For the modular space project, we wanted to create a fun game experience for children (and people of all ages) to enjoy. It’s complete with many modular qualities, like taking the top piece off and opening it up, using the game board on the bottom piece and taking the cushions out of the bottom section too.
Process:
We began with brainstorming and drawing inspiration from two things, tiered rolling carts and the game tables around NYC.
Considering these two things, we thought of the CandyLand Table. We wanted to make a rolling cart with 2 tiers, one to store game pieces, instructions and most importantly, candy! And the bottom piece to have a game board as well as storage for carpet squares. We wanted to keep in mind everything that someone playing this game would need for maximum convenience.
We began making a smaller model to see if the mechanics of the cart was possible to do. After making the model, we realized it would be successful, and we moved onto making the actual thing.
Next, we purchased materials, and started to measure out how big it would have to be, based on the size of the game board and the thickness of the cushions at the bottom.
Then we got into the woodshop and started cutting out the pieces.
After that, we wood glued then screwed the pieces together. We rushed the process at the beginning and found that we couldn’t attach the poles to the bottom of the top piece. We had already wood glued and screwed it on though, so we had to take a hammer and a chisel to remove the piece, to add the legs.
Once we got the bottom and the legs on, we put the top pieces on that open up. We had some issues with the hinges and getting them on correct, but we later solved those.
Next we added perferrations into the top of the bottom section so that the legs from the top would fit into it without moving around. We also added sectioning to the inside for cards, directions, game pieces, and candy.
We then made the bottom piece, attached handles, wheels, and knobs. We then began the painting process.
We went to pinterest for painting inspiration. With wanting to make it as whimsical as possible, we got many colorful acrylic paints and started to think of candy aspects we could add.
And we also added aspects of candy canes as well as candy buttons.
The painting process went pretty smoothly but was the most time consuming, because we wanted to add so much to the decoration of it.
We also had to sew the cushions and then hand sew the final sides of them. That process also worked out very smoothly.
Then as soon as we knew it, our project was finished! We all worked really well in a group and evenly split the workload. I feel as if our strong sense of teamwork was an advantage for us in the making process. We were able to get through the problems together, and troubleshoot effectively. It was overall a good experience for us all.
Final Photos:
