COLLABORATIVE DESIGN PRACTICE : TASK 3

01.05.2023 - 08.05.2023 | Week 5 - Week 6

Ng Wai Fern | 0354966

Collaborative Design Practice | Bachelor of Design in Creative Media

Task 3: Produce rapid prototypes, test and iterative designs

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INSTRUCTIONS :

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Task 3: Produce rapid prototypes, test and iterative designs

For task 3, we are required build our prototype based on the idea(s) and sketches in Collaborative Design Practices : Task 2 and do any necessary amendment to the idea sketches. 

RESEARCH
For this module, we are collaborating with IN.Deed Communications on a campaign by GSK.  GSK is a global biopharma company with the ambition and purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. GSK's campaign, #Give back campaign focuses on safe and responsible disposal of old and used inhalers. Through this campaign, #GiveBack provides a solution for patients to responsibly dispose of their inhalers. Our task is to brainstorm an idea to identify a new solution. Based on the idea, we will then build a sculpture that will reflect our message/problem statement.

PROGRESS

Week 5 progress

For week 5, 1st of May, we start working on our prototype. We start by working on the base of the sculpture. We used wooden sticks/ skewers to make the base of the sculpture. We used hot glue guns and tape to secure the sticks together to make a sturdy base of the sculpture. For the waves and tree, we decided to use the materials provided which are blister packs.

Fig 1. Building the base 

We also remove the pills from the blister packs that were provided to us. After that, we start working on the pots, tree and waves. 

Fig 2. Removing the pills from the packs

Fig 3. Making pots attempt #1 

Fig 4. Making waves attempt #1 

Fig 5. Making tree attempt #1 

Fig 6. Making pots attempt #2 

On 3rd of May, we decided to redo our prototype as we felt the first attempt was looking messy and could look better. We start by reworking the base, waves and the tree. We decide to make the tree purely out of blister packs. 

Fig 7. Making base and waves attempt #2 

Fig 8. Making waves attempt #2 (3/5/2023)

Fig 9. Making tree trunk attempt #2 

Fig 10. Making tree's leaves attempt #2 

On 4th of May, we continue to work on the tree's leaves and waves. For the tree's leaves, we used the foils from the blister packs. 

Fig 11. Making waves attempt #2 (4/5/2023)

Fig 12. Filling up the tree with foil 'leaves'

After filling up the tree with leaves and the waves. This is our final prototype.

Fig 13. Final prototype 

FEEDBACK FOR WEEK 5 PROGRESS:

• Blister packs when created with huge scale will make it less impact
• Pot sizes might want to consider.
• We don’t use the other medical wastes (only blister packs and inhalers).
• Think about the waves in larger scale.
• Put color in budget.
• Colour needs to be eye-catching, consider to be more picky; where to put the colour.
• More focus for the colour; like utilize colour theories.
• Right colour can help the wow factor.
• Can make some places raw color.
• Can try asking like Mr. DIY, Jaya grocery  for more cardboards.

NEXT COURSE OF ACTION

• Start working on the presentation slides and can start on the final sculpture.

Week 6 progress

For week 6, we work on our presentation slides and refine/ amend our idea based on Ms. Lilian and client's feedback. We had some short discussion on refining the idea and how we can improve our current idea as we are missing the 'wow' factor.

We start by refining the colour palette as the current one, the focus is on the pot more than the tree and waves. My teammates, Shofwa, Haura, Abigail and Metta rework on the colour palette. 

Fig 14. Colour palette attempt #1 

Fig 15. Colour palette attempt #2 

Fig 16. Colour palette attempt #3

After deciding on the colour palette, we discussed and completed our presentation slides. 

Fig 17. Final slide design

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SUBMISSION

Fig 18. Task 3 slide  

Fig 19. Task 3 presentation

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FEEDBACK

FEEDBACK FOR WEEK 5 PROGRESS:

• Blister packs when created with huge scale will make it less impact
• Pot sizes might want to consider.
• We don’t use the other medical wastes (only blister packs and inhalers).
• Think about the waves in larger scale.
• Put color in budget.
• Colour needs to be eye-catching, consider to be more picky; where to put the colour.
• More focus for the colour; like utilize colour theories.
• Right colour can help the wow factor.
• Can make some places raw color.
• Can try asking like Mr DIY, Jaya grocery for more cardboards.

FEEDBACK FOR WEEK 6 PROGRESS:

• Critical thinking on how to manage the height for the wow factor. 
• Lacking part from the prototype: too small.
• Pay bit more connectivity between each pots.
• Colour palette (suggested in the presentation) have make the final look better.
• Use of materials are quiet safe, can be pushed more by experimenting other materials.
• Try to figure out how to best-form the tree.

FEEDBACK FROM CLIENT :

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REFLECTION

Experience
For this task, our group struggled in the beginning as we are working with a material we have never worked with before. The process when building the prototype is interesting and fun as we get to see our idea on a 3D scale.

Observations

For this task, I was able to see how different groups approached this task differently. I was able to learn from other groups' ideas. Besides that, I was able to observe how each material worked on the prototype. The lack of materials such as inhalers effected our original idea however we were able to build our prototype by experimenting the usage of blister packs.

Findings

From this task, I was able to find different ways to use the blister pack to build the prototype. Besides that, I was able to find out how we can use the medical waste to build our final sculpture.