In order to save the problem of not being able to control how much olive oil you put in your food, I through it would be a good idea to have spay bottle containers for both olive oil and vinegar. I was intending to do prototypes of my products using the vacuum molding machine however, since I did not manage my time wisely, I did not have enough time to do that. Therefore, I decided to create my prototypes using a different color of play-dough for each one. I think that the thought of process I used, helped me to solve some of the problems with existing cruet sets, as well as to create something suitable for type of people it was aimed for. Even though at first I found it challenging to start and find an idea, by the end I was very happy with the outcome of this project.
Sunday, 2 March 2014
3DD- Project Five
For this project, every student was given a different thing to design. I got given a cruet set, which basically consists of salt and pepper shakers and sometimes vinegar and olive oil bottles. The way I approached this was by first thinking of the problems I have with the existing ones and what can I do to solve them. For instance, I always get confused with which is salt and which is pepper and also, I can never control the amount of olive oil I want to put in my food. After that,I decided to aim my product towards young adults who go camping or for picnics. Since it would be for an outdoor context, I had to chose a material which would be appropriate. I started researching materials and came across moulded PVC and I though it would be the most suitable thing to use. It is flexible and durable, therefore people could just throw the products in their backpack and they wouldn't break. In addition, its is inexpensive to produce, therefore young adults, who don't want to spend that much money, could afford it. Since I usually can't which is salt and which pepper, I thought I could make each container completely different from the other so people won't get confused with which is which. My idea, was for the containers to be the shape of the thing they contain. For example, the bottle for the olive oil will be in the shape of an olive, the pepper shaker will be in the shape of a peppercorn etc. Therefore, I took the organic forms of olives, grapes, peppercorns and salt flakes and simplified them.
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