Project Brief

For this project titled, "Make It Better! Design for Five Bucks," we were instructed to find three objects of bad design that each cost under five dollars. After picking out objects, we did five sketches of each object for a total of 15 sketches. In class we were put into groups of four where we shared with our group our objects and sketches to decide on a final object we would like to redesign. The object my group chose was the typical to-go soy sauce packet. We observed the packet, made a mind map, word list, and discovered the pros and cons. We did interviews and came up with refinement idea sketches. We worked together on a poster to display our object and our redesigned object. We developed a prototype that was tested and used to conduct more interviews and we created a movie commercial that promoted our prototype and made it look convincing. Finally, as we completed the project, each person in the group created their own individual Process Book. The Process Book worked as a documented timeline of our work on the project through reflections, pictures, descriptions, info graphics, and much more.
-Rachel