Table of Contents

1) Vitruvian Man

2)What's Your Adrenaline Rush?

3)Let's Dance

4)Watch and Learn

5)Dream Team

6)If the Shoe Fits...

7)400 Metre Hurdles

8)Dragrace

9)Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

10)What Would Nike Do?

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barriers and bridges

I chose to further explore the Exercise Study/Office Chair. Office and students always complain how they are sitting down all day and can’t get exercise so having an exercise chair might help get some exercise to those who need it.

Barriers/ Bridges

Not everyone is the same size/ make multiple sizes and forms for the short, tall, skinny and heavy

The chair would cause unfocus/ have options to make the chair less moveable

Customers won’t like it/ do questionnaires about what they would be looking for

Offices would ban them/ do studies to prove how the chair would help

Would be too big/ modern material could help the product use less space

Too expensive/ keep design simple

No one will buy it to replace old chairs/ have test subjects and do trials to let customers experience it

project

here is my list of projects:

1) Rain Barrel Collectors- smaller, more lightweight design to encourage people to use and recycle water

2) Light-Weight Plant Holder- for rooftop gardens or traditional gardens, also for windowsills

3) Weight Grips- improve grip on dumbbells to improve exercise experience.

4) Up-side-down Peanut-Butter Jar- so you can get all of the Peanut-Butter out when it gets empty

5) Exercise Study Chair- a chair that gives support but also engages muscles in little ways to improve health for those sitting down all day.

6) Key Beeper- A small device that you can either put on a key-ring or on top of a key that beeps when you "call" it so you can find your keys

7) Refillable Ink-Cartridges- Cut down on plastic used and decrease cost, also won't have to remember what type you need.

8) Collapsable plastic storage boxes- When you need them you can pop them into shape, when you don't you can fold them flat

9) Solar cellphone charger- for if you're out camping or in a place where you need to charge you phone without an electrical outlet

10) Biodegradable Cutlery- disposable cutlery that can dissolve in landfills.

The products strive to either promote green practices or to ease everyday problems such as health or stress.

home is where the brainstorm is

As our big group fast approaches, our need for a space that not only has visual ideas but also space and human inspiration is critical to a successful project. Located on the edge of campus, is a small shop called Tate Street Coffee, a small but cozy shop buzzing with creativity and lots of caffeine (for all those who need a little help in the morning). I feel that Tate Street Coffee is a perfect greenhouse, because of all the creativity that fills the space. It is not too big of a space, so we would be close together, but not so small that we wouldn't be able to move. I also think that since our projects will have something to do with people, the many people that step in and out of the shop can allow us to observe and incorporate into our products. With all the visual creativity and a perfect space for our small class, Tate Street Coffee is a perfect place for our project to grow and flourish.