Journal 09: Coleman Project

Group Member's Blogs

Alicia L 

Kelly B 

Wade C 

           

            Our group started off by discussing who we thought our client, Coleman, was. We thought Coleman was adventurous, active, outdoor, fun, quality and durability, safety conscious, and spaceialy organized. From there we tried to establish a target market that Coleman hadn’t already marketed to.

            Kids and elderly people were two groups that we were really interested in developing a product for. From here we tried to think of problems that each of these groups had that we could come up with design solutions for. For example, kids need organization and safety while elderly people have trouble with strength, height, health, vision, and technology.

            After thinking of a few target markets we began to brainstorm some ideas we could possibly develop to help with these problems. A few ideas we came up with were some type of easy to use universal remote for all indoor products, an automated object to help reach things in high places, or furniture that could put itself together with plates and utensils already stored inside.

            We ended up thinking of an idea to make storage space more fun and interactive for students. The Coleman revolutionary desk features our organizational wheel. Once we came up with our idea we started to split up the work that needed to be done. Wade did many of the preliminary product drawings and final product drawings, Kelly made the PowerPoint presentation, Alicia was in charge of the kiosk drawing, and I designed the packaging and logo. Everyone did a great job getting their work done on time and communicating with the rest of the group. Overall, the project went really smoothly.

            Along with brainstorming with the group and making a few preliminary product sketches like the rest of the group, I was in charge of the packaging for our product and the new logo. I drew up a few preliminary packaging designs and after approval from the group began the final packaging. I think I helped out the group by having my part of the projects done on time, giving options the group could choose from, and helping anyone else that needed it.

Course Reflection 5

           During classes 17 and 18 we presented our Coleman for the Home products. Products ranged from my group's organization product, an eco-friendly lamp with whiteboards surrounding the base, to a treadmill with an interactive nature video game. It was interesting to see all the different products, packaging, and kiosk designs all the groups came up with. I was also surprised how talented the groups were with rendering their designs on the computer. Seeing what other people did also helped me to reflect on things I could have done better or differently in my own project.