MODUS Timothea Wang DES 001 Fall 2015 Section A03 TA: Maizy
This process book is dedicated to my team, Las Vacas: Dana Chan Emily Luong Jhon De Guzman Carlos Casillas
Contents PROMPT RESEARCH
DESIGN PROCESS
WORKS CITED
PROMPT
8 Understanding Well-being 9 Brainstorming
8
PROMPT
Understanding Well-being We are designing a product that would belong in the category of well-being in Emily Pilloton’s book, Design Revolution. Well-being refers to improving the health and lifestyle of people. Several products she included in the book are:
Antivirus A simple, plastic cap that ensures the safe disposal of needles promptly after each use. 1
2
3
Adaptive Eyecare Affordable, customized prescription glasses that have lenses that can be distributed with little medical experience.
Jaipur Foot A quick-fit, low cost prosthesis for the physically challenged in developing countries.
These three products are all efficient, simple, affordable, and benefit lots of people. We want to create a product that shares these characteristics.
9
Brainstorming We started out by creating mind maps and lists on Google Docs to identify needs and opportunities we could cater to:
After all of this, we were certain that we wanted to create a product that would help college students in their busy, everyday lifestyle. This is when we thought of Modus.
RESEARCH
12 Purpose and Audience of Modus 13 Survey 17 Promoting Well-being 18 Back Support 20 Backpacks Already in the Market 21 Materials
12
RESEARCH
Purpose and Audience of Modus Modus is a backpack that features detachable compartments. It is ideal for people on the go, specifically college students that do not have time to go back to their dorm/apartment during the day. Modus allows the user to customize the components of their backpack according to their schedule. It is also precisely measured and padded to provide back support. The backpack encourages healthy living by featuring an insulated lunchbox and drawstring sports bag. This way, the user will be less likely to skip meals and the gym. Since UC Davis is a large university filled with college students, our primary audience, we created a survey and asked our peers to take it. With the help of Dr. Housefield,...
163
students took our survey!
4
13
Survey
We conducted the survey through Google forms and began by asking basic questions such as: gender, part-time student/ full-time student, etc. For the sake of this process book, however, I have only included the most relevant to Modus. Most of the survey results have proven to support our idea through the little exercise college students perform weekly and the low number of meals they consume per day.
14
RESEARCH
Survey
15
Survey
16
RESEARCH
Survey
This last question is essential to the lunchbox aspect of our backpack. It is evident that the risk of food getting squished, the smell, and the fact that it will not stay warm/cold gives students enough reason to not bring any food with them, leading them to eat less and be more likely to skip meals. Our survey results show that there is a high chance that students would remember to eat if it was more convenient to carry food with them. This survey helped us refine our idea and understand that Modus could be beneficial to the lives of many college students.
17
Promoting Well-being We decided to include a brochure with Modus that would explain to consumers how our product is designed with their well-being in mind. Thus, we did some research for information relating to diet and exercise in order to make proper recommendations on the brochure. 5
The “College Student Eating Habits and Nutrition� infographic provides both statistics and meal ideas, making it informative and applicable to the viewer. We want our brochure to have the same effect. 6
18
RESEARCH
Back Support 7
To emphasize the well-being factor of Modus, we decided to incorporate back support. The infographic to the left, by REI, explains the best way to load your backpack in order to maximize support. It is best to put heaviest items on the bottom, medium in the middle, and light on the top.
8
This source provided very in-depth information on backpacks’ effects on our spines over time. We incorporated this research into Modus by making specific measurements for the backpack and adding extra padding for more support.
19
Back Support This infographic informed us of how backpacks affect our posture and that it is best for your back if the bag us the length of the torso and two inches below the waist. 9
20
RESEARCH
Backpacks Already In the Market Before we began our designs for Modus, we looked into backpacks that were already in the market: namebrands, backpacks with lunchboxes attached and with different compartments within them, etc. However, we saw that those that had a detachable lunchbox were all very bulky and not user-friendly. 10
11 12
13 14
15
Having viewed these existing designs, we decided to make our backpack consist of detachable compartments while still looking chic and not being too cumbersome.
21
Materials
16
After looking at backpacks in the market, we began looking into materials. Most backpacks are made out of canvas or CorduraÂŽnylon. We mainly wanted to use CorduraÂŽ nylon because of its strength and durability.
The materials most widely used for gym bags are nylon, canvas, and polyester. We mostly wanted to make our drawstring bag out of nylon or polyester, however, since our main backpack was going to be made from a canvas-like material.
18
17
The most essential material for lunchboxes is insulated/thermal fabric. Other features often include a zipper closure and a handle. There are lunchboxes made from plastic and tin, but since we do not have access to such resources, we decided to stick with using fabric.
DESIGN PROCESS
24 26 31 33 34 35 38 40 42
Timeline Initial Skeches Revised Sketches Logo Design Materials Rapid Prototype Final Product Design Brochure Final Prototype Construction 46 Final Prototype
24
DESIGN PROCESS
10/13
Chose final groups and category of Well-being. Team met up a few times to brainstorm ideas. After many proposals, we finally agreed on one product: a backpack with detachable compartments
10/20, 10/30, 11/2 11/5,11/6, 11/9
Sketches and research: Sketched out desi Modus individually before meeting up an ing each other’s designs
11/11
TIMELINE
An overview of the entire design process.
Rapid Pro
11/1 11/18
25
igns of nd critiqu-
ototype Construction
17
Got feedback on rapid prototype during discussion. Design was modified after critique based off of feedback and rendered to show different color options for customization.
11/21
Bought fabric from Joannes and ordered other materials online from Amazon.
12/01
Finished final prototype.
26
DESIGN PROCESS
Initial Sketches
We each sketched out our own interpretations of Modusbefore meeting up again as a group and critiquing each others’ designs. My sketch : lots of zipper pockets and detachable lunchbox on the bottom of the bag problem : not enough space for sports bag
27
Initial Sketches Jhon’s sketch : Backpack divided into 4 parts (3 detachable compartments and the small main bag). problem: not enough space in the main part of the backpack.
28
DESIGN PROCESS
Initial Sketches
Dana’s sketch : Incorporate accordian folds in the compartments so that they would be expandable. problem: none of the detachable parts can function individually.
29
Initial Sketches Emily’s sketch : Sports and lunch bag attached on the outside of the backpack by elastic straps. problem: too bulky and the straps would not be able to hold the bags in place.
30
DESIGN PROCESS
Initial Sketches
Carlos’ sketch : Make bag out of a flexible material and encase it with a hard shell case that would function like a corset. problem: not convenient enough to use as a backpack; no food or sport compartments
After analyzing all of our designs, we began taking the best aspects from each of our ideas and and seeing how they could potentially work together.
31
Revised Sketches The main backpack will be a large open space, with only the laptop sleeve velcroed to the back. Since the sports bag could not be put inside the main backpack, it will be installed on the front.
32
DESIGN PROCESS
Revised Sketches The lunch box will be attached to the bottom of the backpack and will be reinforced by sturdy material to ensure that the food will not be crushed by the weight of the main backpack. While we created the revised sketches, we decided to name our product Modus.
33
Logo Design
M Modus comes from the Latin phrase modus vivendi, which means “a way of life�. We found this name to be the best fit for our backpack because our product caters to all the different lifestyles of an indivudual.
We created a logo that would reflect this kind of versatility and the different detachable components of the backpack that function both on their own and together.
34
DESIGN PROCESS
Materials
This is a drawing depicting the ideal materials for Modus if it was mass-produced.
Main Backpack canvas, zippers, padding, trigger hook (for lunchbox attachment), snap buttons
Sports Bag: nylon, rope, zipper Lunch Bag: canvas, thermal fabric, plastic to reinforce/support walls, double zipper closure, d-ring Laptop Case: neoprene, zipper Waterbottle Holders + Strap Pockets: elastics, polyester
35
Rapid Prototype Dana is the only person in our group who knows how to sew, so she took over constructing the drawstring bag.
Carlos worked on an alternative prototype in case the one we had in mind did not work out.
He made his protoype out of paper, yarn, and tape. Unfortunately, we could not use it because it was too different from our design.
36
DESIGN PROCESS
Rapid Prototype
Emily focused on the lunchbox and the laptop case. We all worked together to finalize how to attach the lunchbox to the main backpack.
I helped Emily work out the details of the lunchbag and added finishing touches (where zipper pockets and snap buttons will be, how to attach everything, etc.).
37
Rapid Prototype photos of mo
Main Bag: Panera lunchbag
Drawstring bag: ziploc bag with yarn sewn along the top Lunchbox + Straps: paper
Waterbottle Holders + Strap Pockets: ziploc bags Closures: paper, paper clips, drawn on.
38
DESIGN PROCESS
Final Product Design
When making the rapid prototype, we made a few adjustments to how the compartments would fit together: Drawstring Bag:
Lunchbox:
- straps will be clapsed together before it is attached to the main backpack so that they are held in place
- double zipper along the top and front flap to allow easy access when attached and detached from the backpack - attach/detach by trigger hook and d-ring
Laptop Sleeve: - zipper along the shorter side, so that laptop can be taken out easily without removing the sleeve - attach to interior back of backpack via velcro
39
Final Product Design Since some of these adjustments were too difficult for us to install, we drew out the final sketches of our backpack in its ideal, ready-for-production form (refer to the image to the left) and simplified it for the final prototype we intend to build. We also created different accent color options for our potential consumers to allow for more personalization.
The base color of the backpack will be either black or white. The areas on the backpack that are highlighted in white are the accents that can be customized with any of the colors shown above.
40
DESIGN PROCESS
Brochure Emily started out by drafting the overall format of the brochure: how it would fold, how many folds it would have, size, etc. She originally wanted it to mimic a small envelope, but she wasn’t pleased with the mock-up, so we suggested to keep it a simple trifold brochure. Once she finalized the overall shape of the brochure, she began planning the contents. After many iterations and edits, the final result is....
41
In the case that Modus is mass-produced and sold, this brochure will be included with the backpack to inform the consumer of how Modus was made to benefit their well-being.
42
DESIGN PROCESS
Final Prototype Construction
Joanne’s - 2 yards of canvas - 2 yards of nylon - thermal fabric - velcro We went out and got materials from Joanne’s. For things we didn’t find there, we ordered online from Amazon.
Amazon - snap buttons - trigger hooks - d-rings
Other Materials - elastics - zippers - magnetic closures - old backpack
43
Final Prototype Construction No one on our team had enough skill to construct backpack straps from scratch, so we decided to repurpose the backpack straps from an old Jansport backpack. They were not as supportive as the ones that we had in mind, but they were our only option.
We used a sewing machine to help us get the sewing done faster.
44
DESIGN PROCESS
Final Prototype Construction
We started off by writing out specific measurements for all the fabric pieces we would need to construct the backpack. Time Constraints: It took hours to measure and cut fabric. This was a major setback to our schedule because Dana could not sew if the pieces were not ready. But when it was time to sew, the rest of us did not have much to do because the next chunk of work could only be done when the sewing was finished.
45
Final Prototype Construction Lunchbox: We made the canvas exterior first and then added pieces of cardboard on the inside to make it more sturdy. After installing the cardboard, we made the inner lining of thermal fabric. Laptop Case: Like the lunchbox, we cut the canvas pieces first and then the foam and nylon interior. After that, Dana sewed the canvas together, put the foam inside, and sewed the nylon. Drawstring Bag: Like the lunchbox, we cut the canvas pieces first and then the foam and nylon interior. After that, Dana sewed the canvas together, put the foam inside, and sewed the nylon.
46
DESIGN PROCESS
Final Prototype
47
Final Prototype
The design of Modus conveys the experience of both unity and variety to the audience because of how seamlessly each part fits together. It can be used in all situations and by all individuals. It is a lifestyle backpack meant for everyone.
WORKS CITED
WORKS CITED Images:
51
*any images not cited/credited are photographed, scanned, or drawn by me.
1. http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2007/08/antivirus.jpg. Credited to Antivirus. 2. http://41.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdx424PR7n1rqk7deo1_500.jpg. Credited to Adaptive Eyecare. 3. http://www.doctorsinjaipur.com/upload/knowledge/1430380711jaipur-foot.jpg. Credited to Doctors In Jaipur. 4. http://www.free-vectors.com/images/People/237-crowd-hands-up-silhouettes-vector.png. 5. https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/healthy-eating/food-and-nutrition/heart-healthy-eating-tips. Credited to Heart foundation. 6. http://sustainontario.com/wp2011/wp-content//uploads/2011/01/Ellis_Jennifer_College-Student.jpg?dbc94d.Credited to Jennifer Ellis. 7. http://www.hellawella.com/how-find-right-backpack-now-avoid-pain-later-infographic. Credited to REI. 8. http://www.airbacathletics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/scientific-study.pdf. Credited to Airbak. 9. http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/2014_Backpacks2.png. Credited to Dr. Rob Danoff. 10. https://images.thenorthface.com/is/image/TheNorthFace/CHK4_EJH_hero?$262x306$. Credited to North Face. 11. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0236/6911/products/10007-00055-OS_01_5a23965d97cd-4299-bd4a-26a662f3bb35_large.jpeg?v=1447891157. Credited to Hershel. 12. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91yt-qAFDfL._UY500_.jpg 13. http://awesomebackpacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Targus-XL-Backpack-Designed-for-17-Inch-Notebooks.jpg 14. http://3ukr694671p02fhcme3a1bsaiek.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Tool-Backpack-2.jpg 15. http://royalflushmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/BPBL-T_front-compartment. jpg 16. http://scene7.targetimg1.com/is/image/Target/14577723?wid=480&hei=480 17. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/718jrRtX8tL._UL1500_.jpg 18. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81KDIV6ABvL._SL1500_.jpg
Sources:
“Airbak Scientific Study.” (n.d.): n. pag. Web. 20 Nov. 2015. “The Heart Foundation.” The Heart Foundation. National Heart Foundation of Australia, n.d. Web. 06 Nov. 2015. Mosscrop, Jennifer. “How to Find the Right Backpack Now to Avoid Pain Later [Infographic].” How to Find the Right Backpack Now to Avoid Pain Later [Infographic]. N.p., 19 Sept. 2013. Web. 10 Nov. 2015.