Project Brief
The goal of this project was to create a wooden toy
I looked at my own positive experiences with toys throughout my life. While brainstorming, two toys stood out as clear favorites of mine, the Ben 10 Alien Creation Chamber by Playmates Toys and the Great Adventures Castle by Fisher Price.
I compared these two standouts to find similarities, the defining qualities that made toys fun and engaging for me. What I found was customizable experiences, an array of different parts or pieces, and an engagement factor.
Design Goals
Deviate from the rectilinear example and create a visually interesting, aerodynamic form
Easy to deconstruct for tweaking
Intentionally designed storage for weight system
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Research and Ideation
Reaching out to people I know who love to cook, I gathered information about problems they have with kitchen tools and improvements that they would want to see
Three design ideas that came from this process:
A tool for cooking ground meat that can act as both a masher (to separate the meat) and a spoon for general cooking use
Colander that is less of an eyesore, currently takes up too much space for how ugly it is
Adjustable extending tongs
Research and Ideation
Reaching out to people I know who love to cook, I gathered information about problems they have with kitchen tools and improvements that they would want to see
Three design ideas that came from this process:
A tool for cooking ground meat that can act as both a masher (to separate the meat) and a spoon for general cooking use
Colander that is less of an eyesore, currently takes up too much space for how ugly it is
Adjustable extending tongs
