Egg Tower

Egg Tower    

We started the day by making a tower, the criteria was

1. Purpose is that the egg doesn’t brake (most important part) 

2. Style (it has to look good) (creative)

3. Testability of how we test it while we create and planning

We also had limited things that we could use to create the tower, which were some paper, string and masking tape.

We did this to show how to rapid prototype, we make a quick version so we can test if it’s going to work or not, it’s a cycle of design. 

To build the tower we started by creating some origami crowns, then we slotted them together and used masking tape to attach them together securely. Then to add extra stability we added two poles on the sides, also we added an extra crown on the top to put the egg in, and to add an extra design detail.

Our tower stayed up with the egg in for the time limit, however it was the smallest one being only 31cm. Also in the fan test our structure stayed up when it was on its side, however when we turned it to the front it fell over. Overall we came joint last.

If I were to redo this task I would not create the tower in this way again. I would create a structure that was similar to a house of cards, this means I would have had bits of paper stacked up. Doing this would’ve made the structure stable and would have been more aesthetically pleasing than the tower that we created.