Design process that was followed in this project:
• Inroduction
• Literature study of bamboo and its products
- Geographical study of MATERIAL AND its products
- Industrial processing of bamboo.
- Product making process
- Tools and machinery used
- Product making skills and techniques
• Market study of bamboo products
- Existing bamboo products IN MARKET
- Insight gained
• Project area finalization
- Brainstorming ideas
- Finalisation of design area
• Literature study of toys
- What is A toy?
- What do they do?
- Why is Toy design required?
- Learning aid toys
- Motor skill development
- Toy categorisation
- Based on activity
- Based on type of toy
- Based on age of children
- Based on gender
• Research
- Market study
- Existing toys in market
- Existing bamboo toys in market
- Market trend of sustainable toys
- Toy guideline and indian safety standards
- Primary user study
- Define user profile
- Field study - Pre school (kindergarten) visit
- Insights gained
- Education system study
- Child pshycology and behaviour
- Insights gained
- Problem identification
- Finding design opportunities
• Design process
- Initial Design brief
- Initial Design Ideations
- Design directions
- Design direction 1
- Design direction 2
- Design direction 3
- Discussion, Analysis and categorisation of ideas
- Idea explorations
- Concept generation
- Concept 1
- Concept 2
- Concept 3
- Concept Evaluation
- User testing
- Analysis
- Final Concept development
- Exploration in parts
- Exploration in joinery
- Assembly of toy figures
- Design evaluation
- Selection of modular units
- Colouring methods and selection
- Concept evaluation & feedback
- Final Design
- Final design brief
- Final parts in the set
- Design details
- Material & manufacturing details
- Final colours and methods
- List of constructable figures
- Final Design prototype
- Packaging
- Feedback
- References
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• Designing Sustainable Modular Constructable Toy Set......
