The product has to be very easy to assembly for the customer without any unnecessary instructions. Some suggestions we got are zippers or velcro or just any method a customer will already know and recognize. Another idea we got from the feedback is glow in the dark material. The product can be very original and creative.
This week we all will make at least one prototype of a possible table/ basket. This will not be with the right materials yet, it's to have a better idea of how the product can look like and has to be assembled. If we have some prototypes, it's easier to make decisions about the materials and how to assemble them.
We agreed that for our prototypes we can still change the design of the table/ basket, but not too much. These are the requirements that we need to keep in mind:
- the surface of the table/basket is the flexible material (textile, rubber, ...)
- there have to be handles for the basket so it can be easily transported
- the surface has to be a geometrical figure (square, rectangle, hexagon, ...)
- easy to clean (so there aren't any leftovers of food)
- waterproof? (is a wish but not a demand, cause normally you don't go picknicking if it's raining outside)
We already made some small lists of possible materials, assembly-methods, ... we can use.
Flexible Materials
- Plexi
- Textile (can be woven = low volume technique)
- Rubber (can be rubber bands as well)
- PVC
- Plastic foil
Other Materials
- Wood (multiplex, mdf, ...)
- Aluminium
- ABS (this we can lasercut, which is also a low volume technique)
- Foam
How to assembly
- Click-joints
- Stitching
- Zippers
- Velcro
- (Push)buttons
- Screws or glue when we assembly parts that the customer doesn't need to disassembly
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