Month: May 2020

Innovation by design is the utilization of a designer’s methods and sensibility to address the needs of the consumer. Along with this design-driven approach, strong business strategy and technological feasibility are used to create both market opportunity and customer value.

I was able to show innovation through receiving client feedback when necessary, this allowed me to improve certain parts of my project. I was also able to show innovation through modelling/prototyping to test and review and through some further research that I conducted myself. Innovation was key during the process of modelling and prototyping as I had to innovate through little problems my design may have, I had to prototype with cardboard and Styrofoam to create different handles, materials, finishes and joining methods.

When picking the different  handles, materials, finishes and joining methods, I not only modeled and prototype different arrangements, I also created a list of advantages and disadvantages while also getting advice from my own client to pick the right combination.

This stage of my Design Thinking Process is where I need to communicate the assembly and technical details using the correct type of drawing of the final proposal. The type of drawings selected here is crucial for a third party in all design and engineering fields to be able to interpret the details in order to produce your product. During this stage I used CAD or computer aided design such as fusion 360 to help me create detailed drawings to help me with the production process of my product. This area of my production process also included my Orthographic Projection to show all product dimensions, A list of the parts needed and an exploded view to show assembly.

Using CAD was a challenging step at first, completing my first prototype on fusion 360 took me a couple hours, Finishing my CAD was very rewarding as the creation of it took a couple hours to do and creating some areas were very challenging as you had to be very precise with calculations and measurements.

 

During the manufacturing process of my design project, I went through many different stages, Material preparation, Measuring and marking out, Shaping, Cutting and Finishing. During the manufacturing process of my design process we had to think about the tools we will be needing, the steps on how to do it and the safety precautions we will need to take.

When manufacturing my product I went through some problems, some changes I made to my product were on purpose while some were problems that I needed to change. Some changes include changing my handle from metal to wood, changing the interior design and formation of my organisation system.

The last step of my design process was to test and evaluate my final product. The testing of my product involved my product going up against 3 specifically chosen specifications which are Product must fit in Intended Area, Colours of materials must compliment each other and Product must be able to hold intended Items. I tested and evaluated the product by giving positives and negatives of how it went.

The testing of my product also involved my product going up against all the design specifications which included 14 things that my product needed.I tested and evaluated the product by giving it a self evaluation, a client evaluation, a scores comprised of the clients and my owns thoughts.

• Product must be water resistant

• Material must be a light coloured wood design

• Product must have smooth edges and corners

• Product must have a flat base 

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