We were set our next brief, universal design. Here we were tasked with designing a new set of eating utensils, whist closely considering ergonomics, interaction design, functional credibility, usability and aesthetics.
First we went about writing a persona for our target market who we would be designing for stating things such as their age, gender, occupation and what their interests are.
Next we made a set of mood boards, comprised of images of different types of cutlery such as luxury utensils as well as more basic ones. From this we drew a set of line drawings, which helped us to see the general shapes and sizes used in cutlery.
We then used clay to make a set of initial models, familiarising ourselves with the material, but also replicating features of cutlery.
This week we also started to sketch new ideas for pieces of cutlery, sketching concepts, then drawing a scale line drawing along with a render of each for each design.
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