Week2 - Project 1 Reflection

This week, i chose hand tremor from the disabled market because Parkinson' s disease is very common in our life and finding a way to help the parkinson's patients is very necessary and urgent.

I generated three concepts which are water bottle, detergent and pill box.

 

Here are the  suggestions from my tutor Tom and two peers Zhaozhao li and Olivia Qiu yuan Lin.

 

The first concept is a sports water bottle because parkinson's patients are always feel thirsty during the night. There is a tube in the middle and you can slide it to lock and unlock.  However, it's no difference from the current water bottle and not obvious to solve the problem of hand tremor.

 

The second concept is the detergent. You push to the right and a cup of detergent will fall down.

It can work for top load washing machine and the detergent can not be everywhere even for the hand tremor person.  However, it is not designed for the front load washing machine.

 

The third concepts, you shake the bottle the pills will come out but you can not let just have one pill at one time.  The second pill box is a pull up and down mechanism but it seems too complex.

 

Finally, i will go the third concept- pill box and think about this further...



Project 3- a sense of place



 Figure1: a corner of the Moore Park

Project Three: a sense of place

According to the brief, my challenge is to create an innovative public furniture element which helps give the public space its “sense of place” and “sense of belongingness”. It should also provide a linkage between people, prompt strangers to talk to other strangers as if they know each other.                                                                         

My design is a table setting is made up of four seats and one table, which is designed to be used in the park. The identified park I found it’s called Moore park- a large area in the eastern suburbs of Sydney (Figure 1).

Advantages:

My design is accessible. It is suitable for every person including elderly, children and disabled people. The space under the seat is for putting feet and goods.  The round table at the centre is also available for putting things on.

Compared to the existing chair in the park, my design let more people sit together and people can choose to sit in different directions for seeing different angles of beautiful views. The angle between two chairs is 90 degree that it is convenient and comfortable for people to chat instead of sitting side by side.

The material of final design is anti-corrosive pine wood which is cheap, commonly used for outdoor furniture and can give people the feeling of nature.

Poster:

Photo of the model:

Technical drawing:

Material's texture in technical drawing:

Project 2- Peer comments

SunNing
http://sunning3342435.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/project-2.html?showComment=1337073801659
Wei qianwen
http://akiwei.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/project-2-milk-packaging-design.html?showComment=1337073955939
Wu tingting
http://ttinging.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/project-2.html?showComment=1337074298510
Song Ping
http://pings19.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/blog-post.html?showComment=1337074164777
Felicia Levina
http://feliciaides1122.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/social-packaging.html?showComment=1337075892005#!/2012/05/social-packaging.html

Project 2- Socially responsible Packaging

Images of Model

Technical Drawing

Booklet:

Project 1-Bioinspired revised technical drawing

Project one- Bioinspired Peer comments

Sun Ning
http://sunning3342435.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/rational-dna.html?showComment=1332700532089

Felicia
http://feliciaides1122.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/bio-inspired-cantins-storage.html?showComment=1332742516702#c8775275126125011404

Olivia Lin Qiuyuan
http://haresama.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/project-1.html?showComment=1332743174223

Wei qianwen
http://akiwei.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/model-project-one.html?showComment=1332743752184

Zhang Xiaoya
http://2011jj.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/project1.html?showComment=1332744545890

Project one- Bioinspired FINAL

Rationale:

My product is a pen and pencil holder which inspired by hedgehogs. It is designed for children.

According to the brief, my task is to develop a bioinspired domestic storage system by asking “what would nature do here?”

Firstly, I chose the storage of pens because they are easier to store without occupying too much space. Pens are also variable with different sizes. Then, I searched heaps of natural things (both plants and animals).  Hedgehogs’ quills inspired me that their shapes are like pens and hedgehog’s body could act as a penholder.

The pen holder should have not only biomorphic features but also the biomimetic features. I did the research on the habits and characteristics of the hedgehogs. When the hedgehog faces danger, it puts its arms legs and head inside its body. It rolls like a ball and its quills prevent injury. So, I want my pen holder can twist as well. I made the top part bigger than the bottom part and fixed two end points. It can open when you want to put pens in it. It can close up when you need to hold the pens which you will use soon.

I painted it using rose wood colour because it closed to the colour of hedgehogs. There are many benefits about my product. It is flexible to store more or less pens. The material of my product is plastics which is very light and recyclable.