These were the 19 ideas that I came up with during the ideation phase of designing our speakers. My three favorite designs were the floating moon lamp, the one inspired the Philippines flag, and the laptop desk stand. 

From the feedback that I got, the moon will be really hard to make because of the floating aspect. I also need to think about the size of the laptop stand so that it will fit on my desk and be able to store all of my work. Thara also had the idea to personalize my laptop stand, so I think I'm going to put the Philippines flag on the laptop in some way. 

I chose this design to build because it's functional, and it is also representative of my culture. I'm challenging my current skillset by adding a creative element to the outside of my box, and also by adding a screen to the side.

So far, I've made the basic shape of the box, added the shelf, part of the design, and the holes for the speakers and screen. Next, I plan to finish the screw holes, add some star designs, and possibly add space for lights. 

My Idea was to make a functional laptop stand with a shelf and the Philippines flag on the top. I learned that I'm going to need to bend my wood to round the corners, so I need to cut holes in the wood where I need it to bend. The only modifications I might make are if the wood doesn't bend, and then I would need to adjust the holes accordingly. 

I now understand that if any exposed wires are touching, it can short the circuit, or make the circuit not work. One part that I don't understand the purpose of is the Ferrite bead/emf choke. After looking it up, the Ferrite bead is used to suppress high frequency electromagnetic interference and radio frequency interference.