Rollerpede by Mridul Jain

The exercise was given as a part of the Product Design Module in the second semester of Jr. M. Des. Industrial design course at IDC, IIT Bombay, conducted by Prof. Vijay Bapat. The class of 14 was divided into groups of 7 each with the first group given a task to design a push toy for 9-15 months old and another group was given a task to design a ride-on toy for 6-12 years old. The first group was given a limitation of using only wood or processed wood as a material. The duration of the module was three weeks.

Biomimicry was given as a concept for design. Everyone has to take inspiration or derive their ideas from nature. Prof. Bapat gave us books regarding nature and nature-inspired designs from his collection to give us a start. The initial days we spent looking for ideas and inspiration, conducting market visits and simultaneously forming our own brief of the toy we would propose to design.