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polly
outdoor workstation
materials: HPC & metal pipe & polycarbonate sheet
The project presents a work environment in a public space that gives a sense of personal space and allows privacy, yet does not completely isolate the user from the environment. The product provides an experience of environmental change and ventilation alongside productive and efficient working time.
The workstation creates a balance between privacy and exposure, and between gathering and openness. Its shape plays on the continuum between closed and open, so that it provides the user with a sense of isolation and security while maintaining a connection with the public space. The design language combines flowing lines and large radii, allowing for a feeling of softness and comfort, alongside useful functions that suit the technological lifestyle and the needs of the user.
First sketches in the concept formulation phase.
In the process of characterizing the product, one of the things I tried to achieve with the shape of the object was to create an iconic appearance with a simple and clear shape so that a passerby's one glance is enough for the product to be etched in their memory and they will feel that they "know" the product and begin some kind of personal relationship with the product. I implemented this goal by giving it a shape that resembles a living creature and conveys friendliness and inviting simplicity.
Printed mockups
Advanced design
The product's target audience is a modern population that works with a laptop outside the office/home as a regular habit or as a one-time event in order to change the work environment and get some fresh air (work from home, freelancers, students, digital nomads, employees who travel a lot, passersby who come across the stand and take advantage of the opportunity to work), who come to work for 1-3 hours, work on tasks that do not require too much concentration, and are not interested in interacting with other people in the vicinity.
Final model
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