What to do: Design a water bottle.
Directions
1) Select 2-3 items from our list of requirements or create a new item from our problem list.
2) Use those items as a starting point for exploration as you ideate and prototype to meet that specific need. Note: Make sure that your idea is new and novel to the water bottle world. This may mean internet seeking or other commercial research to make sure your idea is different.
3) Create a final sketch/rendering of your ideal water bottle. Be sure to think about where the features are, how they work, and why they are important.
4) Upload a PDF of your design. You solution can be a hand-drawn sketch, a digital illustration, photo of a physical model, or a digital rendering. Place your design on an 8.5×11 inch page and include annotations that identify the critical features and how they work to solve your problem. Add additional pages in your PDF to show your work (sketches, notes, lists, etc)–Make sure your final design is on Page 1 of your PDF.
What to Include
A PDF (Page 1: final design (and annotations), Pages 2-5: documentation of effort/work)
Required reading
We’ve chosen the following readings to orient you to major topics for the week:
Design Thinking: Get a Quick Overview of the History
(Read time: About 11 minutes)
Web: https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/design-thinking-get-a-quick-overview-of-the-history
PDF: Design Thinking_ Get a Quick Overview of the History _ Interaction Design Foundation.pdf
A design thinking framework for healthcare management and innovation
(Read time: About 13 minutes)
PDF: 1-s2.0-S221307641500113X.pdf
Required videos
We’ve chosen the following readings to orient you to major topics for the week:
Objectified: Smart Design OXO Good Grips Story
(Watch time: About 5 minutes)
IDEO: Shopping Cart Design Process
(Watch time: About 22 minutes)
IDEO: https://youtu.be/izjhx17NuSE
Optional Reading:
Problems, Problem Solving, and Creativity
(Read time: About 37 minutes)
PDF: Incubation_in_Problem_Solving_and_Creativity_Uncon…_—-_(1_Problems_problem_solving_and_creativity).pdf
