Exploring shape and form of existing products.
Exploring preferred features from existing products centred on results from a user-based workshop.
Developing a concept design.
Concept 1 proposal.
Concept 2 proposal.
Concept 3 proposal.
Concept 4 proposal.
Concept 5 proposal.
Photograph of modelled foam prototypes. Varying sizes of the different concept proposals.
Development of final design.
Final board showing how the jar opener works.
Jar opener final design.
Final board showing the jar opener features.
General Assembly drawing of the final design.
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Kitchen Utensils
2015
To design a jar opener. The primary market being people of retirement age and older. This design was to focus on ergonomics, safety and aesthetics according to retirees' physical, cognitive and sensory capabilities.
A key focus of this project was the development of physical models and prototypes.
