Thursday, October 30, 2008

Project Three - Treasuring time






















For this assingment i decided to design a height measuring product.



i chose this, as i thought it was a reflection of change and development of children.



It would be a nice sculptural peice to look at, while at the same time have a depth and meaning for the parent.



The target market for the product was parents, with a disposable income.



I wanted to have a sophisticated product, which also had a fun element, so that the child would be able to look forward to the half yearly measuring time.
The base would be made out of a nice wood, or a coloured metal.
the spiral would be made out of stiff metal tubing.



The reason for the spiral was for a more accurate measurement, and a fun element, so that the child could spin the spiral around , if he./her height did not reach the spiral.



At the top of the spiral, there would be height adjusters, which could be spun down the spiral



and adjusted at the height of the child. The acrylic circles would be matte enough to be written on.

3 comments:

Michael Brock said...

This is a very interesting design, i like the interactiveness of this product, seeing that the target market is for children.

the one this i would change would be the messurements, it would be cool if the messurments were engraved on the metal and there were slight indents every, say 10 mm

Tom Wilson said...

i like the idea and the useability and interactiveness of the product. the only thing is it would be quite a big thing for measuring your height.

josephine said...

i think this is quite interesting product.
based on the idea 'trasuring time',
i think i will be a great memento for parents and furthermore for children. also it sounds interesting to measure the heights and it is usable.
bue maybe you could have developed the design better.
overall, i think it is great