The first step of this project was conducting an empathy interview. My client was my younger sister since my mom already has a jewelry box and my sister does not. These are the results from the interview.

The third step is Ideate. I created an orthographic sketch displaying the exterior dimensions of my jewelry box. The initial drawing is quite plain because from the outside it is just a box.

To help us with this project, Mr. Kinnear developed a Rhinoceros tutorial to help us with our CAD. We needed to make part of the box set up for one drawer to fit in. We also needed to put a support for the drawer with slots on the sides.

The next stage is Prototype. I needed to create a basic CAD of my jewelry box with holes for the drawers and support so the drawers would not fall. I raised the bottom of my box to support the drawer. If I make the box, I will just put another piece of quarter inch wood and another piece of eighth inch wood because the difference is roughly 0.3. We also did a tutorial for the side compartment and lid on our tutorial box.

In this stage of the tutorial, we learned different ways of designing handles and hinges.

This is my closed box in the second stage of Prototype.

This is my open box in the second stage of Prototype. The second picture shows the organized compartments removed, showing visibility of the large compartment hidden underneath.