOR SCHEME

When Creating:The idea of the color scheme is to give the child the possibility to use his creativity by letting him choose the color of the:• Lid• Stick• Desktop

When purchasing: All the items, mentioned above, are sold separately so that the child can mix the different colors and create his own unique bed.- The mattress, bed frame and headboard, comes in one fixed color scheme, that compliments all the different colors in the color scheme.

When choosing:To the right you see the color scheme illustrated.The oval shape is the mechanism lock. The round shape is the lid. The oval structure comes in four different choices all made with two different colors to create a stronger visual effect.

Locking shape + lid Locking shape Lid

! Kids bed/ April -2013

! Delphine Muller and Simone Møenbak

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MECHANISM

Screwing mechanism for stick and lid. The concept is for the kids to choose the color of the lids by just unscrewing it and screw it on with another color.

Locking mechanism for PVC stick on plexiglass head board.

The concept is to be able to change the length of the stick to place the desktop on top of the sticks or to create shelves etc.

Direction:By turning the stick so that the oval structure will be in a horizontal position it will stay stuck in the plexiglass headboard and therefore create a locking system.To release the locking mechanism you simply turn the stick until the oval shapes are in a vertical position.

! Kids bed/ April -2013

! Delphine Muller and Simone Møenbak

MATERIALS

Hardwood Plywood- Birch Bed

Opaque Plexiglass-Headboard.

By making the headboard almost transparent you can sense the colored sticks through the plexiglass. The Plexiglass forms a hollow box.

Polyurethane foam- LidThis material gives a soft but firm shape that is safe object for the child.

Stick- PVCAdds strength and color to the design

Spring Mattress-The mattress will be covered with a material treated to be: Flame retardant - shrink resistant and waterproof. The mattress also has a summer top and a winter top accessed by flipping the sides.

! Kids bed/ April -2013

! Delphine Muller and Simone Møenbak

JOINTS for bed frame

Corner Bracket Hook Joint

Joint Plexiglass to bed- Housed joint

! Kids bed/ April -2013

! Delphine Muller and Simone Møenbak

MEASUREMENTS

HeadBoard- 60x90cm Bed- 120x210cm

Frame- 5cm , 3cm, 8cm-all measurements of width

Mattress- 90x180x30cm

Desktop- 40x75cm Handles- 6x8cm -Placed 30cm apart

Stick- radius 1.5cm, length 54cmLid- radius 5cm, thickness 4cm

Measured by :Width, Length, Height

! Kids bed/ April -2013

! Delphine Muller and Simone Møenbak

The Creative kid Children’s bed designed by

Delphine Muller and Simone Møenbak