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Bullock, William Lin, Jingwei 2011-01-21T22:45:03Z 2011-01-21T22:45:03Z 2013-01-22T11:00:22Z 2011-01-21T22:45:03Z 2010-12 The moving experience is a nightmare for most college students, who tend to move more than other groups of people. Heavy, large bulky furniture, clothes and many other items take a lot of time and energy to move. Moving typically involves removing items from the chest-of-drawers and closet, packing items in boxes, suitcases, bags and other containers and loading them in a vehicle and transporting them to a new location where the process is repeated. This is chaotic and time consuming. Another issue is that due to the limited storage space available in the typical dormitory or apartment a way to create more efficient clothes storage is needed. Eco-friendly materials should also be emphasized to build the product that be durable and last long. In this thesis design a new Nomadic Furniture Design for College Students is created that addresses five major design issues: functionality (i.e. storage convenience, etc.), enhanced form quality (aesthetics), flexibility, simplicity and durability (eco-aspect) to promote long-term use. Existing dormitory furniture does not adequately address college students’ needs for clothes storage and moving frequency. This thesis explores design alternatives and makes suggestions for improvement. Item withdrawn by Alexis Thompson (athmpsn1@illinois.edu) on 2010-12-02T18:46:01Z Item was in collections: University of Illinois Theses & Dissertations (ID: 1) No. of bitstreams: 1 Lin_Jingwei.pdf: 2728975 bytes, checksum: 3a8e8996078f68925c206a002409fc9e (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2011-01-21T22:45:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Lin_Jingwei.pdf: 2729038 bytes, checksum: 3ab35ab143901456ac2c2188df146cf6 (MD5) license.txt: 4058 bytes, checksum: 098080a9103eb4d335511b3a50524fb1 (MD5) Item marked as restricted to the 'UIUC Users [automated]' Group (id=2) by William Ingram (wingram2@illinois.edu) on 2011-01-21T22:48:05Z Item is restricted until 2013-01-21T22:47:37Z Item reinstated by Sarah Shreeves (sshreeve@illinois.edu) on 2013-01-22T11:00:22Z Item was in collections: University of Illinois Dissertations and Theses (ID: 204) MFA in Art and Design (ID: 773) Theses - Industrial Design (ID: 801) No. of bitstreams: 2 Lin_Jingwei.pdf: 2729038 bytes, checksum: 3ab35ab143901456ac2c2188df146cf6 (MD5) license.txt: 4058 bytes, checksum: 098080a9103eb4d335511b3a50524fb1 (MD5) Item released from any restrictions by Sarah Shreeves (sshreeve@illinois.edu) on 2013-01-22T11:00:22Z http://hdl.handle.net/2142/18533 en Copyright 2010 Jingwei Lin dormitory clothes storage nomadic furniture eco-friendly materials flexible storage A Nomadic Furniture Design for College Students Art & Design 1526 Art and Design 0252 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Thesis M.F.A. MFA:A&D - Industrial Dsg -UIUC 10KS0255MFA