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pig-aBoosalt-pepper shaker

The project asked for a brand to design for, 3-set of table top products, and a fine model of one of the table top product. I present pig-aBoo, one of the Piggy World series.

Brand: ALESSI

I was inspired by:colors,playful,intriguing,family

inspiration

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“fun intriguing” shapesfam

ily: “mother and child”

consider the “content” in the container

“cur

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prototype

da DrumBoyzfun to squeeze them fasci-nating to look at as well.

sQueezyBoyfun to play with. Squeez-ables to be made with rubber

Flower Waterplayed around with differ-ent forms.

nakinHoldernapkins placed will look like pedals. tried to sim-plify the form.

pig-aBoointeresting how salt and pepper comes out.

snailSPsalt-Pepper part of the bodies.

motherAndChildthe two together is a combi for salt and pepper

refine

FORM STUDY:

flat profile, bot-tom; round top

sphere over all;flat face perfect sphere;

ellptical, long;round overall

round, weight on the back

elleptical, weight on the back

skinnier; round. face placed more at the front;

FACE STUDY:

ears on top; nose fat

round ears; curved nosesimpe ears;smaller ears;

eyes

two curls;curl attached to the body;curl out from the body;

one simple curl;

TAIL STUDY:

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Welcome to Piggy World

• Very simple design• Outrageously funny, intuitive outlets for salt and pepper• Incredibly fun to play : Squeezable• Great add to Piggy World storyline

everyone wants to have

pig-aBoosalt-pepper shaker

SALTfrom the nose

PEPPERfrom the hole

pig-aBoosalt-pepper shaker

the UltimatePresenter

“ Steve Jobs is the master presenter ...

insanely great in front of any audience. ”

ObservatiOn

* always looking towards the audience* powerpoint slides correspondi his speech* presentation clicker hidden in his hands* not hiding behind the podium* lots of gestures without losing the clickerThe project was to “design a

handheld device that allows present-ers in a business context to dynami-cally control their own PowerPoint slideshows”. The process consisted of researching user needs, finding out solutions, designing the device, and presenting a pitch.

understand

Kathleen is* a professor who lectures two hours regularly throughout the week* working mom of age mid-50s* doesn’t know much about technology* travels often to business conferences* charismatic lecturer who makes lots of gestures

Kathleen * likes to use different programs other than powerpoint slides* is often bothered by display resizing and lighting problems* teaches in a big lecture hall* wants full attention to herself during lectures

MARKET RESERCH

simple, intuitivecan restart presentationcomfortably grip with rubber

inexpensivesimple usage

good distancelight weightblack screen buttonmouse move modes

control at finger tipindented buttons easy to navigatestart/black screen buttonsgood grip

hard to replace batteryno control over mousenot extravagantbehaviors different for different programs or computers

hard to replace batterybuttons feel the samehard to reach laser button

not practical mouse modegrips smallhard to find laser button

no backlighting displaynon compatibiilty with other programsside controls for right handed onlyrestartable timer in need

professor comes in starts projection checks if projected “right”

does resizingexposed personal computer desktopstarts lecture

9:05AM

8:55AM

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REPEAT

=>lecture delayed. attention lost.

students can’t see becasue of bright light

student asks to turn off light

switch

prof walks over toturn off the light

takes time to walk back and forth

attention lost, students doze off

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define

NEED: resizing display NEED: light switch NEED: larger laser

NEED: program switchNEED: black screen

ideateA B

C D

E F

A; ergonomical in right handB; ergonomical in both handsC; safely placed with fingerholeD; ergonomical grip, reachable buttonsE; small, easy to carry withF; pen placed, easily carriable in a pocket

H; ergonomical, finger safely sits inside the holeI; very simple like Apple designJ; back finger sits under the indention, flat frontK; curved surface, fits hand well

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GRIP STUDY:

curved back, pro-file; flat front

flat profile, front; curve back at botom

curve towards touch; indention

simple indention; slight profile curve

drastic profile curve; simple, no profile curve;

more indention; carved out bottom

curvy overall; big indention; fits hand

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BUTTON STUDY:

two buttons at the tip of finger;

larger buttons easier to press;

bigger round easier to navigate;

buttons around the circle;

ROUND BUTTONS

LINEAR BUTTONS• forward • backward • laser • on/off switch• black screen • program switch • mouse

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easier to navigate all at the tip of the fingerforward+backward used most often - next to each other - big buttonsmouse mode easy with trackball - placed so that it is not mistriggered by finger movesblack screen + program switch not used much - small buttons - not at the tip of the finger

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the UltimatePresenterthe future generation presenter that will revolutionize the market

extremely comfortable gripand your finger restingat the back

incredibly easy scroll

laser points bigger area

carry usb together

forward-forward your slides-forward to next program in program mode

mouse trackball-easily scroll mouse at tip of your finger

backward-backward your slides-backward to previous pro-gram in program mode

laser-laser pointer

black screen-black out or turn on the screen

program switch-switch between power-point slides and external software programs

“Best show of the class”

aLiveCoffee

This team project in-volved creating a coffee maker for chosen user group.

understand

people at cafe coffee at grocery

“We enjoy inviting friends, serving them coffee, and chatting with them”

“We like to serve our guests the best coffee we have”

Mr. Clay Elizabeth-Age 68 -Age: 67-Retired Mechanic -Retired Schoolteacher -married to Mr. Clay

the Couple- enjoys coffee for social aspect and unique flavor- drinks in the morning or when guests come over.- takes pride in their coffee and likes to brew personally chosen roast

define

SERVEFLAVOR

SOCIAL

ideate

simple, personal brew coffee maker

coffee brewer for a group of friends-hot water inside pedals will flow to the leaves which contains coffee and filter. made coffee will drip down to cups placed at the tip of the leaves.

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Coffee making as a special serve, performance for guests

prototype

LEAF STUDY: PEDAL STUDY:

ORIENTATION STUDY:

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