This exercise was very difficult. Most ideas have already been thought of throught design history, and the ability to enhance them was difficult. I went from ideas of hygiene products, to kitchen ware, to stationary. I decided on the latter, and did sketches of various scissor and stapler designs. Throughout high school I needed a hole punch and a stapler, and looked around for a combined product, but never could find one. I decided to combine the 2, so they could be used handily, by someone on the go, especially considering my target market was high school and uni students. I designed the 'Sole' this was, as it fit perfectly into the palm of the hand, and the rubber made it much more relaxing to hold.
This product is really interesting. It can be common practice of design students just to combine any two object and produce a "magic black box" that they don't really know how it works. This is not the case with this product, identification of a both the use of a stapler and hole punch is very significant to this market. These products combine well together through the action and context to which they are used.
ReplyDeleteIt is hard to find these products in an appropriate size let alone together. Obvious consideration to size has been put into this design, the form is elongated and easily hand held.
I think this design address the needs of the target market really well. I would like to see this product in more colours combinations, I think as a black product it could get lost amongst all the other black staplers and hole punches in the market.
I really belived in this design and the way it looked and worked . The thinking was there BUT it was let down by poor time managment.
ReplyDeleteI think this combination is a strong design idea. It combines functionality with convenience.
ReplyDeleteI am particularly fond of the ergonomic shape of the product. However, I notice that the product is held in a left hand on the poster. Is this shape useable in both hands?
I really appreciate your idea to combine two real products and create a more functional new product. It is amazing that you can combine them so well. I like the attractive shape of your product, but how about to make it has more colors? And I also wonder can this product be used in both hands?
ReplyDeleteexcellent idea of combining 2 office products the more room on the desk there is the better so i think its great i agree with need for bright colours though, especially if this is designed for high school students
ReplyDeleteI think this is a very creative product, the simplest of ideas are usually the ones that succeed! But as your target is the university and highschool student I do believe leaving it black may have the option to purchase this product, if it were commercially available abit iffy, as most abdolescent and young consumers are after aesthetics and fashionable stylings just as much as practicality, if not moreso...
ReplyDeletenice product man. really simple and an extremely good job on the model. i think the product gave a cool new spin to the original design. maby it could have contained more features especially seeing the size. well done mate.
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