A3: Phone Stand
Often times as UX designers, we find ourselves needing to record a usability test of a mobile app. Thus, this phone stand enables us to take videos of objects beneath it. It is made out of chipboard and cut using an Epilog laser cutter. It is completely detachable such that it can lay flat for portability
Design Process
Initial prototype made of thinner flute to test design choices and structural integrity
Design sketch with top and side view
SVG (scalable vector graphic) file with final design sent to laser cutter
Analysis
What Worked Well
- Size of final slots work well and fit where lots of usage won't deteriorate slots
- Base is structurally sound, can hold lots of weight without breaking
- Hole for camera can fit variety of phone types and placement of phone is still centered
- Good practice using laser cutter and Adobe Illustrator
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Improvements
- Feedback to change camera hole
- Now can fit cameras in a line or square shape
- Originally couldn't stand on its own for long
- Added cuts in the base that fold out and keeps the legs at a consistent distance
- Original slots were too large and legs moved around a lot causing instability
- If more material, I would make the legs taller to record larger objects as well