Friday, September 5, 2008
Project One - Rationale
Presenting the Slide N Glide! The new cutting knife to go with every pen, for every student pencilcase. The Slide N Glide is a redesigned cutting knife, to visually conform to the stationary in a pencilcase. Gone are days where you had to carry around a tool. The Slide N Glide is sleek with smooth edges and specifically flat and round at the cutting end to help the user cut at right angles into a material. From noticing how other stationary pieces like pens, pencils and even compasses are all available in different colours so to is the Slide N Glide. With the packaging the knife would come with 4 blades and 5 different colours to cover the slider track. This gives the user the option of what colour they want to use allowing them to personalise their new piece of stationary. The Slide N Glide is designed to take away the bulk of ordinary cutting knives that are already on the market to present to the user more everyday anytime usuable item to detract from the heavier metal and industrial-like language that other cutting knives on the market have. Overall the Slide N Glide is the friendlier more attractable option with all the same functions of a regular cutting knife.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
6 comments:
dave.
i like how you have made the knife seem more friendly and less hazardous as most big stanley knives do. by adding colour and a smoother shape
i think its great that you have given the customer an option of colours which makes them feel that it is more personalised, which then increases their interaction with the knife making them appreciate it more.
i think that maybe a better grip could help as the finger could slip down the knife, and also if you used some kind of visual cue like a colour or shape that indicated what side the blade came out of it would really help the design.
:)
have to say though, as a girl this knife is definatley more appealing to me then the big heavey duty bunnings knives. :)
Mr George,
Firstly i love this snazzy phrase 'slide n glide', and with a wide range of your colour themes, your product could be easily marketed for all different student personalities.
I like how you have made the knife wider for the thumb, while maintaing a smooth slick shape greatly increasing ease of use.
However, i think the idea could of been pushed further, whereby you could of broken out of the conformed horitzonal shaped design. Some ideas could include a curved or organic tool, in which there was a clear ident or grip for the thumb and an interesting snap the blade device.... to make it less dangerous.
But other then that, i think youve done a great job and id buy one!
I like the idea of cutting knife with smooth edges and round at the cutting end. It looks more friendly and the functions like holding blades and cutting at right angles make the product more usable.
Also I like how you have made the colour theme giving the customer an option so that your product could be selected from wide range of people with all different personalities.
However it looks hard to hold as it is made think so it would be dangerous. I think you can maybe make a better grip to prevent fingers to slip down the knife so that make it safer for students.
I would like to acknowledge the consideration to anthropometrics here. Clearly you have studied the way conventional cutting tools are a nightmare to handle. When cutting dense material such as thick cardboard, the uncomfortable shape hurts the hand usually after only a few cuts.
However with the Slide n Glide (good name by the way) there is wide surfaces so that pressure can be distributed evenly and optimum forces is transferred to the blade. I think this thoroughly improves safety for a product that is traditionally quite dangerous.
The colour scheming is great as it shows consideration to target markets, and allows individuals to personalise the product according to their preferences.
The fact that different blades are not needed is good also. It means that blades are still as readily available as ever.
I like how you have adopted a form that deviates from the traditional box knife. A less industrial appeal makes the knife seem more appropriate for a stationary, delicate task environment.
Reference to organic form and further deviation from the conventional form would have been interesting to see also as I believe the idea could have been elaborated on.
I'm impressed.
James Turnbull
Hey Dave,
First off, fantastic idea with the colour schemes. Finally something not so plain and boring! I love how you have now given us cutting blade users the option of what colour we'd like on our cutters. Visually very appealing, would definitely not mind having one. Only thing I'd like to add to is probably to possibly reduce the overall thickness of it. Didn't quite get the chance of holding it, so I'm just judging from your images here. But hopefully this was adressed by you and that would then leave me with not much else to fault you product with. Good Stuff!!
Julio =]
Post a Comment