Killian Castner

White room divider closed in an accordion fashion but standing

Standing room divider opened with student on phone on one side and student seated with laptop on the other side

Another angle of opened room divider with student standing on phone on one side and student seated on other side with divider part folded down into mobile desk

Both students seated on one side of room divider with large portion folded down into mobile desk

Two students on either side of room divider, each with a section folded down for their own mobile desk, one student on phone and one student on laptop

Transforming Room Divider

Relationship Focus: Human-to-Tools/Face-to-Face

Working at home poses a variety of issues, including the constant starting and stopping of work, maintaining a sense of privacy, and keeping work files organized. The Transforming Room Divider addresses these problems with it’s multi-functional nature. As a traditional divider, it allows the user to isolate their space and create a quiet, private, and more comfortable environment in which to work, and serves as a signal to other people in the space that they are working. The divider was created to transform into a mobile desk along with varying degrees of built in boundaries giving the user the ability to set-up a workstation anywhere in their home. By allowing both sides of the divider to be transformed into a mobile desk, the Transforming Room Divider offers a larger workspace for a single user, the opportunity to collaborate with a second user, or allow both users the chance to use the divider simultaneously with a temporary divider between them.