Research and Development Director's (RDD)Updates

Tasks allocated since last meeting for RDD are:
1. Research on the Pattern.
2. Research on the Furniture Available in market
3. Design Blog for Updates
4. Assisting in editing the proposal

The Tasks Completed Are:
1. Design Blog.

I choose the charcoal template because it looks cool~.. haha.. you guys see if wanna change just let me know la.. I'm thinking if possible we take a team photo, ans then i can post it on the blog. hahaha..
Anyway, can i request that the blog will place under direct responsibility of Publicity and Creative Design Director(PCD) to keep updates and design it?(^o^).. I will assist him somehow also. Since i have to continue to do more research and development, i afraid that i couldn't keep on updates and designing the blog. haha... we can further discuss this in the next meeting. (^o^)

2. I had edited the proposal and sent it to mira in Docx and Doc format. I think it looks nice in Docx format. haha. So far we completed chapter 1 and 2, and still working on chapter 3 and 4. Hopefully can finish fast.

3. I had research many websites.

http://www.returdesign.se/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,78/lang,en/

The website above is the company who produce cardboard furnitures. Just Click on the furniture you want, and you will be able to access to the catalog of cardboard furniture available.

Maybe we can purchase something from them? Financial Manager.. how you think? Budget allow? Hahahaha..

The website below shows the process of making a cardboard chair.. but I couldn’t download it.. you all look see.. if you can download, put it in the proosal as finding ~

http://futurecraft.media.mit.edu/craftastic/2007/09/25/39/

Below are some more about cardboard chair..

http://www.foldschool.com/_objects/objects_stool/objects_stool.html

This website is the pattern of card board furniture

Cardboard furniture - Patent 4934756

Improved cardboard furniture (eg, chair, sofa, ottoman or the like) comprising a ... a cardboard honeycomb made from a criss-cross pattern of interlocking, ...
www.freepatentsonline.com/4934756.html

Cardboard furniture - US Patent 4934756 Description

This invention relates to improved cardboard furniture. ... Likewise, the concept of providing either a pattern or kit for the do-it-yourselfer to make ...
www.patentstorm.us/patents/4934756/description.html

I found some design that maybe we could think and innovate on? hahaha

Besides this, i had prepared the survey questions:

SURVEY FOR MULTIPURPOSE CARDBOARD FURNITURE.

From: Billy, Team Research and Development Director

Category	Survey Questions	Remarks
1. Family /House usage.	a. How much you spend for average in a year to buy/maintenance your furniture? b. How long is the last time you change your furniture? / How long you think furniture’s life usually is? c. What are the special criteria about a cupboard that make you purchase and use that particular cupboard? d. What are the weakness/ strength of the furniture you have now? e. What kind of advance criteria you are looking to have in your cupboard Affordable	-->trying to get cheapest price for our project. --> I will try to find out the true research facts about this. --> Design counts? --> to develop our project better --> Tech: light?; material: firm, dust-less? These criteria are those you still haven’t found it in the market but you hope to have it at your furniture.
2. Traveler /Picnic	a. Do you wish to have a comfortable picnic/camping site with furniture instead of sitting at the floor?/ what are the special about picnic/camping? b. If you would like to bring a tent for picnic/camping, what are those criteria you’re looking for ? c. For businessman who travels a lot, when you live in hotel, would you like to have something from home such as portable furniture? Why and how? d. How much you allocate your financial for this? e. What kind of advance criteria you are looking	--> to know about the criteria to develop the project --> light? Water-proof? --> to develop our project better --> to find cheap price
3. Students living in hostel/ rent house	a. How much you pay for a hostel with furniture? Or do some times you also need to spend money to buy furniture? b. Would you like to have an arranged/organised/ clean room with cupboard putting your stuffs on? c. Do you move your furniture a lot in your room? Why? d. Do you take all your stuffs back to home after the semester ends? You take those furniture you bought along?	--> to find the price range for our project. --> to survey the preference of using furniture from students. --> to develop the convenience of the project
4. Office	a. Would you care for the arrangement of furniture in your office? b. How much budget allocated for office furniture and maintenance? c. What are the criteria of cupboard? d. How long you change the office furniture once?	--> systematic? Feng shui? --> to develop our project better --> Security?

In overall, I will keep on doing more research and find out more things that we can do. Thanks for the team mates support especially the Project Manager Mira. Thank you.
I will try my best to continue to contribute to the team.(^o^)