Core77

Good Industrial Design Student Work: A Minimal Ladder

The L Leg Ladder, by ECAL's Charlotte Dubois

By Rain Noe - March 8, 2023

in design.edu

Charlotte Dubois, an Industrial Design student at ECAL, created this unusual ladder as part of the school's partnership with Artek.

Her L Leg Ladder—which could serve as an escape ladder, but is intended as a climbing ladder for kids—uses a single repeating wooden component and a length of rope. It displays great outside-of-the-box thinking:

o

Favorite This
Q
5

Comment

Comments

Zach W

a year ago

Z

7Z

Reply

I beg of you (and everyone) to stop posting every student project as "great design work".... let's be honest. There are no videos of this thing working. It looks like a pain in the ass to use, does not roll-up very small and it's not quick or cheap to setup.
I'd like to actually see some relevant critique of designs rather than just calling everything "great". This design actually looks quite hard to use and offers almost no improvement on existing versions. If it's meant to be a goofy toy that's fine, but just because someone spends a bunch of time making an object it does not make that object useful or even well designed.

!Report as spam
Akshay Singh

a year ago

Z

3Z

Reply

Not everything is "Good Design Work".
Looks like participation trophies are being handed out like they do in schools theses days.
Days are not far when design can't be critiqued or discussed by peers as it might hurt designers feelings and mental health and you have to praise it, no other option available.

Intent was good but it seems they didn't test the prototype.
It will sway away to opposite side the moment first foot is placed. Not stable at all. It's targeted for kids but honestly it should be kept away from them otherwise they'll keep falling down and getting hurt.
It's out of the box design as per Core77 but in reality it should be kept in the box forever.

!Report as spam
Zach W

a year ago

Z

3Z

Reply

Ummm, has anyone actually used it? I would wager $1 it's almost un-climb-able. The "L" shapes will tilt outward making it almost impossible to use as a foothold as your foot will just slide off the angled surface and if the bottom is not secured it will be even harder.

I'd love to see a video of someone using it.

!Report as spam
Daniel Corbett

a year ago

Z

1Z

Reply

Edges look quite sharp and may be quite painful to use.

!Report as spam
El Y

a year ago

Z

1Z

Reply

I'm so proud of this comments section

!Report as spam