UCEED case studies
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UCEED - the Undergraduate Common Entrance Exam for Design - is the entrance route named by IIT Bombay for admission to B.Des. programmes at several IITs, Design Schools and result-partnering Institutes. In the source announcement, IIT Bombay states that applications are invited for UCEED for admission to B.Des. at those institutions. Topics on this exam: Design Aptitude (content domains not enumerated in source). The UCEED case studies are 5 cases and about 3,033 words.
1Stackable café chair: cracks at the rear fixing
A Pune café commissions 40 stackable folding chairs for its 22-seat outdoor section. The seat and back are 19 mm plywood; the frame is 22 mm outside-diameter mild-steel tube; the seat pivots on a single bolt at the rear of each side rail; the feet are rubber caps.
638 words, about 3 min2Hospital OPD wayfinding: signs nobody sees in time
A 420-bed hospital in Chennai opens a new outpatient block. The main entrance leads into a 24 m × 18 m atrium with a 5.2 m ceiling.
633 words, about 3 min3Monsoon-proofing a stoneware shipment
A Jaipur ceramics studio ships 600 stoneware mugs a month directly to customers. Each mug goes into a 200 × 150 × 120 mm single-wall corrugated box, wrapped in two layers of 3 mm bubble wrap, with shredded paper filling the gaps.
568 words, about 3 min4Bus stop where the bench blocks the only level access
A Bengaluru bus stop occupies a 3.5 m wide footpath. Peak flow is 24 buses and about 140 boarding passengers an hour.
621 words, about 3 min5Railway ticket kiosk: remove a step rather than add one
A suburban railway station installs ten self-service kiosks for unreserved tickets. The flow has six screens, opening with language selection (English, Hindi, Marathi).
573 words, about 3 min