Cheent: घरेलू कुढ़सी

The indicative design method

The design process derives its inspiration from the attributes of a close friend.

The study points include:

Activity mapping
Consumer style choices
Passion & engagement
Identifying the frustrations
Attributes & aspirational mapping
High-involvement areas: Environment mapping

Consumer keywords, Form sketches and Product concepts is the second part of the project.

My inferences

The word "research" was something i only knew the superficial meaning about until I did this because of the meticulousness and highly interactive nature of the assignment. The important theories like the Form following the Function, Designing for a User, Ergonomics and Consumer interactions were all done from scratch to end by me. Making a product that's inspired from a consumer's personality and has derived its form from nature was really interesting and I plan to indulge in more such projects where the limit to learn about something for somebody is not defined.

The Brief:

To design a seating arrangement for an ambitious college student, to aid in their maximum concentration.

Date - Aug 2021
Module: Simple User Design
Duration - 2 months

The consumer, through eyes

2. The consumer, through heart

Empathy mapping: asking, conversing, listening, confirming

3. Connecting the consumer with nature

Simplifying the consumer down to words through their attributes and then defining keywords. These words were then cross-matched with similar beings from nature.

The study then followed with form studies of the chosen creature's anatomy. After much explorations, the base form of the product was realized.